Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 481-A, 1926
Hollywood High School
1521 N. Highland Ave.
Los Angeles, CA, US
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal31 Stops37 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCombination Thumb Piston(s)Combination Toe Piston(s)Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: ExtantandPlayable in this location
Updated through online information from Frank Sele. -- MIDI player installed when console was electrified.
Database Manager on September 5th, 2009:
Updated through online information from John Elwood. -- This organ has always been in Hollywood High School Auditorium, but HHS is on their third auditorium. The organ has survived the demolition of its original home, the demolition of the subsequent home, an earthquake and a flood. In its current incarnation, the organ has a solid state combination action installed by Austin.
Database Manager on January 19th, 2006:
Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Additions to Opus 481 (1924). Damaged during 1994 earthquake.
Related Instrument Entries: Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 481, 1924)
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