Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2022-02-23 - The Fletcher & Harris organ was removed by the Robert Morton Organ Co. and rebuilt with new windchests and a horseshoe console. It was installed in what was known as the Small Auditorium and placed in a chamber at the west side of the room with the console located, beneath the tone openings, on the auditorium floor. Correspondence between the Robert Morton Co. and the synagogue implies that the organ was not a roaring success. It appears that it was stuffed into a chamber far too small to receive it, and as a result, the sound did not project well into the room. Robert Morton’s fee for the work was originally $3,260,4 but because of the unsatisfactory result, the firm settled for a cost of $1,000. [documented in a letter and invoice from the Robert Morton Company] Shortly after the [letter] was written, the organ was sold to Bertram Wilson, local representative of the Kimball Organ Co., for $100 and removed.6 The fate of the organ is unknown. -- James Lewis, "Fletcher & Harris Co. Organ for Congregation B’nai B’rith in Los Angeles", *The Tracker*, 66:2:10-12 -Paul R. Marchesano
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