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Unknown Builder (1903)

Originally Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.) (Opus 157, 1886)

Location:

Centella M. E. Church
Reed and Second Streets
San Jose, CA US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 66590

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on November 06, 2020.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 7 ranks. 381 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 7 stops. 8 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.)
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on November 06, 2020.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.)
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on November 06, 2020.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.)
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on November 06, 2020.
Main:
  • Built by Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.)
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 7
  • Registers: 8
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on November 06, 2020.
Jim Stettner on November 06, 2020:

This was the moving and reinstallation of the existing Hutchings from the previous Chapel building. The church was named in honor of the deceased 8-year old daughter of Mrs. L.C. McColl, a major financial contributor to the church. A decrease in church membership eventually forced the congregation to merge with St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church downtown.

The organ is for sale on ebay in November, 2020. The history with the listing states, "In 1956, Centella Methodist Church merged with another church and the organ was later moved to a new location. It is unclear during what period of time the organ was in service at the new location."

It is also unclear whether this "new location" is an unnamed location of St. Paul's M.E. Church with whom Centella merged. Regardless, he organ was purchased by a physician in 1988 and installed in his home. It was soon thereafter for sale through the Organ Clearing House and relocated to St. Joseph RC Church in Port St. Joe, Florida - from which it is now for sale.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on November 06, 2020.
Stoplist copied from photos of the organ on ebay: Open In New Tab Originally published November 6, 2020
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on November 06, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. before 1906

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