Richard F. Muench
1994

Originally Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 856, 1931)

First Congregational Church

540 S Commonwealth Avenue
Los Angeles, CA, US

346 Ranks - 20,417 Pipes

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Builder: Unknown

Position: Movable Console

Design: Traditional Without Cover

Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Features:

5 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note PedalSforzando Thumb Piston(s)Sforzando Toe Piston(s)

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Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

YouFoundSharpe on August 29th, 2020:

Number of pipes is unknown, but estimated at the specified amount.

Database Manager on October 13th, 2014:

Updated through online information from Patrick Klimek.

Database Manager on July 12th, 2008:

Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield.

Database Manager on May 16th, 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:
Enlargement of E. M. Skinner Opus 856 (1930), with two new five manual consoles reusing pipework by Roosevelt, Skinner, Walcker and Holtkamp. One console by M. P.Möller, #M-6447, completed by Hagerstown Organ Co; the other built by Hagerstown Organ Co

Related Instrument Entries: Schlicker Organ Co. (1969) , Robert L. David (Co.) (1995) , Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 856, 1931)