Opus

37

St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church
San Marino, CA
2008

Stops & Specifications

Great

16′ Contrebasse*
8′ Principal
(bass pipes in façade)
8′ Rohrbourdon*
8′ Open Flute*
8′ Violoncello*
4′ Octave
4′ Harmonic Flute
2-²/₃‘ Octave Quint*
2′ Super Octave*
IV Fourniture
8′ Tromba*
Chimes
(prepared)
Tremolo*

Note

** Rosales additions 2008
** Previous addition 1978

Positive

8′ Pommergedackt
8′ Erzähler
8′ Erzähler Celeste
(from tenor C)
4′ Octave*
4′ Koppelflöte
2-²/₃‘ Nazard
2′ Blockflöte
1-³/₅‘ Tierce
16′ Fagotto*
8′ Krummhorn
8′ Tromba*
(Gr.)
8′ Bassoon*
(Sw.)
Tremolo
8′ Chamade**
(rear gallery)
Pajaritos
(prepared)
Cymbelstern
(prepared)
Mixture VII

Swell

16′ Rohrbass*
8′ Geigen Principal*
8′ Viola Pomposa
8′ Viola Celeste
8′ Rohrflöte
4′ Principal*
4′ Spitzflöte*
2′ Doublette
III Plein Jeu
16′ Bassoon
8 Trompette*
8 Hautbois
4′ Clairon*
Tremolo

Pedal

32′ Resultant*
(three levels)
16′ Wood Diapason*
16′ Contrebass
(Gr.)
16′ Bourdon
16′ Rohrbass
(Sw.)
8′ Octave Diapason*
8′ Octave*
8′ Bourdon*
8′ Rohrflöte
(Sw.)
4′ Choralbass
4′ Rohrflöte
(Sw.)
16′ Trombone*
16′ Bassoon
(Sw.)
16′ Fagotto
(Ch.)
8′ Tromba*
(ext. Trombone)
8′ Trompette
(Sw.)
4′ Clairon
(Sw.)
Chimes
(prepared)

Gallery

Media & Publications

Saint Edmund’s Music Ministry

For more about this project and the organ, see the website of St. Edmund’s Church.

Opus 37 Dedicatory Recital Program

A dedicatory recital was played by Stephen Tharp on November 2, 2008, and a formal dedication took place at the morning service on November 16, 2008.

Rosales Organ Builders’ Opus 37

Aeolian-Skinner – Opus 1323, 1957
Rosales Organ Builders – Opus 37, 2007-2008

We are honored to have been chosen to rebuild the historic Aeolian-Skinner organ at St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church in San Marino, California, in the San Gabriel Valley near Los Angeles. The 31-rank instrument was designed by Joseph Whiteford, who was then President and Tonal Director of the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company of Boston. It is the firm’s Opus 1323 from 1957 and was dedicated with a recital by Irene Robertson on April 13, 1958.

The project included:

Complete releathering

Addition of 10 ranks including Pedal Open Wood 16’, Trombone 16′, and Great Tromba 8’ on high pressure

Revoicing and tonal improvement of the existing pipework

New Swell and Choir shutters for better sound projection

Console refurbishing and enhancement

Project Advisor was Dr. Thomas Harmon