St. Vibiana's Roman Catholic Cathedral
214 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA
Images
ca.2004 - Cathedral exterior (Photograph from an archival source: pinterest.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2004-03-03 - Cathedral interior after building sold (Photograph from an archival source: beholdingthesacred.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1983 - Cathedral interior (Photograph from an archival source: William Reagh, via Beholdingthesacred.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1994-08-29 - Left stopjamb (Pedal & Swell) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1994-08-29 - "Right stopjamb (Solo, String, Great, & Choir)" (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 80 stops
- 60 registers
- 6 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- 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
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2005-01-08 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager
2005-10-20 - Rebuild of 1929 Wangerin Organ in St. Vibiana Church. Parts of this organ incorporated in Dobson Op. 75 (2003), Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. -Database Manager
2007-07-09 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- I examined the organ in 1995. Housed in case of 1929 Wangerin. Six divisions: Great, Swell, Choir, Solo, String, & Pedal. Chancel Great and Chancel Swell prepared-for with 10 blank drawknobs each. String division enclosed with Solo, and coupled via Solo couplers. Prepared-for stops: Gt: III Cymbale; Ped: IV Mixture; and Ch: Zymbelstern. Some Wangerin ranks retained. The two Pedal 32' flue stops are electronic 12-note extensions. -Database Manager
2012-11-19 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The cathedral sustained extensive structural damage during the 1994 Northridge earthquake; the Archdiocese was already considering a much larger building, so saw no sense in repairing the old cathedral; in order to stop the Archdiocese from demolishing the historic old cathedral, the City of Los Angeles took over the building in exchange for giving the Archdiocese a large plot of land next to the 101 Freeway as a place for the new cathedral; the relatively-new Austin was parted out, with parts used in the Dobson in the new cathedral; the deconsecrated cathedral was purchased by a private party, preserved and retrofitted and now used as an event space called Vibiana. -Database Manager
2016-09-03 - Updated through online information from Jelil Romano. <br>Austin built a new organ in 1989 for St. Vibiana's Cathedral, reusing much of the old 1929 Wangerin pipework in the new organ, including the entire String Organ. The organ has been removed as the cathedral was closed. Some of the pipework is now in Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles.<br><br>The Austin Organ at St. Vibiana's, as it was originally heard in the Cathedral, can be heard at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jelil+romano%2C+St.+Vibiana%27s+organ -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist courtesy of Jim Stettner Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Los Angeles, California
St. Vibiana's Cathedral, R. C.
Austin Op. 2721 1989 4/71
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GREAT CHOIR
16' Violone 61 16' Gemshorn 61
8' Principal 61 8' Suavial 61
8' Flute Harmonique 61 8' Concert Flute 61
8' Bourdon 61 8' Flute Celeste 49
8' Violone 12 8' Holzgedeckt 61
4' Octave 61 8' Gemshorn 61
4' Nachthorn 61 8' Gemshorn Celeste 49
2' Super Octave 61 4' Prestant 61
III Cornet 171 4' Koppelflote 61
IV Fourniture 244 2' Principal 61
III Cymbale pf 2' Piccolo 61
8' Trompette 61 1 1/3' Larigot 61
Tremulant IV Mixture 244
Unison Off 8' Clarinet 61
8' English Horn 61
CHANCEL GREAT 4' Rohrschalmei 61
10 stops prepared for Tremulant
Sub
SWELL Unison Off
16' Rohrgedeckt 12 Super
8' Geigen 61 8' Pontifical Trumpet SO
8' Rohrflote 61 Zimbelstern pf
8' Viole de Gambe 61 Harp 49
8' Voix Celeste 49 Celesta
8' Dulciana 61
8' Unda Maris 49 STRING (encl with Solo)
4' Principal 61 8' Violoncello 61
4' Waldflote 61 8' Cello Celeste 61
2 2/3' Nazard 61 8' Violin 61
2' Blockflote 61 8' Violin Celeste 49
1 3/5' Tierce 61 4' Violina 61
IV Plein Jeu 244 Tremulant
16' Bassoon 61
8' Trompette 61 PEDAL
8' Bassoon-Hautbois 61 32' Sub Principal dg
8' Voix Humaine 61 32' Soubasse dg
4' Clairon 61 16' Principal 32
Tremulant 16' Major Diapason 32
Sub 16' Soubasse 32
Unison Off 16' Violone GT
Super 16' Gedeckt SW
String on Swell 16' Gemshorn CH
8' Octave 32
CHANCEL SWELL 8' Bourdon 12
10 stops prepared for 8' Violone 12
8' Rohrflote SW
SOLO 4' Choralbass 32
8' Major Flute 61 IV Mixture pf
8' Gambe 61 32' Contre Bombarde 12
8' Celeste 61 16' Bombarde 32
4' Octave 61 16' Bassoon SW
4' Flute 61 8' Trompette 12
Tremulant 4' Rohrschalmei CH
8' Tuba 61
8' French Horn 61 CHANCEL PEDAL
Sub 10 stops prepared for
Unison Off
Super
8' Pontifical Trumpet 61
String off Solo
[Received online from Jeff Scofield November 16, 2012]
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