Pasadena Presbyterian Church
585 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA
Images
2012-08-08 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2012-08-08 - Chancel (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2012-08-08 - Stage, console and exposed pipes (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2012-08-08 - Echo organ (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2012-08-08 - Console (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2012-08-08 - Console (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2012-08-08 - Left Stopjamb (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2012-08-08 - Right Stopjamb (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2012-08-08 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console on Lift
- 4 manuals
- 97 stops
- 86 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: Computerized/Digital
- Has sequencer
- 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
2007-02-27 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Installation of the former 1905 Murray Harris Echo Organ in the rear of the sanctuary with some new pipes and a new façade. Made possible by special gifts given by John and Elizabeth Herrick; and also by Herb and Elizabeth Hezlep, whose support made possible the addition of a Trompette en chamade stop in the re-installed Echo organ. Several foundations also contributed to the organ endowment fund; a very generous grant from the Ahmanson Foundation fulfilled the campaign goal of $350,000. The organ was releathered by Robert Turner in the summer of 2003 along with console renovations. The newly rebuilt instrument was formally rededicated in a recital and a special worship service on November 1 and 2, 2003. -Database Manager
2009-05-17 - Updated through information from Doug Hezlep: -- It was not until the 2002-2003 period that the [installation of the entire organ in the new building ] was completed, the console rebuilt by Robert Turner reusing all the original woodwork and replica knobs, couplers, etc. and the organ renovated (mainly releathering, swell shade upgrading, facade stabilization, and the replacement of a few missing pipes (usually from 2' and shorter); the console retains the Aeolian-Skinner nameplate. Schantz reinstalled the echo with a new Trompette en Chamade in the gallery -Database Manager
2015-02-16 - Updated through online information from Doug Hezlep. -- The organ's mechanical restoration in the 2002-2003 period was by Newton Pipe Organ Service; Robert Turner rebuilt the console but was otherwise not involved. The Schantz Company restored and reinstalled the echo organ with dummy flue pipes in the façade and a few replacement speaking pipes for ones that had been severely damaged during the long period of storage. Schantz also supplied the new copper Trompette en Chamade, which is installed with the echo but is a floating register. In the main instrument, the 32' Contre Bombarde (the "Contre" prefix was added at the time the console was rebuilt) has 3/4 length resonators rather than half-length. This was one of several such extensions that Mr. Whiteford experimented with in the late 1950s.<br>The information regarding the organ's refurbishment and completion in the 1979 building came from direct conversations with the then director of music and a subsequent brochure published by the church. The information regarding the 32' reed extension came from the late Robert Prichard at the time the organ was being reinstalled in the new building. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from church web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Pasadena, California
Pasadena Presbyterian Church
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 1131-B 1961 4 manuals, 97 stops, 111 ranks
Restored and enlarged by Schantz Organ Company (2003)
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Violone 61 16' Quintaton 68
8' Principal 61 8' Geigenprinzipal 68
8' Bourdon 61 8' Rohrflöte 68
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Viole de Gambe 68
4' Octave 61 8' Viole Celeste 68
4' Flute Ouverte 61 8' Spitzflöte 68
2 2/3' Quinte 61 4' Principal 68
2' Super Octave 61 4' Cor de Nuit 68
2' Blockflöte 61 2' Octavin 61
IV Fourniture 244 III Plein Jeu 183
III Cymbel 183 III Cymbale 183
16' Fagot 61 II Sesquialtera 122
8' Trompette en chamade EC 16' Contre Trompette 68
Chimes SO 8' Trompette 68
8' Hautbois 68
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Voix Humaine 68
16' Dulciana 68 4' Clairon 68
8' Viola Pomposa 68 Tremulant
8' Singendgedect 68 8' Trompette en chamade EC
8' Flauto Dolce 68
8' Flute Celeste 68 SOLO ORGAN
4' Prestant 68 8' Major Flute 68
4' Koppelflöte 68 8' Violoncello 68
2 2/3' Nazard 61 8' Violoncello Celeste 68
2' Nachthorn 61 4' Orchestral Flute 68
1 3/5' Tierce 61 VIII-X Chorus Mixture 556
1 1/3' Larigot 61 8' Trompette Harmonique 68
1' Sifflöte 61 8' English Horn 68
IV Scharf 244 4' Clairon Harmonique 68
III Zimbel 183 Tremulant
16' Dulzian 68 8' Trompette en chamade EC
8' Cromorne 68 Chimes 25 tubes
4' Rohrschalmei 68
Tremulant PEDAL ORGAN
8' Trompette en chamade EC 32' Principal 27
32' Flute Ouverte 32
ECHO ORGAN 16' Contrebasse 32
8' Principal 61 16' Octave 32
8' Concert Flute 61 16' Bourdon 32
8' Viole 61 16' Violone GT
8' Viole Celeste 61 16' Quintaton SW
4' Prestant 61 16' Dulciana CH
4' Waldflöte 61 8' Principal 32
2' Flautino 61 8' Gedecktpommer 32
IV Fourniture 244 8' Violone GT
8' Fagot 61 5 1/3' Octave Quint 32
Tremulant 4' Choralbass 32
8' Trompette en chamade 61 a 4' Nachthorn 32
2' Blockflöte 32
ECHO PEDAL III Fourniture 96
16' Bourdon (ext EC) 12 II Cymbale 64
16' Fagot (ext EC) 12 32' Contre Bombarde 32
16' Bombarde 12
16' Contre Trompette SW
16' Dulzian CH
8' Trompette 32
8' Cromorne CH
4' Clairon 32
4' Rohrschalmei CH
2' Kornet 32
Chimes SO
8' Trompette en chamade EC
a Added 2003 by Schantz
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-06-15]
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