Unknown - 1939 console (Photograph by Eleanor Forster/Database Manager)
2001-01-12 - 1963 Moller Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield at Wilshire Christian/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2008-02-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. See also opera 1928 and 2113. -Database Manager
2009-06-24 - Updated through online information from Rick England. -- The organ was altered in the 1970's by Manuel Rosales. The Echo division was not included in the rebuilding although the pipes were left on the chests and were visible through the swell shades. Rosales' rebuild included a Great, Swell (expressive) Positif (not expressive) and Solo (expressive) and Pedal. 60 stops (about 51 ranks - not sure of Pedal unification)The organ was for sale for a long time and eventually broken up for parts. The organ may have contained stops from the Bridges Auditorium Estey organ (their Magnum opus) The organ was replaced by a wonderful 3 manual Fisk. -Database Manager
2012-01-11 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 22 ranks retained from 1914 Möller Op. 1928; when the organ was replaced by the Fisk, the console was moved to Wilshire Christian Church to be used with their Murray Harris/Reuter organ. -Database Manager
2013-03-13 - Updated through online information from Weston Harris. -- The Rosales rebuild in 1976 included removing various pipe sets from the Bridges Auditorium of Music organ Estey Opus 2981. Most sets were merely transplanted displacing Moller ranks, other ranks were reworked into other stops -- e.g., the Violina cut down to be 1 3/5' Tierce, treble extensions of ranks used to recompose mixtures, etc. A new III Scharff, 32' Bombarde (extension of Swell Trompette/wood resonators), and 8' French Bombarde (displacing the Moller Tuba) were added to the organ. The 16' Diapason (open wood) was capped to become 32' Bourdon. The Choir organ shades were removed. Parts of the Echo organ remained in place. This division's Trumpet (tongues removed and pipes piled up in a corner of the Echo chamber) were restored and are the State Trumpet at St. Augustine By-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, California. The displaced Tuba (in a pile just inside the chamber doors of the Bridges Auditorium Estey organ) was restored and is a notable stop in the Wilshire Christian organ. The 32' Bourdon is in a home installation in northern San Diego. The organ project at Wilshire Christian Church was cut short by the 2008 recession being around 2/3rd's finished (lacking Positiv, State Trumpets, casework restoration, and general details). The 120 year old congregation sold the building (1926 historic landmark) in 2012 to Oasis Church/Los Angeles. I remain as curator of the organ and they will use it on holiday occasions. -Database Manager
2020-01-17 - When Moller installed a new console in 1963, the 1939 console was sold to First Congregational Church, Porterville, California, to be used with the Wurlitzer. -Database Manager
Specifications from the OHS Archives via Jim Lewis Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Claremont, California
Pomona College
Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music
Möller Op. 6753 1939 4/58
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x - retained from previous instrument
GREAT SWELL
16' Contra Viola 61 x 16' Flute Conique 61
8' Diapason 61 8' Geigen Principal 73
8' Rohr Bourdon 61 8' Gedeckt 73 x
8' Gemshorn 61 x 8' Salicional 73 x
8' Claribel Flute SO 8' Voix Celeste 73 x
8' Gedeckt SW 8' Flute Conique SW
8' Salicional SW 4' Principal 73
8' Voix Celeste SW 4' Flute ⌂ 73
8' Flute Conique SW 4' Violina 73 x
4' Octave 61 2 2/3' Flute Conique 7
4' Flute Harmonique 61 x 2' Flute Conique 5
4' Traverse Flute SO 2' Flautina 61 x
4' Flute ⌂ SW II Mixture 122
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 IV Plein Jeu 244
2' Fifteenth 61 16' Double Trumpet 73
III Mixture 183 8' Cornopean 73 x
8' Cornopean SW 8' Oboe 73 x
4' Clarion SW 8' Vox Humana 73 x
Super 4' Clarion 73
Chimes SO Tremolo
Harp SW Sub
Unison Off
GREAT ECHO Super
8' English Diapason 73
8' Chimney Flute 73 CHOIR
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Diapason 73
4' Principal 73 8' Concert Flute 73 x
4' Gemshorn 12 8' Gemshorn 61
4' Flute 12 8' Dulciana 73 x
2 2/3' Gemshorn 7 8' Unda Maris 73 x
2' Gemshorn 5 4' Gemshorn 12
8' Muted Trumpet 73 4' Flute d'Amour 73 x
Tremolo 4' Dulciana 12 x
2 2/3' Nazard Flute 61 x
PEDAL 2 2/3' Gemshorn 7
32' Contra Bourdon 7 x 2' Gemshorn 5
16' Diapason 32 x 8' Trompette 73
16' Bourdon 32 x 8' Clarinet 73 x
16' Gemshorn 12 Tremolo
16' Contra Viola GT Sub
16' Flute Conique SW Super
16' Echo Bourdon 12 EC Harp
16' Echo Gemshorn 12 EC Harp Celesta 61
10 2/3' Quint SW Harp Dampers
8' Principal 32 x
8' Flute 12 x SOLO
8' Flute Conique SW 8' Claribel Flute 73
8' Gemshorn GT 8' Gamba 73 x
4' Octave 12 x 8' Gamba Celeste 73 x
4' Flute 32 4' Traverse Flute 73 x
4' Gemshorn GT 16' English Horn 73
II Sesquialtera 64 8' Harmonic Tuba 73
16' Bombarde 32 x 8' English Horn 12
16' Double Trumpet SW Tremolo
16' English Horn SO Sub
8' Cornopean SW Super
8' English Horn SO Chimes 21 x
4' Clarion SW
4' English Horn SO SOLO ECHO
Chimes GT 8' English Diapason
8' Chimney Flute
8' Gemshorn
4' Principal
4' Flute
4' Gemshorn
2 2/3' Gemshorn
2' Gemshorn
8' Muted Trumpet
Tremolo
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