Pasi Opus 7
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST
La Mesa, California
2 Manuals & Pedal / 28 Stops
1997
This organ was damaged by vandalism in April 2024 and was subsequently removed when the church building was sold. Condition and location of the organ is unknown. The organ was commissioned by John Rice Churchill (1946-1999), organist of the church. John died in an automobile accident on April 24, 1999, at the age of 52.
Disposition
Great
Bourdon 16’ *
Principal 8’
Chimney Flute 8’
Salicional 8’
Octave 4’
Cone Flute 4’ *
Twelfth 2 2/3’ *
Fifteenth 2’
Seventeenth 1 3/5’ *
Mixture IV 1 1/3’
Trumpet 8’
Chimes
Bell Star
*Enclosed with Swell
Swell
Viol Principal 8’
Wood Flute 8’
Celeste 8’ t.c.
Fugara 4’
Harmonic Flute 4’
Octavin 2’
Bassoon 16’
Cornopean 8’
English Horn 8’
Pedal
Subbass 16’
Principal 8’ +
Cello 8’
Chimney Flute 8’
Octave Bass 4’
Trombone 16’
Trumpet 8’ +
+Transmission from Great
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Tremulant
Kellner 1/5-comma well temperament
Detached Console
Wind system with one wedge-shaped bellows fed by a silent blower
Suspended key-action, self-compensating for seasonal changes
Electric stop action with solid state combination action
Compass: Manuals, C-a'''; Pedal, C-f'
Keyboards with bone naturals and ebony sharps
Concave, radiating pedalboard
Windchests made of solid poplar (tulip tree wood) with solid redwood tables and mahogany sliders
Key action made with brass squares and wooden trackers