Flentrop Organs

The Flentrop Organ company was one of the prime movers in the revival of the Baroque organ. One of its major installations in the United States was the 1958 installation at Harvard's Busch-Reisinger Museum.

The Flentrop baroque style organs were seen as an alternative to the Romantic organs then in vogue. E. Power Biggs, the famed organist, who led a revival of the pre-Romantic organ composes such as Bach, Buxtehude, Pachelbel. The Flentrop organs use a "tracker" or mechanical action, as opposed to the electrical or electro-pneumatic action of modern style organs.

Read more about the Organ Reform Movement on the Wikipedia site.

St. Mark's Flentrop Organ

Flentrop organSt. Mark's Organ was built by D.A. Flentrop in the Netherlands. In 2002, with the restoration of the church, the organ was restored and expanded. In addition, the organ was revoiced to adjust for the oak flooring that was installed at the time of the restorationwe added new ranks to our instrument.

In the spring of 2008, an article in San Francisco Classical Voice about the dedication of a new organ in San Francisco proceeded to identify the top ten organs in the Bay Area. The article listed St. Mark's Flentrop organ in the top ten.

The organ specifications are as follows:

Manual II

  • Gedekt 8'
  • Koppelfluit 4'
  • Gemshoorn 2
  • Flageolet 1 1/3
  • Sesquialter II
  • Tremulant
  • Cymbelster

Manual I

  • Prestant 8'
  • Roerfluit 8'
  • Octaaf 4'
  • Speelfluit 4'
  • Octaaf 2'
  • Mixtuur IIII
  • Dulciaan 8

Couplers

  • I/Pedal
  • II/Pedal
  • II/I

Pedal

  • Subbas 16’
  • Prestant 8'
  • Bourdon 8'
  • Octaaf 4'
  • Quintadeen 4'
  • Fagot 16'
  • Schalmey 8'