Pipe Organ Database

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M. P. Möller (Opus 4446, 1925)

Location:

Al Malaikah Shrine Auditorium
665 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007 US
Organ ID: 45358

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Auditoriums and Concert Halls
  • The organ has been renovated with changes from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, used occasionally.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman
  • 68 ranks. 4,485 pipes. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 60 stops. 83 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 60
  • Registers: 83
  • Position: Console in fixed position, left.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on May 02, 2017:

This is the largest theater in America; built to seat 6,717, it currently seats 6,308 - compared to the 5,940-seat Radio City Music Hall; the immense cantilevered balcony of the Shrine Auditorium actually seats more than the main floor.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on May 14, 2013:

Updated through online information from Larry Freeman. -- In the 1960s, the organ was used monthly by the evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman and played by her organist Charles C. Beebee. I also sang in the Kathryn Kuhlman Concert Choir for many years at the Shrine Auditorium. The Auditorium and Organ were featured in a segment by Huell Houser on the "California Gold" series of tapes on PBS.
I truly enjoyed hearing the great Möller. It filled the 6,000-seat auditorium and sounded fabulous!

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Database Manager on August 25, 2011:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 24, 2011:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 31, 2009:

Identified through information in List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from factory specifications
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Contract for a new organ: Open In New Tab Original document from the OHS American Organ Archives
We received the most recent update for this document from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

George Wright program (May 10, 1957): Open In New Tab Program booklet
Document created on 1957-05-01
We received the most recent update for this document from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Console: Image from <i>Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ</i?, Vol. I. by David L. Junchen; used with permission.

Auditorium Interior, Stage, and Console (covered): Photograph used by permission of Ken Roe.