Better Pipe Organ Database

Estey Organ Co. Opus 2225 (1924)

Polytechnic High School / Los Angeles Trade Technical College: Auditorium
Grand Avenue & Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA

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

Images

1979-10-27 - Console (Photograph by Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

1979-10-27 - Chamber Grillework, Stage, and Console (Photograph by Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
34 stops
40 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Push-Button Stop Controls/Luminous Pistons
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Blind Action
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-10-15 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager

2008-01-14 - Updated through online information from Jim Lewis. -- Auditorium was renovated ca. 1979; organ was removed and stored and eventually broken up for parts -Database Manager

2021-09-23 - Updated through online information from Francis Cummings. -- I went to the school from 1971-1973. The organ was in the auditorium, and a physics teacher was working on it to try to get it back to better condition. I did play it a couple of times a week, and not too much was working. I have nothing further on the instrument. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from 'Organs in the Land of Sunshine' by James Lewis Date not recorded

    Los Angeles, California
    Poly-Technic High School

    Estey   Op. 2225   1924
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     GREAT                                       CHOIR (Expressive)
 8'  Open Diapason I                         8'  Violin Diapason
 8'  Open Diapason II                        8'  Viol d'Amour
 8'  Gross Flute                             8'  Unda Maris
 8'  Melodia                                 8'  Clarabella
 8'  Gemshorn                                4'  Flute d'Amour
 8'  Dulciana                                8'  Clarinet (*)
 4'  Flute Harmonic                              Tremolo
 8'  Tuba                                    Sub
     Chimes                                  Super
Sub 
Super
                                                 SOLO (Expressive)
                                             8'  Stentorphone
    SWELL (Expressive)                       8'  Gross Gamba
16' Bourdon                                  8'  First Violins III
8'  Open Diapason                            8'  Concert Flute
8'  Stopped Diapason                         4'  Wald Flute
8'  Salicional                               2'  Piccolo
8'  Viol d'Orchestre                         8'  Tuba Mirabilis (*)
8'  Viol Celeste                             8'  Orchestral Oboe
4'  Flauto Traverso                              Tremolo
8'  Cornopean                                Sub
8'  Oboe (*)                                 Super
8'  Vox Humana
    Tremolo
    Chimes                                       PEDAL
Sub                                          32' Resultant Bass
Super                                        16' Open Diapason
                                             16' Bourdon
                                             16' Lieblich Gedackt
                                             8'  Bass Flute
                                             8'  Tuba Mirabilis
 *  reedless                                 Pedal Octaves