Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8794 (1955)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
15555 Saticoy Street
Van Nuys, CA

Images

Unknown - Chapel Interior, Summer 1997. (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console after renovation, Summer 1997. (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)

Unknown - Great Pipework, Summer 1997. (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)

Unknown - Swell pipework, Summer 1997. (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)

Unknown - New chamber junction, Summer 1997. (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
21 stops
29 registers
4 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 combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-07-13 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-03-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2014-02-07 - Updated through online information from Douglas H. Cable. -- Organ and building were damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake and subsequent vandalism during building renovation. New Great division pipes on original chests. Relay system upgraded to diode matrix and console upgrade to solid state. All chests and reservoirs re-leathered. Project completed summer 1997 by D. H. Cable & Associates. No changes to the tonal structure. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Van Nuys, California
San Fernando Stake, LDS

Möller   Op. 8794   1955   3/23

       GREAT (3 1/2" wind)         CHOIR (4")
    8' Diapason 61              8' Concert Flute 61
    8' Bourdon 61               8' Gemshorn 61
    4' Octave 61                4' Koppelflöte 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61           2 2/3' Nazard 61
    2' Fifteenth 61             2' Blockflöte 61
       Sub                      8' Bassethorn 61
       Unison Off                  Tremolo
       Super                       Sub
                                   Unison Off
       SWELL (4")                  Super
    8' Gedeckt 68
    8' Gamba 61                    PEDAL (4")
    8' Gamba Celeste 61 GG     16' Contrebasse 32 (1-12 wood)
    4' Principal 68            16' Rohrbourdon 12 SW
    4' Flute Triangulaire 68   16' Gemshorn 12 CH
    2' Flautino 61              8' Contrebasse 12
  III  Plein Jeu 183            8' Gedeckt SW
    8' Trompette 68             8' Gemshorn CH
    4' Oboe 68                  4' Contrebasse 12
       Tremolo                 16' Trompette 12 SW (5")
       Sub                      8' Trompette SW
       Unison Off
       Super

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 28, 2009.]