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San Francisco, USA (California) - Grace Episcopal Cathedral, Davis Organ
Municipal: San Francisco
Region:San Francisco County
Address: 1100 California Street, 94108, San Francisco, CA
Website: https://gracecathedral.org/
Description nr.: 2014383.
Built by: William Henry Davis (ca. 1860)
Grace Cathedral houses an old cabinet organ, built about 1860 by William Henry Davis for Saint Paul's Church, Benicia, California. John Bergstrom carried out some work around 1885. It was installed in Grace Cathedral in 1973. The original Dulciana 8' has been replaced by a Fifteenth 2'. The organ is not powered, but is pumped by hand. The organ was restored by Edward M. Stout in 1973/1974.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Manual (C-f''', division between e°/f°): Open Diapason 8' (D), Stopped Diapason Bass 8' (B), Principal 4' (B/D), Flute 4' (D), Fifteenth 2' (D) - 1974.
San Francisco, USA (California) - Grace Episcopal Cathedral, Davis Organ
Municipal: San Francisco
Region:San Francisco County
Address: 1100 California Street, 94108, San Francisco, CA
Website: https://gracecathedral.org/
Description nr.: 2014383.
Built by: William Henry Davis (ca. 1860)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | ca. 1860 | William Henry Davis | new organ | ca. 1885 | John Bergstrom | modify stoplist | 1974 | Edward M. Stout | restoration |
Grace Cathedral houses an old cabinet organ, built about 1860 by William Henry Davis for Saint Paul's Church, Benicia, California. John Bergstrom carried out some work around 1885. It was installed in Grace Cathedral in 1973. The original Dulciana 8' has been replaced by a Fifteenth 2'. The organ is not powered, but is pumped by hand. The organ was restored by Edward M. Stout in 1973/1974.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1860 | Benicia, CA | Saint Paul's Church |
| 1973 | San Francisco, CA | Grace Cathedral |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Manual | 4 |
| Total number of stops | 4 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Manual (C-f''', division between e°/f°): Open Diapason 8' (D), Stopped Diapason Bass 8' (B), Principal 4' (B/D), Flute 4' (D), Fifteenth 2' (D) - 1974.
| Literature |
38. Orgelstudienfahrt (USA) : 16. September - 3. Oktober 1996 / Hans Uwe Hielscher. - [Wiesbaden] : [Hans Uwe Hielscher], 1996. |