Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2045 (1950)

St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church
1281 North Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles: West Hollywood, CA

Images

2018-04-10 - Church exterior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-01-26 - Church interior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
7 stops
27 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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

Notes

2010-02-20 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-04-11 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       West Hollywood, California
       St. Ambrose R. C. Church

       Casavant   Op. 2045   1950   2/7

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

       ACTUAL STOPS
       Pedal Bourdon   16'   44
       Open Diapason    8'   73
       Rohrflöte        8'   85
       Viola da Gamba   8'   85
       Voix Celeste     8'   54  GG
       Dulciana         8'   73  tc
       Bassoon         16'   73
       Chimes                25  
            No.550-U Maas amplified 
            carillon system 50 w

       GREAT                     SWELL                    PEDAL
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt tc   16' Contra Dulciana tc   16' Bourdon
    8' Open Diapason          8' Rohrflöte             8' Octave
    8' Rohrflöte              8' Viola di Gamba        8' Cello
    8' Viola da Gamba         8' Voix Celeste          8' Stopped Flute
    8' Dulciana               8' Dulciana             16' Bassoon
    4' Octave                 4' Violina
    4' Lieblichflöte          4' Lieblichflöte
    4' Dulcet                 4' Dulcet
2 2/3' Nazard             2 2/3' Nazard
    2' Fifteenth              2' Piccolo
       Chimes             1 3/5' Tierce
                              8' Oboe
                                 Tremulant

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 11, 2010.]