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J. W. Steere & Sons (1901)

First Methodist Church
Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, CA

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


Images


Unknown - Organ case, between 1901 and 1906. (Vintage postcard, courtesy of William Dunklin/Database Manager)

1915-01-01 - Church interior and organ, 1910s (?) (Photograph from the personal collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2006-01-18 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Replaced by Skinner Opus 430 (1923).</i> -Database Manager

2008-01-12 - Updated through online information from Jim Lewis. -- The organ was moved to Holliston Ave. Methodist Church, when 1st Methodist purchased the Skinner, by Edwin A. Spencer. The organ now sports a 3m Moller console. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The King of Instruments in the Crown City 1888-2000</i> by James Lewis (The Ascensius Press: 2010) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Pasadena, California
First Methodist Church

J. W. Steere & Son   1901                  3 manuals, 36 stops, 40 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (I) *                   SWELL ORGAN (II)
     16' Open Diapason      58           16' Bourdon            58
      8' Open Diapason      58            8' Open Diapason      58
      8' Viola di Gamba     58            8' Stopped Diapason   58
      8' Doppel Flote       58            8' Salicional         58
      4' Principal          58            8' Aeoline            58
      4' Flauto Traverso    58            4' Octave             58
  2 2/3' Twelfth            58            4' Flute Harmonique   58
      2' Fifteenth          58            4' Violina            58
    III  Mixture           174            2' Flautino           58
      8' Trumpet            58          III  Dolce Cornet      174
                                          8' Cornopean          58
         SOLO ORGAN (III)                 8' Oboe & Bassoon     58
      8' Concert Flute      58
      8' Viole d'Orchestre  58               PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Lieblich Gedackt   58           16' Open Diapason      30
      8' Dolce              58           16' Bourdon            30
      8' Unda Maris (TC)    46           16' Lieblich Gedackt   SW
      4' Flute d'Amour      58            8' Violoncello        30
      2' Piccolo            58            8' Flute              30
      8' Clarinet           58
      8' Vox Humana         58               COUPLERS
                                             Swell to Great
      *  Great enclosed with Solo except     Swell to Great Super Octave
         for 16' and 8' Open Diapasons       Solo to Great
                                             Solo to Great Sub Octave
         MECHANICALS                         Swell to Solo
         Swell Tremolo                       Great to Pedal
         Solo Tremolo                        Swell to Pedal
         Balanced Pedal - Swell              Solo to Pedal
         Balanced Pedal - Great & Solo       All Couplers
         Grand Crescendo Pedal
         7 Combination Pistons


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-06-19]


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