Westminster Presbyterian Church: Holmes Chapel
724 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY
Images
2016-06-21 - Coupler rail (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-26 - Main organ chamber (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Positiv division (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2003-05-04 - Console and Positiv Pipe Display (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Console and Pipe Chamber Screen (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Chapel Interior, Chancel, Console, and Pipework in Chamber (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Designer's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 2 manuals
- 20 stops
- 25 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2004. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - "Replaced a 1901 Aeolian, Op. 915 from the Frank Hamlin residence, Buffalo, NY. Some Aeolian ranks used." -Database Manager
2008-05-19 - Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>Some ranks from existing AEolian. </i> -Database Manager
2013-06-16 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The Rohrschalmei was originally prepared-for; it was added at a later date. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed stoplist Source: From Allen Kinzey Date not recorded
Buffalo, New York
Westminster Presbyterian Church - Holmes Chapel
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 1136 1950
2 manuals, 25 registers, 20 stops, 23 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Viola Pomposa 61 b
8' Gedacktpommer 61 8' Viola Celeste 61 b
8' Viole Sourdine SW 8' Holzflöte 61 b
4' Principal 61 8' Viole Sourdine 61 c
III-IV Fourniture 294 4' Spitzflöte 61 b
8' Rohrschalmei 61 a 2' Octavin 61 d
Tremulant 8' Trompette 61
Chimes 25 tubes Tremulant
POSITIV ORGAN (floating) PEDAL ORGAN
8' Nason Flute 61 16' Bourdon 44 e
4' Koppelflöte 61 16' Sanftbass 12 SW f
2' Blockflöte 61 8' Principal 44 b
1 3/5' Tierce 61 8' Gedeckt (Bdn) --
1 1/3' Larigot 61 4' Choralbass (Prin) --
1' Sifflöte 61
8' Rohrschalmei GT
a originally prepared-for; Schopp's pipes and chest
b from Aeolian Op. 915 (existing organ)
c 1-3 from EMS Op. 768; rest from Aeolian Op. 915
d Aeolian-Skinner pipes from inventory
e 1-10 from Aeolian Op. 915; 11-44 Aeolian-Skinner
f from EMS Op. 768
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-04-18]
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