First Congregational Church
540 S Commonwealth Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
Images
2023-07-10 - Console (Photograph by Kevin R. Cartwright, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
July 2004 - Console (Photograph by Joe Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2014-03-09 - Solid state logic relay boards (Photograph by Ryan Thoryk/Ryan Thoryk)
2014-03-09 - Gallery console (smaller than chancel console) (Photograph by Ryan Thoryk/Ryan Thoryk)
2014-03-09 - Chancel console right stop jamb (Photograph by Ryan Thoryk/Ryan Thoryk)
2014-03-09 - Chancel console left stop jamb (Photograph by Ryan Thoryk/Ryan Thoryk)
2014-03-09 - Chancel Console (Photograph by Ryan Thoryk/Ryan Thoryk)
2012-04-22 - Church interior: Chancel (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - South Gallery facade and pipework (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Church exterior: front (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Church exterior: rear (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-19 - Interior: Nave and chancel (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Chancel console and Skinner case (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-19 - South chancel chamber and transept (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Rear gallery with Schlicker case (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Gallery facade: center (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Gallery facade from below (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Gallery console, casework, and en chamade (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Gallery Ruck Positiv (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Console: finger pistons and couplers (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Console: expression shoes, toe studs, and pedalboard (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Console: toe studs (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Console: 64' Grand Ophecleide drawknob (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
2012-04-22 - Console builder's nameplate (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)
Consoles
Chancel
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Movable Console
- 5 manuals
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Gallery
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 5 manuals
- 18 divisions
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2006-05-16 - 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> Enlargement of E. M. Skinner Opus 856 (1930), with two new five manual consoles reusing pipework by Roosevelt, Skinner, Walcker and Holtkamp. One console by M. P.Möller, #M-6447, completed by Hagerstown Organ Co; the other built by Hagerstown Organ Co</i> -Database Manager
2008-07-12 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2014-10-13 - Updated through online information from Patrick Klimek. -Database Manager
2020-08-29 - Number of pipes is unknown, but estimated at the specified amount. -YouFoundSharpe
Stoplist
From 2002 AIO convention booklet, Grand Ophicleide and Tuba Magna added Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Los Angeles, California
First Congregational Church, Los Angeles
Chancel: Skinner Opus 856 (1932), enlarged 1967, 1992;
Gallery: Schlicker Organ Company (1969), enlarged 1992
Chancel Great (Manual II, unenclosed above the North Choir):
16' Principal
16' Holz Gedeckt
8' Montre
8' Diapason
8' Harmonic Flute
8' Spitz Flute
8' Bourdon (metal)
8' Gamba
5 1/3' Quint
4' Octave
4' Hohl Flute
3 1/5' Tierce
2 2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
1 3/5' Seventeenth
IV-V Mixture
III Scharf
16' Fagotto
8' Tromba
8' Trumpet
4' Clarion
Cloches (Solo, digtl.)
Chancel Italian (Floating, unenclosed above the Peace Shrine):
8' Principal
8' Voce Umana
8' Flauto
4' Ottava
4' Flauto in Ottava
2' Quinta Decima
1 1/3' Decima Nona
1' Vigesima Seconda
2/3' Vigesima Sesta
1/2' Vigesima Terza
1/3' Trigesima Terza
Cymbelstern
Chancel Swell (Manual III, enclosed, above the South Choir):
16' Bourdon
8' Diapason
8' Hohl Flute (wood)
8' Gedeckt
8' Gemshorn
8' Gemshorn Celeste
8' Salicional
8' Voix Celeste II
8' Echo Viole Celeste II
8' Orchestral Strings III
8' Flute Celeste II
4' Octave
4' Flauto Traverso
4' Chimney Flute
4' Unda Maris II
2 2/3' Nasard
2' Wald Flute
1 3/5' Tierce
1 1/3' Larigot
V String Mixture
V Chorus Mixture
III Scharf
32' Double Waldhorn
16' Waldhorn
8' Trumpet
8' Flugel Horn
8' Oboe
8' Vox Humana
4' Clarion
Tremulant
Chancel Solo (Manual IV, enclosed, above the North Choir)
8' Grand Diapason
8' Flauto Mirabilis
8' Doppel Flute
8' Violone Pomposa
8' Violone Celeste
8' Gamba Celeste II
4' Gross Octave
4' Flute Ouverte
2 2/3' Gross Nazard
2' Flute Fife
V Grand Chorus
16' Posaune
16' Corno di Bassetto (digtl.)
8' Posaune
8' French Horn
8' English Horn
8' Rohr Schalmey
8' Tuba Mirabilis
4' Harmonic Clarion
Tremulant
Harp (digital)
16' Tuba Magna (digtl.)
8' Tuba Magna (digtl.)
4' Tuba Magna (digtl.)
Chancel Epistle (Manual V, unenclosed, in the South Gallery):
8' Diapason
8' Rohr Flute
4' Octave
2' Octavin (prep.)
IV Grand Plein Jeu
IV Sesquialtera
16' Clarinette Basse
8' Trompette
4' Clarion
8' Trumpet Royale
Tremulant
Chancel Choir (Manual I, enclosed, above the North Choir):
16' Contra Viola
8' Diapason
8' Concert Flute
8' Lieblich Flute
8' Viola
8' Dulciana
8' Unda Maris II
8' Erzahler Celeste II
4' Principal
4' Flauto D'Amour
2 2/3' Nazard
2' Block Flute
1 3/5' Tierce
III-IV Mixture
16' Cor Anglais
8' Trompette
8' Hautbois
8' Clarinet
Tremulant
Harp
Celesta
8' Trumpet Royale
Chancel Pedal (unenclosed, above the North Choir):
64' Gravissima (digtl.)
32' Diapason Bass (digtl.)
