D. A. Flentrop
1955
Residence: Dr. John Erbaugh
St. Helena, CA, US
4 Ranks - 1 Physical Divisions
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STOPLISTS
| Manual (I) | ||
| 8' | Regaal [treble] | |
| 8' | Regaal [bass] | |
| 4' | Fluit [treble] | |
| 4' | Fluit [bass] | |
| 2' | Octaaf [treble] | |
| 1' | Octaaf [bass] | |
| 1 1⁄3' | Quint [treble] | |
| 1 1⁄3' | Quint [bass] |
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CONSOLES
Builder: D. A. Flentrop
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: No Pedalboard
Features:
1 Manuals (54 Notes)No Pedal1 Divisions4 Stops8 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Sliding Stop Controls/Levers
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Janice Hawthorne Timm [July 6, 2026]. This organ now resides in my home in Ukiah, CA. I purchased it from the estate of John K. Erbaugh (from his daughter, Yvonne) in September 2024. The stoplist is: Regaal 8', Fluit 4', Octaaf 2', and Quint 1 1/3'. Split keyboard, single manual, custom built in 1955 for Dr. John K. Erbaugh of Philadephia, PA.
Database Manager on February 12th, 2016:
Updated through online information from David Poile: According to a publication privately released by Flentrop Orgelbouw ca. 2003 "Flentrop in America" and in the book "Flentrop in America" by John Fesperman, this four-stop portativ was built for Dr. John Erbaugh in Chicago. Its present location is unknown and may be Upper Darby, PA (as Flentrop Orgelbouw contends) or San Francisco, CA as the OHS database claims ca. 1977, or possibly elsewhere. It is not, however, the first Flentrop organ in North America. That distinction goes to a two-manual, twelve-stop (with electric-action pedal) organ built in 1939 for the World's Fair in New York City. This visit did not go well for Dirk Flentrop or the organ (Flentrop was mostly not permitted to assemble the organ at the Fair because of interference by various unions--instead, he was assigned plumbers to assemble, voice and tune it because the instrument had "pipes"). After the World's Fair, Flentrop took the organ back home and installed it in the Nieuw Apostolische Kerk (or Kiefhoekskerk) in Rotterdam where the instrument remains today. The second Flentrop organ in North America is the one-manual, four-stop positiv for University Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, TX built in 1954 under the recommendations of Donald Willing.
Database Manager on October 19th, 2007:
Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1977.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
No pedal) - said to be first Flentrop in USA.
Editor-JS [August 9, 2026]: Not the first Flentrop in the USA. See note above.
Webpage Links: Upper Darby, PA, USA, portatief
Related Instrument Entries: Owner (2024)
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