First United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
2111 Camino del Rio South
San Diego, CA
Images
2022-04-26 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-07-16 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2018-07-16 - Sanctuary interior to rear and gallery exposed pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2018-07-16 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2018-07-16 - Right chancel exposed pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2018-07-16 - Altar and clear window (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2015-12-13 - Chancel and Pipe Facades (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-13 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-13 - Left Chancel Pipe Facade (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-13 - Gallery Pipe Display (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-13 - Gallery Pipe Display and Herald Trumpet (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-13 - Herald Trumpet and Gallery Pipe Display (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
2015-12-13 - Herald Trumpet and Gallery Pipe Display (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)
Unknown - Great & Positif Set Up For Testing (Summer 1987) (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)
Unknown - Pedal Upperwork Chest, (Summer 1987) (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)
Unknown - Racking Gallery Enclosed Division Pipework (Summer 1987) (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)
Unknown - Starting Installation, (Fall 1987) (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)
Unknown - Expression Boxes Set Up (Fall 1987) (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)
Unknown - Starting Facade Installation (Fall 1987) (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)
Unknown - Ready for the Big Pipes, (Winter 1987) (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)
Unknown - "C" Side Almost Finished, (Winter 1987) (Photograph by Douglas H. Cable/Database Manager)
1992-12-06 - Console (Photograph by Jim Lewis/Database Manager)
2011-07-02 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Thomas Mellan/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Movable Console
- 4 manuals
- 80 stops
- 102 registers
- 9 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped 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
Notes
2009-12-03 - Identified through online information from Jim Lewis. -- The organ has three manual divisions and pedal in the chancel and four manual divisions with pedal in the gallery. A 32' Principal forms the gallery facade. Total of 107 ranks. Four manual console is movable and stays in the chancel. It has drawknobs on angled and terraced jambs. -Database Manager
2011-08-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- When the congregation moved to Mission Valley in 1964, 1929 3/28 Pilcher Op. 1453 was stored until 1971, at which time it was rebuilt and enlarged to 41 ranks by L. W. Blackinton & Associates and installed in the rear gallery of the new sanctuary; Blackinton had installed a 12-rank Chancel organ in 1967; in 1986, Blackinton removed the organs and rebuilt and enlarged them to 107 ranks, with 28 ranks in the Chancel and 80 ranks in the Gallery, including a Festival Trumpet donated by Blackinton in memory of his parents in 2010. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from builders specification Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
San Diego, California
First United Methodist Church
L. W. Blackinton & Associates, 1987-1989
4 Manuals, 9 divisions, 108 Ranks, 6103 pipes
GREAT
Gallery
16' Gamba 61 pipes
8' Principal 61 "
8' Rohr Flute 61 "
4' Octave 61 "
