Bergstrom & Co.
1897

Updated by Agnes Armstrong, naming this as the source of information: The Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu, Hawaii, 13 April 1897, p. 3.

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The Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu, Hawaii, 13 April 1897, p. 3:
ORGAN Contract Awarded to J. Bergstrom & Sons. Matter Was Left With Hon. C. R. Bishop Instrument Will be a Most Handsome One.
The contract for the building or the new pipe organ for the Kamehameha Chapel, now in course of erection, has been awarded to the John Bergstrom & Sons, an organ-building firm of San Francisco. The matter of the new organ was left with the Hon. C. R. Bishop, and recently he, in company with Mr. Chas. M. Cooke, visited the factory to see and hear the new organ they have completed for the Hilo Foreign Church. They evidently were much satisfied with the instrument, as Mr. Bishop at once signed the contract for the Kamehameha organ. It will have 25 stops, 2 rows of keys, 2 decorated fronts, the one facing the rostrum, the other into the chapel The action will be reversed, so that the player will have his back to the organ. The case will be of quarter sawed oak, and the front pipes will be decorated in gold and colors. The total number of pipes will be 912. The Hilo organ, built by this firm, is said to be a very fine instrument, and will be shipped to its destination early in May. The same firm are also building an organ for Sonoma. Following is the specifications of the Kamehameha organ: Compass of manuals, CC to A, 58 notes; compass of pedals, CCC to D, 27 notes. Great Organ: 1. open diapason, metal, 8 feet; 2. doppel flute, wood, 8 feet; 3. dulciana, metal, 8 feet; 4. wald flute, wood, 4 feet; 5. principal, metal, 4 feet; 6. fifteenth, metal, 2 feet; 7. clarionet, metal, 8 feet. Swell organ: 8. violin diapason, metal, 8 feet; 9. stopped-diapason treble, wood, 8 feet; 10. stopped diapason bass, wood, 8 feet; 11. salicional, metal, 8 feet; 12. aeoline, metal, 8 feet; 13. qulntadena, metal, 8 feet; 14. flute harmonique, metal, 4 feet; 15. flautlno, metal, 2 feet; 16. oboe treble, metal, S feet; 17. oboe bass, metal, 8 feet. Pedal organ: 18. open diapason, wood, 16 feet; 19. bourdon, wood, 16 feet. Mechanical registers: 20. swell to great; 21. swell to pedal; 22. great to pedal; 23. tremolo; 24. bellows signal; 25. balance swell pedal. Pedals: 1. forte, great organ; 2. piano, great organ.

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Identified by Jim Lewis, using information found in John Bergstrom Catalog.
-- The organ was one of the last built by John Bergstrom. It was destroyed by termites.