Our president and tonal director, Jack Bethards, is internationally known as a pipe organ consultant specializing in evaluating instruments and planning programs for renovations.

Jack is a San Francisco Bay Area native and holds Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. He has been a professional musician and is currently active in the American Guild of Organists. He is past president of the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America and member of the American Institute of Organbuilders, the International Society of Organbuilders, and the Association Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. He is on the National Council of The Organ Historical Society and serves on the advisory boards of several organ preservation societies. In over 45 years of pipe organ work and research, Mr. Bethards has been a frequent lecturer and contributor of articles to professional journals. A major thrust of his study, including work abroad, has been Romantic organ building in France, Germany, England and America.


This is a selected list of Jack's consulting clients.

NATIONAL AND CATHEDRAL CHURCHES
Cathedral Church of the Advent
    Birmingham, AL
Holy Rosary Cathedral
    Vancouver, B.C.
Cathedral of Christ the Light
    Oakland, CA
St. Paul's Cathedral
    San Diego, CA
The National Shrine
    Washington, D.C.
Washington National Cathedral
    Washington, D.C.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
(The Mother Church)
    Boston, MA
Cathedral of St. Paul
    Saint Paul, MN
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
    New York City
Riverside Church
    New York City
Christ Church Cathedral
    Houston, TX
St. James Cathedral
    Seattle, WA

EPISCOPAL CHURCHES
Saint Luke's Episcopal Church
    Darien, CT
Trinity Church
    Boston, MA
Christ Church Cranbrook
    Detroit, MI
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
    Morristown, NJ
St. James' Church
    New York City
Trinity Church, Wall Street
    New York City
Christ Church
    Philadelphia, PA
St. Mark's Church
    Philadelphia, PA

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
Fourth Presbyterian Church
    Chicago, IL
Second Presbyterian Church
    Indianapolis, IN
First Presbyterian Church
     Lincoln, NE
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
    Philadelphia, PA
First Presbyterian Church
    Philadelphia, PA
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
    Pittsburgh, PA
First Presbyterian Church
    Houston, TX
Grace Presbyterian Church
    Houston, TX

UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, SCHOOLS, CONSERVATORIES
University of Redlands
    Redlands, CA
University of Chicago
    Chicago, IL
Valparaiso University
    Valparaiso, IN
Eastern Michigan University
    Ypsilanti, MI
Hope College
    Holland, MI
University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, MI
Nebraska Wesleyan University
    Lincoln, NE
St. Paul's School
     Concord, NH
Eastman School of Music
    Rochester, NY
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
    Wynnewood, PA

PUBLIC HALLS AND INSTITUTIONS
The Kennedy Center
    Washington, D.C.
The Smithsonian Institution
    Washington, D.C.
Minneapolis Convention Center
    Minneapolis, MN
Atlantic City Convention Hall
    Atlantic City, NJ
Longwood Gardens
    Kennett Square, PA
The Bradley Foundation
    Philadelphia, PA
The Wanamaker Store
    Philadelphia, PA
Melbourne Town Hall
    Australia
Newcastle Town Hall
    England

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra
San Francisco Symphony

OTHER DENOMINATIONS
Old South Church
    Boston, MA
Historic Trinity Lutheran Church
    Detroit, MI
Normandale Lutheran Church
    Edina, MN
Myers Park Baptist Church
    Charlotte, NC
First Central Congregational Church
    Omaha, NE
St. Joseph Church (R.C.)
    Bronxville, NY
First Universalist Church
    Rochester, NY
First Congregational Church
    Columbus, OH
West End United Methodist
Church
    Nashville, TN
First United Methodist Church
    Beaumont, TX

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