Bergstrom & Co.
Opus 22, 1883
First Methodist Church (1876)
Sanctuary; front gallery
14th Street and Clay Street
Oakland, CA, US
14 Ranks - 750 Pipes - 3 Physical Divisions
Instrument ID: 66496 ● Builder ID: 7590 ● Location ID: 57725
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IMAGES
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STOPLISTS
| Great (I)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason🛈 | 58 |
| 8' | Melodia | 58 |
| 4' | Octave | 58 |
| 4' | Flute Harmonic | 58 |
| 2 2⁄3' | Twelfth | 58 |
| 2' | Fifteenth | 58 |
| 8' | Trumpet | 58 |
| Swell to Great |
| Swell (II - Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Stopped Diapason | 58 |
| 8' | Viola Treble | 46 |
| 8' | Viola Bass | 12 |
| 4' | Flute Traverso | 58 |
| 4' | Violina | 58 |
| 8' | Oboe & Bassoon | 58 |
| Tremolo |
| Pedal🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon | 27 |
| 8' | Flute🛈 | 27 |
| Swell to Pedal | ||
| Great to Pedal |
Originally Written/Published: 1883
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CONSOLES
Builder: Bergstrom & Co.
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals 3 Divisions14 Stops15 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
According to Jim Lewis' book, Pipe Organs of Northern California 1850-1900, this organ was originally built for First Methodist Church in Oakland, CA. A photograph of it in the Oakland Church confirms it is the same as the Placerville instrument. It was relocated to the Federated (later, Methodist) Church in Placerville in 1904. Who installed it in Placerville is not definitively known, but it could have been Bergstrom as he didn't pass until 1909. It was later relocated to the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville ca. 1938 by an unknown person or firm.
Paul R. Marchesano on December 27th, 2025:
Originally reported as installed in 1883. Evidence suggests it is the organ from the Mechanics Hall Exhibition which then went to Placerville, probably in 1914.
Related Instrument Entries: John E. Bergstrom (1876) , Bergstrom & Co. (1904) , Unknown Builder (ca. 1938)
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