Better Pipe Organ Database

M. L. Bigelow & Co. Opus 20 (1991)

St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Church
1345 Turnbull Canyon Rd.
Hacienda Heights, CA

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

Images

After the fire in 2011 - Console after the fire (Photograph by Bigelow Organ Company, submitted by Matthew Morrison/Matthew Morrison)

After the fire in 2011 - Church and organ after the fire (Photograph by Bigelow Organ Company, submitted by Matthew Morrison/Matthew Morrison)

Before the fire in 2011 - Organ case and facade pipes (Photograph from an archival source: Bigelow Organ Company, submitted by Matthew Morrison/Matthew Morrison)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
2 manuals
25 stops
31 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
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

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Compass 61/32. SS comb. -Database Manager

2011-04-18 - Updated through online information from Charles Eberline. -- On April 16, 2011, the church was gutted by a fire believed to have been intentionally set. According to a news account at http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/04/17/hacienda-heights-catholic-church-fire-arson/ (viewed April 17, 2010), "Firefighters responding to a 12:04 a.m Saturday morning. report of a fire at 1345 Turnbull Canyon road found the church engulfed in flames. . . . The fire raged for about 2 1/2 hours before more than 100 firefighters were able to 'surround and drown' it. The church was gutted, and a pipe organ worth several million dollars was destroyed by the time fire was declared out at 2:34 a.m." -Database Manager

2012-08-17 - Updated through online information from Michael L Bigelow. -- Photos of charred remains of key desk and impost can be viewed on Bigelow's website. Very sad. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the Bigelow web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

GREAT                                  SWELL
 1. Præstant          16                10. Viol-Principal        8
 2. Principal I-II     8                11. Chimney Flute         8
 3. Bourdon            8                12. Unda maris (G)        8
 4. Octave             4                13. Principal             4
 5. Conical Flute      4                14. Harmonic Flute        4
 6. Octave             2                15. Nasard                2 2/3
 7. Sesquialtera II                     16. Octave                2
 8. Mixture IV                          17. Blockflöte            2
 9. Trumpet            8                18. Tierce                1 3/5
    Swell-to-Great                      19. Scharf III
    Flexible Wind                       20. Fagott               16
                                        21. Oboe                  8
PEDAL                                   22. Clairon               4
23. Præstant (Gt)     16                    Tremulant
24. Subbass           16
25. Præstant (Gt 16')  8                GENERAL
26. Flute Bass (ext)   8                61/32 notes. AGO Pedalboard.
27. Octave             4                Keys of bone/ebony. Detached console.
28. Bombarde          16                Self-regulating, key-tensioned mechanical action.
29. Fagott (Sw)       16                Electric stop action.
30. Trumpet (Gt)       8                Multi-level combination action.
31. Clairon (Sw)       4                Mechanically operated swell shades on front and side.
    Great-to-Pedal                      Tremulant and Flexible Wind affect both manuals.
     Swell-to-Pedal

Websites

Opus 20 - Bigelow & Co. - Tracker Pipe Organ Builders - Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)