Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 976 (1922)

First Presbyterian Church
Figueroa & 13th St.
Los Angeles, CA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Photograph (1962), from the collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

Unknown - Organ being Removed Prior to Building Demolition (Photograph from the Collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

1922-01-01 - Facade (Photograph in private collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
33 stops
45 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2005-01-08 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. website, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2009-01-29 - Updated through on-line information from Jim Lewis. -Database Manager

2009-05-07 - Updated through online information from George Nelson. -- Church earlier had unidentified organ, perhaps Hook & Hastings, moved by SC Symonds 1883. This was followed by an undated (c.1890) Reuben Midmer, and that by an undated WW Kimball. Then the Austin in 1922 -Database Manager

2016-04-14 - Updated through online information from Jim Lewis. <br>First Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, had four instruments: 1. A second-hand E. & G.G. Hook organ installed in 1882 2. A 2m Midmer organ installed in 1898 3. A re-build of the 1898 organ to an enlarged 3m, by Midmer in 1909 4. The 4m Austin installed Opus 976 using the 1909 facade.<br><br>There was never a Kimball in any of First Presbyterian's buildings. The photograph of the instrument is a still from the film "The Man Who Played God" with George Arliss and Bette Davis. The console attached to the casework was a 'dummy' made by the film company. The Austin console was in front of the pulpit and recessed into the main floor of the auditorium. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from factory paperwork Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Great:
16  Bourdon
8   First Open Diapason
8   Second Open Diapason (Ch.)
8   Major Flute  (Ped.)
8   Violoncello
8   Concert Flute  (Ch.)
8   Dulciana  (Ch.)
4   Octave
4   Flute d'Amour  (Ch.)
8   Saxophone

Swell:
16  Lieblich Gedeckt
8   Open Diapason
8   Stopped Flute
8   Viole d'Orchestre
8   Viole Celeste
8   Echo Salicional
4   Flauto Traverso
2   Flautina
8   Cornopean
8   Oboe
     Tremolo

Choir;
8   Geigen Principal
8   Concert Flute
8   Unda Maris
8   Dulciana
4   Flute d'Amour
8   Clarinet
     Tremolo
     Celestial Harp

Solo: (Located in tower)
8   Diapason Phonon
8   Solo Gamba
8   Gamba Celeste
4   Flute Ouverte
8   Tuba

Echo: (Located in tower)
8   Gedeckt
8   Muted Viole
8   Vox Angelica
4   Fern Flute
8   Vox Humana
     Tremolo
     Chimes

Pedal:
32  Resultant
16  Open Diapason
16  Violone
16  Bourdon (Gt.)
16  Lieblich Gedeckt  (Sw.)
8   Gross Flute
8   Flauto Dolce
4   Octave Flute
16  Tuba Profunda  (Solo)


 [Received from Jim Lewis 2014-09-20.]