It has 3 manuals (Choir, Great, Swell) and a pedal. The organ is split into two chambers at the front of the room, there are no visible pipes. On that occasion, adjustments were made to the tonal layout, some stops were revoiced, several stops were cleverly added, emphasizing the traditional "Werkprinzip" and individuality of each division in the design. After the transfer, the organ was reassembled and overhault by Schoenstein & Co.
John's Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, later sold and moved to the First Covenant Church, Oakland, California. Aeolian-Skinner organs are famous for the delicate and even voicing, decisive speech, and good blending of choruses, allowing clarity in polyphonic textures as well as graceful (even sublime) solo melodic lines. The Opus 1301 is a rather universal instrument, upon which many schools of organ compositions will sound clear and plausible. Whiteford's tonal principles were similar to the late Harrison visions, perhaps putting even more emphasis on the baroque organbuilding principles (unnicked flues with expressive articulation, lower wind pressures, intense reeds).
The organ is still rooted in the Harrison's "American Classic" style, although Opus 1301 bears witness to the tonal philosophy of Harrison's later interests, when he experimented with modern versions of old German solo reeds (Krummhorn, Fagott, Rohr-Schalmei) and moved somewhat towards the (neo-)baroque design (principal choruses crowned with mixtures on all manuals, unenclosed pipework). Whiteford who was the successor of the deceased G. The Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, opus 1301 was manufactured in 1956-1957, when the company tonal director was Joseph S.
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