Pipe Organ Database

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Burton Tidwell (2004)

Originally Schantz Organ Co. (Opus 2083, 1995)

Location:

Westwood United Methodist Church
10497 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024 US
Organ ID: 67932

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on April 02, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • 159 ranks. 11 divisions. 4 manuals. 290 registers.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 11
  • Registers: 290
  • Position: Movable console.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on curved jambs.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
We received the most recent update for this console from YouFoundSharpe on November 11, 2021.
Jeff Scofield on April 02, 2021:

Burton K. Tidwell 2004-2007 (chancel additions); Walsh & Tidwell 2002-2003 (chancel additions and gallery organ); Schantz Organ Company 1995-1996 (chancel organ); Robert M. Turner Organbuilder, Inc. 2001-2003 (consoles) Main Console, four manuals and Gallery Console, two manuals; Specification: Charles Shaffer and Burton K. Tidwell; Scaling and Tonal Finishing: Burton K. Tidwell

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on April 02, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Chancel, console and stained-glass window: Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2004-06-28

Church interior: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-04-24

Church interior from balcony: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-04-24

Stained glass Glory Window: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2020-12-13

Gallery Organ: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-12-25

Trompette-en-Chamade: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2018-04-03

Church interior to rear and Gallery Organ: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2018-04-03

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken approx. 1950

Church exterior from front: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2020-11-03