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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2859 (2004)

Vallejo Drive Seventh-day Adventist Church
300 Vallejo Drive
Glendale, CA

Images

2013-09-06 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-12-04 - Console, organ and exposed pipes (Photograph by Kristen B, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2025-02-21 - Church interior (Los Angeles Chapter AGO/Jeff Scofield)

2025-02-21 - Exposed pipework (Los Angeles Chapter AGO/Jeff Scofield)

2025-02-21 - Church exterior (Los Angeles Chapter AGO/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
56 stops
75 registers
5 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: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
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

2010-02-22 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-04-15 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed in 1965, with prepared-for Pedal stops and Positiv installed in 1974. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Glendale, California
       Vallejo Drive Seventh-day Adventist Church

       Casavant   Op. 2859   2004   3/75

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

       GREAT                                SWELL
   16' Gemshorn             17 PD       16' Lieblichgedackt       61
   16' Quintade             61           8' Geigen Principal      61
    8' Principal            61           8' Salicional            61
    8' Bordun               61           8' Salicional Celeste GG 54
    4' Octave               61           8' Rohrflöte             61
    4' Rohrgedackt          61           4' Spitzprincipal        61
    2' Blockflöte           61           4' Nachthorn             61
   II  Rauschquinte        122           2' Flachflöte            61
    V  Mixtur              305          IV  Scharf               244
       Tremulant                        16' Fagott                61
       Sub                               8' Trompete              61
       Unison Off                        8' Oboe                  61 (3)
       Super                             4' Klarine               61
   16' Bombarde-en-chamade  -- (1)          Tremulant
    8' Trompette-en-chamade 61              Sub
    4' Clairon-en-chamade   --              Unison Off
       Zimbelstern                          Super
       Chimes                           16' Bombarde-en-chamade   GT
       MIDI                              8' Trompette-en-chamade  GT
                                         4' Clairon-en-chamade    GT
       POSITIV                              MIDI
    8' Gedackt              61
    4' Principal            61              PEDAL
    4' Koppelflöte          61          32' Resultant             -- (4)
    2' Spitzoctave          61          16' Principal             32 (5)
1 1/3' Quintflöte           61          16' Subbass               32
    1' Sifflöte             61          16' Gemshorn              32 (6)
   II  Sesquialtera        122          16' Lieblichgedackt       SW
   IV  Scharf              244           8' Octave                32
  III  Terzzimbel          183           8' Pommer                32
    8' Krummhorn            61           8' Stillflöte            32
       Tremulant                         8' Gemshorn              12 new
       Sub                               4' Octave                32
       Unison Off                        4' Rohrpfeife            32
       Super                             2' Nachthorn             32
   16' Bombarde-en-chamade  GT          IV  Mixture              128
    8' Trompette-en-chamade GT          32' Kontraposaune   L/2   32
    4' Clairon-en-chamade   GT          16' Posaune               32
       Zimbelstern                      16' Dulzian               32
       MIDI                             16' Fagott                SW
                                         8' Trompete              32
       CHOIR                             8' Trompete              SW
    8' Gedacktflöte         61           4' Klarine               32
    8' Spitzflöte           61           8' Trompette-en-chamade  GT
    8' Spitzflöte Celeste   61           4' Clairon-en-chamade    GT
    4' Gemshorn             61              MIDI
2 2/3' Nasat                61
    2' Waldflöte            61
1 3/5' Terz                 61
  III  Kleinmixtur         183
    8' Clarinet             61 (2)
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
   16' Bombarde-en-chamade  GT
    8' Trompette-en-chamade GT
    4' Clairon-en-chamade   GT
       MIDI

   (1) 1-12 from Pedal 16' Posaune; (2) new pipes on Schalmei action;
   (3) 1-12 common with Fagott; 13-up from old Choir Schalmei pipes 
       on new unit chests winded from reworked schwimmer; (4) unison
       from Subbass, quint from Lieblichgedackt; (5) 1-8 replaced with
       new wooden pipes built in sections; (6) 4 and 5 replaced by new
       pipes built in sections; pipes 31 and 32 are sent back as samples

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 15, 2010.]

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