Balboa Park: Spreckels Organ Pavilion
San Diego, CA
Images
2019-08-03 - Pavilion and console (Photograph by Thomas Ospital, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019-08-03 - Console (Photograph by Thomas Ospital, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2008-08-12 - Shell and console with audience before concert (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2008-08-12 - Shell with door open (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2008-08-12 - Shell with door closed (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2005-11-06 - Console (Photograph courtesy of Evelyn Gibbs/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Stage, Console, and Pavilion Seating (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Pipework (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Pipework (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Pipework (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Traps (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Pipework and Pavilion Seating (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Pipework (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Chest Panel with Logo for Universal Air Chesr (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Console (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Windlines and Reservoirs for High Pressure Trumpets atop Swell Box (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Pipework (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Facade (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-15 - Facade Close-Up (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2009-11-20 - Pavilion (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2009-11-20 - Dedication Plaque (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2009-11-20 - Dedication Plaque (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Console position: Movable Console
- 4 manuals
- 57 stops
- 74 registers
- 5 divisions
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb 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
2005-05-11 - Renovated, restored, rebuilt 1935, 1960, 1981, 1987, 1990, 2003. -Database Manager
2007-08-12 - Updated through on-line information from Douglas W. Craw. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from Spreckels Organ web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
San Diego, California
Balboa Park - Spreckels Organ Pavilion
Austin Organ Company Opus 453 1915 (rev.) 4 manuals, 57 stops, 73 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SOLO ORGAN
16' Major Diapason 46 a 8' Grand Diapason 73
8' Stentorphone 61 8' Tibia Plena 73
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Gross Gamba 73
8' Horn Diapason 61 4' Flute Ouverte 73
8' Gross Floete 61 8' Tuba Sonora GT
8' Doppel Floete 61 b 8' Horn Tuba 73 (1960)
8' Violoncello 61 b 8' Orchestral Oboe 73
4' Octave 61 16' Bombarde 61 (1988)
4' Harmonic Flute 61 b 8' Festival Trumpet 61 (1988)
2' Super Octave 61 4' Trompette Clarion 61 (1988)
V Mixture 305 (1988) Chimes
V Grand Cornet 255 (1935) Tibia on Solo
16' Tuba Sonora 85 b Tremulant
8' Tuba Sonora (ext) --
4' Tuba Sonora (ext) -- TIBIA (floating, enc. in Solo)
8' Tibia TIB 8' Tibia (ext) --
4' Tibia TIB 4' Tibia 73 (1996)
Tibia on Great 2 2/3' Tibia (ext) --
2' Tibia (ext) --
SWELL ORGAN 1 3/5' Tibia (ext) --
16' Quintaton 73
8' Phonon Diapason 73 PEDAL
8' Violin Diapason 73 32' Contra Magnaton 44
8' Tibia Clausa 73 16' Magnaton (ext) --
8' Rohr Floete 73 16' Open Diapason 12 c
8' Flauto Dolce 73 16' Violone 44
8' Viole d'Gamba 73 16' Bourdon 44
8' Concert Celeste 73 8' Octave 32 (1988)
4' Principal 73 8' Gross Floete GT
4' Flauto Traverso 73 8' Bourdon (ext) --
2' Piccolo 61 8' Violoncello (ext) --
III Dolce Cornet 183 4' Super Octave 32 (1988)
IV Scharf 244 (1988) IV Mixture 128 (1988)
16' Contra Posaune 73 32' Contra Bombarde 32 (1990)
8' Cornopean 73 16' Tuba Sonora GT
8' Oboe 73 16' Contra Posaune SW
8' Vox Humana 61 8' Tuba Sonora GT
4' Clarion 73 (1988) Bass Drum
Tibia on Swell Cymbal
Tremulant
CHOIR ORGAN
16' Contra Viole 73
8' Geigen Principal 73 a 1-15 from PED Violone
8' Concert Flute 73 b enclosed in Solo (1996)
8' Viole d'Orchestre 73 c extension GT Gross Floete
8' Viole Celeste 73
4' Violina 73
4' Flute d'Amour 73
8' French Horn 73
8' Clarinet 73
Harp
Snare Drum
Tremulant
[Received from Steven E. Lawson August 6, 2014]
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