Better Pipe Organ Database

Schlicker Organ Co. (1978)

Messiah Lutheran Church
10711 Paramount Blvd.
Downey, CA

Images

2011-02-05 - Console (Photograph by Kyle Black/Database Manager)

2009-03-20 - Exposed pipes and console (Photograph by Kyle Black/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
6 stops
29 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Comb. (2 general). -Database Manager

2010-06-10 - Updated through online information from Kyle William Black. -- The instrument also has a Zimbelstern toe piston along with a set of attached chimes that play within the church from the console. -Database Manager

2011-01-17 - Updated through online information from Kyle Black. -Database Manager

2011-10-08 - Updated through online information from Kyle William Black. -Database Manager

2012-07-18 - Updated through online information from Kyle Black. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed specification Source: From 1978 Dedication Program Date not recorded

Downey, California
Messiah Lutheran Church

Schlicker Organ Co.   1978           2 manuals, 29 registers, 6 stops, 8 ranks
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       MANUAL I                  MANUAL II                 PEDAL
    8' Principal              8' Gedeckt               16' Gedecktbass
    8' Gedeckt                8' Salicional             8' Principal
    8' Salicional             4' Rohrfloete             8' Gedeckt
    4' Octave                 4' Salicional             8' Salicional
    4' Gedeckt                2' Principal              4' Octave
    2' Octave             1 1/3' Larigot                4' Gedeckt
    2' Rohrfloete             1' Siffloete                 Rauschpfeife II
    1' Mixture II-III         8' Fagott                16' Fagott
    8' Fagott                    Tremolo                8' Fagott
    4' Fagott                                           4' Fagott
       Chimes (prepared)

       COMBINATION PISTONS                              SUMMARY OF PIPES
       General    1-2                           16' Gedecktbass       12 pipes
                                                 8' Principal         12 pipes
       ACCESSORIES                               8' Salicional        73 pipes
       Zimbelstern toe stud (6 bells)            8' Gedeckt           61 pipes
       Balanced Swell expression pedal           4' Octave            61 pipes
       Crescendo pedal and indicator light       2' Rohrfloete        61 pipes
                                                 1' Mixture II-III   141 pipes
                                                16' Fagott            73 pipes


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-04-24]

Documents

(2020-10-30) Newspaper Articles Articles from various newspapers/newsletters regarding the installation. -Kyle Black
(1978-09-10) Messiah Lutheran Church. Organ Dedication Dedication service with stoplist and description -Database Manager