Unknown Builder
ca. 1938

Originally Bergstrom & Co. (Opus 22, 1883)

El Dorado County Fairgrounds

El Dorado County Historical Society

104 Placerville Drive
Placerville, CA, US

14 Ranks - 750 Pipes - 3 Physical Divisions
Instrument ID: 7822 ● Builder ID: 6193 ● Location ID: 7368
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  • Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room
  • Chest Action: Slider (Details Unknown)
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
  • Notes: partially en facade
  • 8' Swell to Great
8'58
8'58
4'58
4'58
2 2⁄3'58
2'58
8'58
  • Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room
  • Chest Action: Slider (Details Unknown)
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
8'58
8'46
8'12
4'58
4'58
8'58
  • Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room
  • Chest Action: Slider (Details Unknown)
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
  • Notes: Likely open wood
  • 8' Swell to Pedal
  • 8' Great to Pedal
16'27
8'27

Originally Written/Published: 1883

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CONSOLES

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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 (58 Notes)27 Note Pedal3 Divisions14 Stops15 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action
Stop 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

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on April 16th, 2015:

Updated through online information from Michael Brady. -- Fairgrounds Association and Historical Society are looking for a new home for the organ per Sacramento Bee article of 1/24/2015. Article suggests that the organ may not have been used since it was removed from the Federated Church to the Fairgrounds. Based on the article, the local Historical Society, or James R. Stettner of Puget Sound Pipe Organs in Seattle, may have more information.

Database Manager on July 3rd, 2007:

Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Three-sectional facade containing 27 stenciled pipes arranged: 7-13-7.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

The original builder was Bergstrom & Co., Opus 22, 1883.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Status Note: There 1996.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Relocated from Placerville Methodist (later Federated) Church c. 1938. Great Tutti on/off. 8' Gamba has been substituted for the Oboe/Bassoon. Lower pipes of Open Diapason are in the case. Plaque on organ in 1996 reads First Pipe Organ in El Dorado County. Purchased for $2500.00 in 1904 by the Placerville Methodist Church. Dismantled, moved and restored through months of tireless effort by Mr. and Mrs. Neal Sisson. Graffiti on organ Frank Parrymon (sp?) Placerville Nov. 1903.

Related Instrument Entries: Bergstrom & Co. (1904) , Bergstrom & Co. (Opus 22, 1883)

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