2012-01-24 - Console (Image courtesy of Turila Real Estate and submitted by Jim Lewis/Database Manager)
2011-06-02 - Console (Photograph by Larry Ruggles/Database Manager)
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Builder's Nameplate: Possibly E. F. Johnston or E. A. Johnston? -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Property owned by Lenny Fenton in 1996. Comb. action. Compass 61/32. Oblique drawknobs of rosewood, ebony and tulipwood denote divisions. Player, single tracker bar adjusts from solo to 88 note rolls. [E. A. Johnston?] -Database Manager
2008-01-12 - Updated through online information from Jim lewis. -- One of the last MMH organs to leave the Los Angeles factory before the move to Van Nuys. The organ is intact, but unplayable to due the electric service. -Database Manager
2009-01-17 - Updated through online information from Jim Lewis. -Database Manager
2012-07-16 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -Database Manager
2012-10-21 - Updated through online information from Jonathan Couchman. -- Briefly mentioned in a section on estates for sale in the November 2012 edition of Architectural Digest, p. 132: "The living room's original Murray M. Harris pipe organ is still intact and was reportedly appraised at $1.1 million." No mention of the appraiser or the date o appraisal. -Database Manager
2014-03-07 - Updated through online information from George McCarthy. -- see the Destination America Channel's "Epic American Castles" program for video footage and an explanation of it's restoration by it's current owner. Hope this helps. -Database Manager
2016-03-02 - Updated through online information from Leonard Fenton. <br>The appraisal mentioned was by Manuel J. Rosales. It was for replacement cost of the organ, excluding any historical value. -Database Manager
Stoplist from "Organs in the Land of Sunshine" by James Lewis (OHS Press, 2010) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Los Angeles, California
Fred Engstrum Residence
Murray M. Harris 1913 3 manuals, 40 registers, ~37 ranks
Manuals: 61 notes Pedal: 32 notes
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Stoplist from "Organs in the Land of Sunshine" by James Lewis. OHS Press 2010
GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Double Open Diapason 16' Bourdon
8' First Open Diapason 8' Open Diapason
8' Second Open Diapason 8' Violin Diapason
8' Viola di Gamba 8' Viol d'Orchestre
8' Viol d'Amour 8' Voix Celeste
8' Dulciana 8' Aeoline
8' Doppel Flute 8' Stopped Flute
8' Concert Flute 8' Quintadena
4' Octave 4' Harmonic Flute
4' Flute d'Amour 2' Harmonic Piccolo
8' Saxophone 8' Orchestral Trumpet
Great Octaves 8' Clarinet
Swell Suboctaves to Great 8' Oboe
Swell to Great 8' Vox Humana
Swell Octaves to Great Tremolo
Echo Suboctaves to Great Swell Suboctaves
Echo to Great Swell Octaves
Echo Octaves to Great
PEDAL ORGAN
ECHO ORGAN 32' Resultant Bass
8' Echo Diapason 16' Open Diapason
8' Orchestral Flute 16' Violone
8' Viol Etheria 16' Bourdon
8' Unda Maris 16' Contra Basso (Gt.)
8' Nachthorn 16' Lieblich Gedackt (Sw.)
4' Zart Flute 8' Flute
8' Orchestral Oboe Pedal Octaves
8' Vox Mystica Great to Pedal
Tremolo Swell to Pedal
Cathedral Chimes Echo to Pedal
Concert Harp
Echo Suboctaves
Echo Octaves
Swell to Echo
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