OHS convention: 1982
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Geo. Kilgen & Son (1887). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1990 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Built for First Baptist Church, Los Angeles, CA. Moved to new bldgs in 1898 (by Murray M. Harris) and 1923 (W. 6th St.). 1923 bldg used by several denominations after 1927. The Full Gospel Tabernacle, Los Angeles, CA owned it in 1978, & sold the organ through OCH. Compass 58/27. -Database Manager
2005-12-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The case is made of American walnut, and the façade pipes and supporting woodwork were originally ornately stencilled. At Holy Rosary, the upper woodwork and the pipes were painted in blue and purple. After the building had an earthquake retro-fit and interior re-decoration, the upper woodwork and the façade pipes were repainted in tan and brown. The facade is 5-sectional and contains 33 pipes arranged: 4-5-15-5-4. The outer flats of 4 pipes each are from the Pedal 16 ft. Grand Open Diapason and the mouths face inward. The middle flats of 5 pipes each are from the Great 8 ft. Open Diapason (4 pipes) and the Great 8 ft. Viol d'Gamba (1 pipe). The center flat of 15 pipes contains seven more 8 ft. Open Diapason pipes, and notes 2 thru 10 of the 8 ft. Viol d'Gamba. -Database Manager
2008-08-11 - Updated through online information from Christopher Rini. -- Played on 8/1/2008. A very nice organ in good tune and regulation. The bottom octave of the Choir Clarinet was added later, and there is a prepared for Mixture II on the Great. -Database Manager
Source: Stoplist copied from the console February 22, 1991
Edmonds, Washington
Holy Rosary R.C. (new)
Geo. Kilgen & Son, 1887
Bond Pipe Organs, Inc., 1981 - Refurbishing, Installation, and Changes
GREAT
Gr. 8 ft. Open Diapason 58
Gr. 8 ft. Melodia 58
Gr. 8 ft. Viol d'Gamba 58
Gr. 4 ft. Principal 58
Gr. 4 ft. Flute Harmonic 58
Gr. 3 ft. Twelfth 58
Gr. 2 ft. Fifteenth 58
Gr. 2 Rks Mixture -- Preparation by Bond.
Gr. 8 ft. Trumpet 58
SWELL (Expressive)
Sw. 16 ft. Bourdon (tc) 46
Sw. 8 ft. Open Diapason 58
Sw. 8 ft. Stopped Diapason 58
Sw. 8 ft. Dulce 58
Sw. 4 ft. Violina 58
Sw. 4 ft. Flauto Traverso 58
Sw. 2 ft. Flautino 58 Removed from the III Dulce Cornet.
Sw. 3 Rks Dulce Cornet 116 Originally drew the 2' as well.
Sw. 8 ft. Oboe 58
Sw. Vox Tremolo
CHOIR
Ch. 8 ft. Geigin [sic] Principal 58
Ch. 8 ft. Dulciana 58
Ch. 4 ft. Flute d'Amour 58
Ch. 2 ft. Piccolo 58
Ch. 8 ft. Clarionet 58 Originally tenor C. Bottom octave
added between 1991 and 1999.
PEDAL
Ped. 16 ft. Grand Open Diapason 27
Ped. 16 ft. Bourdon 27
Ped. 8 ft. Violoncello 27
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Coupler Sw. to Ped. [8]
Coupler Gr. to Ped. [8]
Coupler Ch. to Ped. [8]
Coupler Sw. to Gr. [8]
Coupler Ch. to Gr. [8]
Coupler Sw. to Ch. [8]
FINGER PISTONS (Mechanical)
Swell to Pedal On / Off
Swell to Great On / Off
FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled; l - r)
Gr. Piano.............8' Mel., 4' F.H.
Gr. Forte...............8,8,8,4,4,3,2.
Gr. to Ped Reversible
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
MISC. CONTROLS
Bellows Signal (drawknob)
ACTION: Mechanical key & stop
VOICES: 25
STOPS: 25
RANKS: 26
PIPES: 1,379
NOTES
The only tonal change made was to make the 2' component of the Swell 3
Rks Dulce Cornet available as an independent register. All three ranks
were on individual sliders. The original Sw. 8 ft. Bassoon drawknob was
used to register the 2' Flautino, and the Oboe was made playable from a
single drawknob.
The Gr. 2 Rks Mixture is a console preparation only. If ever installed,
it will have to be added on a jump slide.
The bass of the Ch. 8 ft. Clarionet was added after the installation by
Bond by Steven Cook of Edmonds. The toeboard, slider, and chest table
were all drilled-out, and wind is conveyed by foil/paper tubing to a
contiguous row of six diatonic notes at each end of the windchest. The
wooden reed blocks "plug-in" to the note "cell." The bottom of the
resonator where it exits the block is of spotted metal, but the actual
resonator is square and of open wood. The shallots look homemade and are
crudely soldered. The addition is not at all in the style of 19th cent.
American trackers, and the timbre blend between original and new is poor.
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