Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1209 (1927)

First Unitarian Church
2936 W. Eighth St.
Los Angeles, CA

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

Images

2004-02-13 - Console (Photograph by Michael Williamson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
40 stops
35 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-04-09 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Stop keys were to be used in the console and set in vertical jams [sic]; the entire organ will be under expression in a concrete swell box. -Database Manager

2015-09-13 - Updated through online information from Michael Williamson. -Database Manager

2023-09-09 - The Casavant was damaged in an earthquake and sold. Its fate is unknown. No organ replaced it. -Julius Coyle

Stoplist

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

    Los Angeles, California
    First Unitarian Church

    Casavant   Op. 1209   1927   4/41

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

    GREAT                          CHOIR
16' Double Open Diapason 73     8' Open Diapason        73
 8' First Open Diapason  73     8' Melodia              73
 8' Second Open Diapason 73     8' Dulciana             73
 8' Hohlflöte            73     8' Unda Maris           73
 8' Gemshorn             73     4' Waldflöte            73
 4' Octave               73     2' Harmonic Piccolo     61
 4' Harmonic Flute       73     8' Clarinet             73
 2' Super Octave         61        Tremulant
IV  Mixture             292        Sub
 8' Trumpet              73        Super
    Super                          Harp                 pf
                                   Harp Sub             pf
    SWELL
16' Bourdon              73        SOLO (prepared for)
 8' Open Diapason        73     8' Stentorphone         pf
 8' Stopped Diapason     73     8' Gross Flute          pf
 8' Viola di Gamba       73     8' Viole d'Orchestre    pf
 8' Æoline               73     8' Viole Celeste        pf
 4' Principal            73     4' Fugara               pf
 4' Flauto Traverso      73     8' Tuba Mirabilis       pf
 2' Flautino             61        Tremulant
IV  Mixture             292        Sub
 8' Cornopean            73        Super
 8' Oboe                 73
    Tremulant                      PEDAL
    Sub                        32' Double Open Diapason -- (resultant)
    Super                      16' Open Diapason        32
                               16' Bourdon              32
    ECHO                       16' Violone              32
 8' Cor de Nuit          73    16' Gedeckt              SW 
 8' Viole Sourdine       73     8' Flute                12 (Open Diapason)
 8' Vox Humana           73     8' Stopped Diapason     12 (Bourdon)
    Tremulant                   8' Violoncello          12 (Violone)
    Chimes (Deagan A)    25    16' Trombone             32

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