2' Fifteenth 61 "
V Cornet 305 "
IV Mixture 244 "
IV-VII Scharff 370 "
16' Bombarde 61 "
8' Trompette 61 "
4' Clarion 61 "
8' Herald Trumpet 61 "
Chimes 20
Cymbelstern 8
GREAT
Chancel
8' Principal 61 pipes
8' Bourdon 61 "
8' Dolce 61 "
4' Octave 61 "
2' Fifteenth 61 "
IV Mixture 244 "
Tower Bells 15
POSITIF
Gallery
8' Quint Flute 61 pipes
8' Dulciana 61 "
4' Spindle Flute 61 "
2' Principal 61 "
11/3' Quinte 61 "
1' Octave 61 "
III Cymbel 183 "
8' Rohr Schalmei 61 "
POSITIF
Chancel
8' Gedeckt 61 pipes
4' Spire Flute 61 "
2' Principal 61 "
III Zimbel 61 "
8' Cromorne 61 "
SWELL
Gallery (expressive)
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 61 pipes
8' Geigen Principal 61 "
8' Salicional 61 "
8' Voix Celeste 49 "
8' Gedeckt 61 "
4' Spitz Principal 61 "
4' Harmonic Flute 61 "
22/3' Nazard 61 "
2' Flute 61 "
III Mixture 183 "
16' Bassoon 61 "
8' Trompette 61 "
8' Oboe 12 "
4' Clarion 61 "
Tremulant
Swell to Swell 16 – U/O – 4
SWELL
Chancel (expressive)
16' Gedeckt 12 pipes
8' Gemshorn 61 "
8' Gemshorn Celeste 49 "
4' Wood Flute 61 "
22/3' Nazard 61 "
2' Flute 61 "
IV Fourniture 244 "
16' Bassoon 61 "
8' Trumpet 61 "
8' Fagotto 12 "
4' Clarion 12 "
Tremulant
Cymbelstern
CHOIR
Gallery (expressive)
8' Concert Flute 61 pipes
8' Flute Celeste 61 "
8' Erzaehler 61 "
8' Erzaehler Celeste 49 "
8' Aeoline 61 "
4' Flute d'Amour 61 "
22/3' Nasard 61 "
2' Flute 61 "
1 3/5' Tierce 61 "
8' Clarinet 61 "
8' Vox Humana 61 "
4' Celesta 49 bars
8' Herald Trumpet Gt
8' Festival Trumpet 61 pipes (Added in 2010)
Tremulant
Choir to Choir 16 – U/O – 4
PEDAL
Gallery
32' Contra Principal 32 pipes
32' Grand Bourdon 32 "
16' Principal 32 "
16' Bourdon 12 "
16' Violone 32 "
16' Gamba Gt
16' Lieblich Gedeckt Sw
8' Octave 32 "
8' Bourdon 12 "
8' Gedeckt Sw
51/3' Quint Bass 32 "
4' Choralbass 32 "
4' Flute Sw
22/3' Nazard 32 "
2' Twenty Second 32 "
IV Mixture 128 "
32' Contra Posaune 32 "
16' Posaune 12 "
16' Basson Sw
8' Trumpet 32 "
4' Clarion 12 "
PEDAL
Chancel
16' Principal 32 "
16' Bourdon 32 "
16' Gedeckt Sw
102/3' Quint Sw
8' Octave 32 "
8' Gedeckt 12 "
4' Choral Bass 32 "
2' Twenty Second 12 "
16' Fagotto Sw
8' Fagotto Sw
4' Fagotto Sw
INTERDIVISIONAL COUPLERS-
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Positif to Pedal
Swell to Great 16'
Swell to Great 8'
Swell to Great 4'
Choir to Great 16'
Choir to Great 8'
Choir to Great 4'
Positif to Great 8'
Choir to Swell 16'
Choir to Swell 8'
Choir to Swell 4'
Choir to Positif 8'
Swell to Positif 8'
Great to Positif 8'
INDICATOR LIGHTS-
Crescendo Bar Graph
Tuttis I, II, and III
Gallery Organ Power
Chancel Organ Power
Usher Signal
Memory Level
Microphone Selector
Console: Solid Teak, Ebony Drawknobs
Four 61 note manuals, from top: Choir, Swell, Great, Positif
32-note concave, radiating pedal board
Expression pedals, left to right: Gallery Choir, Gallery Swell, Chancel Swell
ACCESSORIES:
Crescendo Pedal, standard and three programmable sequences
Reed Silencer: Drawknob and toe stud reversible, programmable
Great to Pedal reversible, toe stud
Gallery Cymbelstern toe stud reversible
Chancel Cymbelstern toe stud reversible
All Shades to Gallery Swell: Drawknob
Pulpit, Lectern, Roving, and Auxilliary microphone selectors and cancel
Adjustable Bench
Chancel Blowers and Console Power, Gallery Blower, Tower Bells Compressor
Music rack and Pedal board lights, automatic with console power
COMBINATION ACTION:
Eight memory levels
Ten General Pistons with Toe Stud duplicates
Ten Divisional Pistons for each manual division plus Cancels
Ten Pedal Toe Studs
Tuttis I, II, and III programmable Thumb Pistons and Toe Studs
General Cancel
Dr. Marilyn Keiser, Organ Consultant
[Received from Douglas H. Cable 2013-10-03.]
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