Better Pipe Organ Database

The Aeolian Co. Opus 1333 (1915)

Residence: William Wrigley, Jr. / Tournament of Roses Association: Lobby
391 S. Orange Grove Blvd.
Pasadena, CA

Images

2022-11-05 - Builder's nameplate and organ serial number (Photograph by Jon L. Gardner/Jon Gardner)

2022-11-05 - Console (Photograph by Jon L. Gardner/Jon Gardner)

Unknown - Stairwell chambers (OHS Archives, courtesy of Jim Lewis (c.1917)/Database Manager)

1974-01-28 - Console and stairwell chambers (Photo in private collection/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
21 stops
44 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes

Notes

2009-01-29 - Identified through online information from Jim Lewis. -- Console is installed in entry hall. Pipes are under landing in main staircase and speak through a grille in a triangular space made by the rise of the steps. Two-manuals and 26 ranks with Harp & Chimes. One expression chamber. 116-note player only. House now belongs to the Tournament of Roses. -Database Manager

2013-02-16 - Updated through online information from Christopher Hames. -- I am the systems administrator for the Tournament of Roses association, and the organ is installed at our headquarters, the Wrigley Mansion. -Database Manager

2016-06-22 - Contract: June 29, 1915<br> Cost: $18,500<br> Shipped: October 31, 1915 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: From James Lewis Date not recorded

Pasadena, California
George Wrigley Jr. Residence

The Aeolian Co.   Opus 1333   1915
2 manuals, 44 registers, 21 stops, 26 ranks
With 116-note player in console
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         MANUALS I & II
     16' Flute (deep)
      8' Diapason
      8' Diapason MF
      8' Flute F
      8' Flute MF
      8' Flute P
      8' String F
      8' String F (Vibrato)
      8' String MF (Vibrato)
      8' String P
      8' String P (Vibrato)
      8' String PP
      4' Flute (high)
      2' Piccolo
         String P (Mixture) (5 rks)
      8' Trumpet
      8' Clarinet
      8' Oboe
      8' Vox Humana F
      8' Vox Humana P

         PEDAL
     16' Flute F (deep)
     16' Flute P (deep) (fr. Manuals)
      8' Flute
     16' Bassoon (fr. Manuals)

         PERCUSSIONS
         Harp
         Chimes

         ACCESSORIES
         Tonal Pedal
         Expression Pedal
         Tremolo


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-05-02]