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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