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Robert Morton Organ Co. (1921)

University of Southern California: Bovard Auditorium
3551 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, CA

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


Images


1921-05-04 - Auditorium Interior (Photograph from the collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

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Notes

2013-01-23 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Grant Chapman, using information found in http://archive.org/details/exercisesindedic00univrich. -- -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from dedication brochure Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Los Angeles, California
Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California

The Robert Morton Company of Van Nuys (1921)

PEDAL ORGAN
1.	Resultant Bass 32' 32 notes
2.	Bombarde 32' 56 pipes
3.	Double Open Diapason 32' Extension from Great 16' 12 pipes
4.	Open Diapason 16' 44 pipes
5.	Bourdon 16' 44 pipes
6.	Echo Bourdon 16' 32 pipes
7.	Lieblich 16' from SW Bourdon 32 notes
8.	Violone 16' from Great 32 notes
9.	Contra Viole 16' from Choir 32 notes
10.	Fagotto 16' from Swell 32 notes
11.	Trombone 16' from No. 2 Pedal 32 notes
12.	Principal 8' from No. 4 Pedal 32 notes
13.	Flute 8' from No. 5 Pedal 32 notes
14.	Cello 8' from Solo Gamba and Gamba Celeste 32 notes
15.	Dulciana 8’ from Choir No. 106 32 notes
16.	Trumpet 8’ from No. 2 Pedal 32 notes
17.	Flute 4’ from No. 5 Pedal 32 notes
18.	Compensating Mixture 80 pipes

GREAT ORGAN
Enclosed with the Choir Organ.

19.	Double Open Diapason 16' 73 Pipes
20.	First Open Diapason 8’ 73 ″
21.	Second Open Diapason 8’ 73 ″
22.	Third Open Diapason 8’ 73 ″
23.	Doppel Flute 8’ 73 ″
24.	Melodia 8’ 73 ″
25.	Viola 8’ 73 ″
26.	Erzahler 8' 73 ″ 
27.	Octave 4' 73 ″
28.	Wald Flute 4' 73 ″
29.	Flageolet 2' 61 ″
30.	Mixture V Ranks 305 ″
31.	Double Trumpet 16' 73 ″
32.	Trumpet 8' 73 ″
33.	Clarion 4' 73 ″

CHOIR ORGAN, 73 Notes.
Enclosed in Swell Box with Great Organ.

34.	Contra Viole 16' 73 Pipes
35.	Geigen Principal 8' 73 ″
36.	Concerte Flute 8' 73 ″
37.	Flute Celeste 8' 61 ″
38.	Dulciana 8' 73 ″
39.	Quintadena 8' 73 ″
40.	Flute 4' 73 ″
41.	Nazard 2 2/3' 61 ″
42.	Piccolo 2' 61 ″

SOLO ORGAN
In Separate Swell Box.

43.	Saxaphone 8' 73 Pipes
44.	Gross Flute 8' 73 ″
45.	Gamba 8' 73 ″
46.	Gamba Celeste 8' 73 ″
47.	French Horn 8' 73 ″
48.	English Horn 8' 73 ″
49.	Stentorphone 8’ 73 ″
50.	Tuba 8’ 73 ″
51.	Clarinet 8’ 73 ″
52.	Orchestral Oboe 8’ 73 ″
Harp 49 Bars with Resonators
Chimes 20 Tubular Bells

SWELL ORGAN
Enclosed in Separate Swell Box.

53.	Bourdon 16 73 Pipes
54.	Open Diapason 8 73 ″
55.	Horn Diapason 8 73 ″
56.	Salicional 8 73 ″
57.	Aeoline 8 73 ″
58.	Celeste, Tenor C 8 61 ″
59.	Viol D' Orchestre 8 73 ″
60.	Viola Celeste 8 61 ″
61.	Stopped Diapason 8 73 ″
62.	Clarabella 8 73 ″
63.	Gemshorn 8 73 ″
64.	Violin 4' 73 ″
65.	Harmonic Flute 4’ 73 ″
66.	Piccolo 2' 61 ″
67.	Cornet III Ranks 183 ″
68.	Contra Fagotto 16' 73 ″
69.	Cornopean 8' 73 ″
70.	Flugel Horn 8' 73 ″
71.	Oboe 8' 73 ″
72.	Clarion 4' 73 ″
73.	Vox Humana 8' 73 ″

ECHO ORGAN, 61 Notes
Played from Solo Keys and affected by
Solo Couplers and Solo Swell Shoe

74.	Cor de Nuit 8' 61 Pipes
75.	Muted Viole 8’ 61 ″
76.	Viole Celeste, Tenor C —8' 49 ″
77.	Zauber Flute 4' 61 ″
78.	Vox Humana 8' 61 ″

COUPLERS
Pedal Octave
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell Octave to Pedal
Solo and Echo to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Great Sub
Great Unison
Great Octave
Swell Sub to Great
Swell to Great
Swell Octave to Great
Choir Sub to Great
Choir to Great
Choir Octave to Great
Solo Sub to Great
Solo to Great
Solo Octave to Great
Choir Sub
Choir Unison
Choir Octave
Swell Sub to Choir
Swell to Choir
Swell Octave to Choir
Solo to Choir
Solo to Swell
Swell Sub
Swell Unison
Swell Octave
Choir to Swell
Solo Sub
Solo Unison
Solo Octave
Echo on, Solo off
Universal on and off

COMBINATION PISTONS
Six manual pistons affecting stops and couplers of Solo and Echo organs
Eight manual pistons affecting stops and couplers of Great organ
Eight manual pistons affecting stops and couplers of Swell organ
Eight manual pistons affecting stops and couplers of Choir organ
Six Pedal manual pistons affecting stops and couplers of Pedal organ
Eight general pistons affecting entire organ.
Solo pistons to Pedal Pistons, Swell pistons to Pedal pistons.
Great pistons to pedal pistons. Choir pistons to pedal pistons.
Chimes forte and piano.
Swell, Great, Solo, Choir and Echo tremulants.

THE ORGAN
PEDAL MOVEMENTS 

Balanced Solo and Echo pedal with indicator.
Balanced Swell pedal with indicator
Balanced Great and Choir pedal with indicator.
Balanced Crescendo pedal with indicator.
Locking pedal throwing choir shutters to Solo pedal.
Locking pedal disconnecting the intermanual couplers from Crescendo pedal.
Great to pedal reversible.
Solo to Great reversible.
Sforzando pedal with light indicator.
Locking pedal connecting all Swell boxes to Swell pedal.

SUMMARY
Pedal Organ 18 stops 268 pipes
Great Organ 15 1315
Swell Organ 21 1607
Choir Organ 9 621
Solo Organ 10 730
Echo Organ 5 293
Couplers 35
Pistons 49
Tremulants 5
Pedal Movements 10
Total Movements 179

Total 78 Stops 4834 Pipes



 [Received from Grant Chapman 2013-01-24.]

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