Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1925 (1948)

Altadena Community Church: Sanctuary
943 E. Altadena Dr.
Altadena, CA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2015-08-30 - Church exterior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-08-30 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2025-01-08 - Church exterior during January 8, 2025 Eaton fire (Unknown/Matthew Morrison)

2025-01-09 - Church exterior after January 2025 Eaton fire (Unknown /Matthew Morrison)

2016 - Console (Online /Matthew Morrison)

2016 - Church interior (Online /Matthew Morrison)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
24 stops
27 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-02-17 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-04-10 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2025-01-09 - Destroyed by fire along with church building. January 8, 2025 -Jim Lewis

2025-01-09 - The organ was destroyed on January 8, 2025 in the Eaton Fire of Altadena and Pasadena -Matthew Morrison

Stoplist

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

       Altadena, California
       Altadena Community Church, Congregational

       Casavant   Op. 1925   1948   3/26

       Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
       St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

       GREAT (encl w/Ped)         SWELL
    8' Open Diapason  68      16' Bourdon           68
    8' Hohl Flute     68       8' Geigen Principal  68
    8' Gemshorn       68       8' Rohrflöte         68
    4' Octave         68       8' Viole de Gambe    68
2 2/3' Twelfth        61       8' Voix Celeste   GG 61
    2' Fifteenth      61       4' Principal         68
       Super                 III  Cornet           183
       Chimes                  8' Cornopean         68
                               8' Oboe              68
       CHOIR                   8' Vox Humana        68
    8' Viola          68          Tremulant
    8' Melodia        68          Sub
    8' Dulciana       68          Super
    4' Lieblichflöte  68
    8' Clarinet       68          PEDAL (encl with Great)
       Tremulant              16' Major Bass        32
       Sub                    16' Bourdon           32
       Super                  16' Gedeckt           SW
                               8' Cello             32
                               8' Stopped Flute     12
                               4' Super Octave      12

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 10, 2010.]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON October 1948 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield