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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1249 (1955)

Westminster Presbyterian Church
724 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY

Images

Unknown - Console (Photograph by via Neal Campbell, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2003-05-04 - Nave, Balcony, and Pipe Displays (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2003-05-04 - Console and Pipe Display (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2003-05-04 - Builder and Designer Nameplates (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
59 stops
74 registers
7 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 1921 Austin Op. 1003, retaining the Austin Echo. Connected to Op. 1136 in the chapel. Pitman stop action. Combination action has been converted to Solid-State logic using the original electro-pneumatic drawknob motors." -Database Manager

2008-06-11 - Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced 1921 4/64 Austin, #1003 retaining Echo; connected to #1136 in chapel. -Database Manager

2013-06-16 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 5-rank Chancel organ retained from previous organ; 3-rank reed chorus added to the Great at some point. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: From Allen Kinzey Date not recorded

Buffalo, New York
Westminster Presbyterian Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1249   1955   (installed 1958)
4 manuals, 74 registers, 59 stops, 81 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (II)                         SWELL ORGAN (III)
     16' Montre                61             16' Quintflöte            68
      8' Principal             61              8' Geigen                68
      8' Bourdon               61              8' Gedeckt               68
      8' Spitzflöte            61              8' Viole de Gambe        68
      4' Principal             61              8' Viole Celeste         68
      4' Rohrflöte             61              8' Flauto Dolce          68
  2 2/3' Quinte                61              8' Flute Celeste (TC)    56
      2' Super Octave          61              4' Prestant              68
     IV  Mixture              244              4' Spillflöte            68
    III  Scharf               183              2' Octavin               61
      8' Trompette en Chamade  PO             II  Sesquialtera         122
      4' Clairon Harmonique    PO          IV-VI  Plein Jeu            264
         Chimes                               16' Hautbois              68
         Vogelgesang (a)                       8' Trompette             68
                                               8' Hautbois              12
         CHOIR ORGAN (I)                       8' Vox Humana            68
      8' Hohlflöte             68              4' Clairon               68
      8' Viola Pomposa         68                 Tremulant
      8' Viola Celeste         68
      8' Dolcan                68                 PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Dolcan Celeste        68             32' Soubasse               7
      4' Montre                68             16' Contre Bass           32
      4' Flute Harmonique      68             16' Montre                GT
    III  Plein Jeu            183             16' Bourdon               32
     16' English Horn          68             16' Quintflöte            SW
      8' Cromorne              68              8' Principal             32
      4' Rohrschalmei          68              8' Montre                GT
         Tremulant                             8' Gedecktpommer         32
                                               8' Quintflöte            SW
         POSITIV ORGAN (IV)                    4' Choralbass            32
      8' Singendgedeckt        61              4' Nachthorn             32
      4' Koppelflöte           61              2' Blockflöte            32
      2' Blockflöte            61             IV  Mixture              128
  1 1/3' Quint                 61             II  Cymbel                64
      1' Italianprinzipal      61             32' Contre Hautbois       12 SW
  IV-VI  Cymbel               294             16' Bombarde              32
      8' Trompette en Chamade  61             16' Hautbois              SW
      4' Trompette en Chamade  12              8' Trompette             12
                                               8' Cromorne              CH
         CHANCEL ORGAN (IV)                    4' Clairon               12
      8' Lieblichgedeckt       61              4' Rohrschalmei          CH
      8' Echo Viole            61                 Chimes                GT
      8' Vox Angelica          61
      4' Octave                61
  2 2/3' Nazard                61
         Tremulant
         Echo Chimes

     (a) from the Charles IV organ, Cathedral of Puebla, Mexico


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-04-18]

Websites

Opus 1249: Westminster Presbyterian Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Specification, photos (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#7721†* - Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 1003 (1921)