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Whittier CA, USA (California) - First Christian Church
Municipal: Whittier CA
Region:Los Angeles County
Address: 6355 Greenleaf Avenue, 90601, Whittier, CA
Website: https://www.fccwhittier.info/
Description nr.: 2063461.
Built by: Beiber Pipe Organ Company (1967)
Demolished? (1979)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Quintaten 16', Principal 8', Gedeckt 8', Principal 4', Blockflöte 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Principal 2', Mixture 3-4 ranks, Trompette 8'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Gemshorn 8', Flöte 8', Flöte Celeste 8' (from c°), Fugara 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Gemshorn 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Sifflöte 1', Basson 8', Tremolo.
Positiv Organ (C-c''''): Gedecktflöte 8', Principal 4', Koppelflöte 4', Principal 2', Principal 1', Mixture 3 ranks, Krummhorn 8'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Quint 16', Principal 8', Rohrflöte 8', Salicional 8', Celeste 8' (from c°), Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Terzian 2 ranks, Zimbel 3 ranks, Trumpet 8', Clarinet 8', Schalmei 4', Tremolo.
Echo Organ (C-c''''):
Echo Manual: Diapason Conique 8', Salicional 8', Celeste 8' (from c°), Bourdon 8', Bourdon 4' - extension, Piccolo 2' - extension, Tremolo.
Echo Pedal: Pedal Bourdon 16' - extension from manual.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Resultant 32' - acoustic extension, Holtz Principal 16', Principal 16', Pommer 16', Quint 16' - from Swell, Principal 8', Pommer 8' - extension, Principal 4' - extension, Pommer 4' - extension, Quint 2 2/3', Nachthorn 2', Mixture 2 ranks, Trumpet 32', Trumpet 16' - extension, Trumpet 8' - extension.
Whittier CA, USA (California) - First Christian Church
Municipal: Whittier CA
Region:Los Angeles County
Address: 6355 Greenleaf Avenue, 90601, Whittier, CA
Website: https://www.fccwhittier.info/
Description nr.: 2063461.
Built by: Beiber Pipe Organ Company (1967)
Demolished? (1979)
- In 1966-1967 the Beiber Company rebuilt and enlarged the organ of the (First) Christian Church in Whittier, California. The new instrument had four manuals and 61 stops. It was built using material from the previous organ of the church. Consultants were Eugene Riddle and Robert Prichard. The latter played the opening recital on February 27th, 1967.
- It seems that the organ did not meet the demands of the concregation, because only twelve years later, in 1979, a new organ was installed by Rosales.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 9 |
| - Choir Organ | 9 |
| - Positiv Organ | 7 |
| - Swell Organ | 14 |
| - Pedal Organ | 15 (8) |
| - Echo Manual | 6 (4) |
| - Echo Pedal | 1 (0) |
| Total number of stops | 61 (51) |
| Key action | Electrical |
| Stop action | Electrical |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Quintaten 16', Principal 8', Gedeckt 8', Principal 4', Blockflöte 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Principal 2', Mixture 3-4 ranks, Trompette 8'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Gemshorn 8', Flöte 8', Flöte Celeste 8' (from c°), Fugara 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Gemshorn 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Sifflöte 1', Basson 8', Tremolo.
Positiv Organ (C-c''''): Gedecktflöte 8', Principal 4', Koppelflöte 4', Principal 2', Principal 1', Mixture 3 ranks, Krummhorn 8'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Quint 16', Principal 8', Rohrflöte 8', Salicional 8', Celeste 8' (from c°), Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Terzian 2 ranks, Zimbel 3 ranks, Trumpet 8', Clarinet 8', Schalmei 4', Tremolo.
Echo Organ (C-c''''):
Echo Manual: Diapason Conique 8', Salicional 8', Celeste 8' (from c°), Bourdon 8', Bourdon 4' - extension, Piccolo 2' - extension, Tremolo.
Echo Pedal: Pedal Bourdon 16' - extension from manual.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Resultant 32' - acoustic extension, Holtz Principal 16', Principal 16', Pommer 16', Quint 16' - from Swell, Principal 8', Pommer 8' - extension, Principal 4' - extension, Pommer 4' - extension, Quint 2 2/3', Nachthorn 2', Mixture 2 ranks, Trumpet 32', Trumpet 16' - extension, Trumpet 8' - extension.
| Literature |
Beiber firm completes organ at Whittier, Cal. : Robert Prichard will open : David Smith is organist, Eugene Riddle director of music - Dedication Feb. 27. - In: The Diapason, 57th Year, No. 2, January, 1966. |