Pipe Organs Inc.
1960ca.
Residence: Richard C. Simonton
10100 Toluca Lake Avenue
Los Angeles: Toluca Lake, CA, US
58 Ranks
Instrument ID: 56536 ● Builder ID: 4987 ● Location ID: 47798
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal47 Stops69 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Michael Williamson, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
Organ assembled from various components. Console was the 4 manual console from the Welte organ at the Barker Brothers store Los Angeles, California. Pipework from a variety of builders; mostly Aeolian-Skinner (as Simonton was an investor in Aeolian-Skinner).
All of the main windchests were built by Ross Kershaw (Aeolian-Skinner chest maker), and the offset windchests were built by Pipe Organs, Inc., of Los Angeles.
The installation was also assumed to have been done by Pipe Organs, Inc. as well (Simonton had also invested in them). The organ also contained a 14-stop echo of electronic voices, and 5 electronic voices in the pedal (including a 32- Bourdon through a 30" Electro-Voice sub-woofer bolted to the floor joists). Organ was sold after his death, and removed from his home.
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