Pipe Organ Database

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Hall Organ Co. (Opus 594, 1930)

Location:

San Diego Society of the New Jerusalem
4144 Campus Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103 US
Organ ID: 58582

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Swedenborgian Churches
  • The organ is unaltered 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)
  • 4 ranks. 256 pipes. 1 divisions. 1 manuals. 5 stops. 4 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 1
  • Divisions: 1
  • Stops: 5
  • Registers: 4
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 99
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a removable panel in front of keyboards.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal row above top manual.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: No pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on June 24, 2016:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 13, 2016:

An original installation. Identified by James R. Stettner, based on information learned from a conversation with Rev. Dr. Jonthan Mitchell, Pastor of the church.
The organ is free-standing and encased in an English-style 18th/early 19th-century case. Facade is 3-sectional with 25 pipes arranged: 4-17-4. No pedals. Expression and crescendo shoes. Drawknobs over manual. Might be tubular-pneumatic.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from photos of the console taken May 20, 2016, and from a .pdf copy of the original contract
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ Case: Photograph by Lee Wahlert. Taken on 2016-05-20

Drawknobs: Photograph by Lee Wahlert. Taken on 2016-05-20

Builder's Nameplate: Photograph by Lee Wahlert. Taken on 2016-05-20

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