Pipe Organ Database

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Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 676, 1927)

Location:

Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 23403

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 62 ranks. 4,043 pipes. 4 manuals. 49 stops. 63 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Stops: 49
  • Registers: 63
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 23
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Charlie Raasch on August 19, 2021:

This instrument has been aurally preserved through digital sampling by Charles Raasch and Jonathan Orwig of Evensong Music

We received the most recent update for this note from Charlie Raasch on August 19, 2021.
Database Manager on May 07, 2018:
We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on April 21, 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:
One tonal change by G. Donald Harrison and Clarence Mader in 1949, #A-549; extant with few tonal changes; restoration work by Manual Rosales in 1995.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i>
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Chancel and Pipe Facade: Photograph by Mott Studios and in the collection of California State Libraryl; image courtesy of Jim Lewis. Taken on 1929-03-21

Console: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2001-01-12

Sanctuary interior: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2001-01-12

Chancel, choirloft, console and chamber facade pipes: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2001-01-12

Church exterior: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2001-11-22

Chancel and left chamber: Photograph by Charlie Raasch. Taken on 2020-10-08

Chancel and right chamber: Photograph by Charlie Raasch. Taken on 2020-10-08

Church interior: Photograph by Charlie Raasch. Taken on 2020-10-08

Church interior: Photograph by Charlie Raasch. Taken on 2020-10-08

Church interior: Photograph by Charlie Raasch. Taken on 2020-10-08

Left chamber: Photograph by Charlie Raasch. Taken on 2020-10-08

Right chamber: Photograph by Charlie Raasch. Taken on 2020-10-08

Echo chamber at upper rear of church (chamber is devoid of pipes): Photograph by Charlie Raasch. Taken on 2020-10-08