Better Pipe Organ Database

Kenneth R. Simpson & Co. (1967)

First Church of Christ, Scientist
555 E. Green Street
Pasadena, CA

Images

2017-04-25 - 2017 Rosales Console (Photograph by Manuel Rosales/Database Manager)

1970-02-22 - Organ Screen (Photograph by James Lewis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
48 stops
Key action Type: Multiple Action Types
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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Murray Harris (1909). -Database Manager

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

2004-10-30 - Compass 61/32. Hold/set Comb. New Schantz console added by Simpson. -Database Manager

2008-01-12 - Updated through online information from Jim Lewis. -- This was originally a 3m 1909 Murray M. Harris. Simpson put in all new manual chests, many new sets of pipes and revoiced and reworked much of the Harris material. He put on a 3m Schantz console. The organ is in daily use. -Database Manager

2008-01-13 - Updated through online information from Jim Lewis. -Database Manager

2017-04-26 - New console by Rosales Pipe Organ Services, 2017 -Database Manager

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#54014 - Murray M. Harris (Organ Co.) (1910)