32' Contra Violone (digtl.)
32' Sub Bourdon (1-7 digtl.)
16' Open Bass (digtl.)
16' Montre
16' Contra Bass
16' Principal (Gt.)
16' Violone (digtl.)
16' Bourdon
16' Holz Gedeckt (Gt.)
16' Lieblich Bourdon (Sw.)
16' Contra Viola (Choir)
8' Octave
8' Principal (Gt.)
8' Gemshorn
8' Violoncello (digtl.)
8' Bourdon
8' Lieblich Flute (Sw.)
4' Choral Bass
4' Holz Gedeckt (Gt.)
2' Nachthorn
IV Mixture
V Harmonics
64' Grand Ophicleide (digtl.)
32' Ophicleide (digtl.)
32' Double Waldhorn (Sw.)
16' Trombone
16' Posaune (Solo)
16' Fagotto (Gt.)
16' Waldhorn (Sw.)
10 2/3' Posaune Quint (Solo)
8' Tromba
8' Trumpet
4' Clarion
4' Waldhorn (Sw.)
Bass Drum
Musician's Gallery (unenclosed, above the South Choir)
8' Gedeckt
4' Flute
2' Principal
1 1/3' Quint
Gospel Organ (floating, enclosed, in the North Gallery):
8' Rohrflote
4' Principal
2 2/3' Nazard
2' Schwegel
IV Mixture
8' Cromorne
8' Petite Trompette
Gospel String (enclosed with Gospel Organ):
16' Contra Violes II (prep.)
8' String Organ VII
8' Celestial Strings III (prep.)
4' Salicet Celeste III (prep.)
Tremulant
Gospel Pedal (enclosed with Gospel Organ):
16' Pedal Bourdon
Gallery Great (Manual II, unenclosed, West Gallery Case):
16' Principal
16' Pommer
8' Octave
8' Rohrfloete
8' Spillfloete
4' Octave
4' Nachthorn
2 2/3' Quint
2' Octave
IV-V Mixture
VI-VII Grossmixture
IV Cornet (tenor f)
16' Trumpet
8' Trumpet
4' Trumpet
8' Trompeta Real (horiz.)
Gallery Rück-positive (Manual I, unenclosed, Gallery Rail case):
8' Principal
8' Rohrgedeckt
4' Octave
4' Spitzfloete
2 2/3' Quint
2' Octave
2' Blockfloete
II Sesquialtera
IV-VI Mixture
III Terzzimbel
16' Dulzian
8' Krummhorn
4' Schalmei
Tremulant
8' Fanfare Trumpet (Brust.)
Gallery Swell (Manual III, enclosed, West Gallery case):
16' Lieblich Gedeckt
8' Principal
8' Flute Harmonic
8' Bourdon
8' Gamba
8' Gamba Celeste
8' Dolce
8' Dolce Celeste
4' Octave
4' Traversfloete
2 2/3' Nasat
2' Nachthorn
1 3/5' Tierce
1 1/7' Septieme
IV-VI Mixture
III Cymbel
16' Fagott
8' Trompette
8' Schalmei
8' Vox Humana
4' Clarion
Tremulant
Gallery Brustwerk (Manual IV, unenclosed, West Gallery Case):
8' Gedeckt
8' Quintadena
4' Principal
4' Spitzgedeckt
2' Octave
2' Rohrfloete
1 1/3' Larigot
1' Siffloete
II Terzian
IV-V Scharf
8' Baerpfeife
4' Regal
Tremulant
16' Trompeta Real (Gt.)
8' Trompeta Real (Gt.)
4' Trompeta Real (Gt.)
8' Fanfare Trumpet
Gallery Ethereal (Manual V, enclosed, West Gallery):
8' Flute Ouverte (prep.)
8' Gross Gedeckt (prep.)
8' Flute Harmonique (prep.)
8' String Organ IV (prep.)
8' Violoncello (prep.)
8' Cello Celeste (prep.)
8' Vox Coelestis II (prep.)
8' Celeste Harm. II (prep.)
8' Ludwigtone (prep.)
8' Aeolian Harp II (prep.)
4' Flute Triangulaire (prep.)
4' Vox Seraphic II (prep.)
16' Musette (prep.)
8' French Horn (prep.)
8' Saxophone (prep.)
8' Clarinet (prep.)
Tremulant (prep.)
8' Fanfare Trumpet (BW)
Chimes (Solo)
Harp
Glockenspiel
Gallery Echo (Manual V, enclosed, West Gallery chamber):
8' Cor de Nuit
8' Vox Angelica II
8' Unda Maris II
4' Fern Flute
4' Celeste Divinaire II
IV-V Dolce Cornet
8' Oboe
8' Vox Humana
Tremulant
Gallery Pedal (unenclosed, West Gallery):
32' Principal
16' Octave
16' Kontrabass (Gt.)
16' Gemshorn
16' Subbass
10 2/3' Quint
8' Octave
8' Flachfloete
8' Gedeckt
5 1/3' Quint
4' Choralbass
4' Dolcan
4' Hohlfloete
2' Nachthorn
1' Gemshorn
V Hintersatz
VI Mixture
III Rauschpfeife
32' Kontra Bombarde (half-length)
16' Trompeta Real (Gt.)
16' Bombarde
16' Fagott (Sw.)
8' Trompeta Real (Gt.)
8' Trumpet
4' Clarion
4' Schalmei
2' Kornett
Gallery Ether. Pedal (enclosed with Ethereal, West Gallery):
16' Bourdon (prep.)
Gallery Echo Pedal (enclosed with Echo, West Gallery chamber):
16' Echo Gedeckt
10 2/3' Quint
8' Gedeckt
[Received from Connor Annable 2012-06-13.]
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