First Presbyterian Church
1 Symphony Circle [formally "The Circle"]
Buffalo, NY
Images
2009-04-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Suspended Positiv (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Gallery, organ and suspended Positiv (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2015-05-15 - Console (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Suspended Positiv (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Gallery, organ, exposed pipes ad suspended Positiv (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Pedalboard and foot controls (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Console center (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Pedal drawknobs (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Solo drawknobs (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Positiv drawknobs (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Swell and couplers drawknobs (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-06-21 - Great and Bombarde drawknobs (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2003-05-04 - Balcony, Organ Cases, and Suspended Positiv (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Cases (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Console (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2004-07-15 - Suspended Positive (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2004-07-15 - Bombarde stopknobs (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 71 stops
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2004. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Squire Haskin Memorial Organ. Cleaned with tonal reregulation in 1999-2000 by Paul Staley and David Bond. -Database Manager
2006-12-16 - Updated through online information from David Snyder. -Database Manager
2008-03-04 - Updated through online information from Bruce McCausland. -Database Manager
Stoplist
stoplist taken from the 2004 OHS convention program on Buffalo Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
First Presbyterian Church
1 Symphony Circle
Buffalo, NY 14201
\"Squire Haskin Memorial Organ\"
Robert Noehren - 1970
Ann Arbor, Michigan
All-electric key- and stop-action
Wind pressure 2 1/2\" and 3 1/2\"
Cleaning, and tonal re-regulation by David Bond and Paul Staley 1999-2002
Great (unenclosed, Man II., CC-g3) -
16' Quintadena (56) (1-12 zinc; 13-56 tin; canistered throughout)
8' Principal (56) (tin)
8' Rohrfloete (56) (tin)
4' Octave (44) (tin; 1-12 from 8' Principal)
4' Spitzfloete (56) (tin)
2' Octave (44) (tin; 1-12 from 4' Octave)
III-IV Mixture 1 1/3' (212)
III Scharff 2/3' (168)
IV Cornet (discant) 4' (128)
16' Bombarde (56) (1-12 spotted metal bells, zinc resonators, wood boots, 13-56 tin)
8' Trompette (44) (tin; 1-12 from 16' Bombarde)
Bombarde (unenclosed, Man. II, CC-g3) -
8' Trompette (68) (tin)
4' Clairon (from 8' Trompette)
4/5' Chivas Regal (stopknob only)
Swell (enclosed, Man. III, CC-g3) -
16' Bourdon (68) (1-12 stopped wood; 25-68 canistered tin with interior chimneys)
8' Bourdon (from 16' Bourdon)
8' Gambe (56) (tin; scroll tuned; 1-12 rollers)
8' Viox Celeste GG (49) (tin, scroll tuned)
8' Unda Maris II (100) (common metal, celeste tenor C)
8' Flute Harmonique [t.c.] (from 4' Flute Octaviante)
4' Flute Octaviante (68) (tin, harmonic from 25)
2' Octavin (from 4' Flute Octaviane)
III-V Plein Jeu 2' (212)
16' Bombarde (68) (1-12 spotted metal bells, zinc resonators, wood boots, 13-56 tin)
8' Trompette (from 16' Bombarde)
8' Hautbois (56) (tin reeds throughout)
4' Clarion (56) (tin; tin flues 45-56)
Tremulant
Positiv (unenclosed, Man. I, CC-g3) (This department is suspended on cables directly in front of the gallery window. Judging from the rest of the instrument, one could presume the pipework here is primarily of tin.)
8' Principal (12) (zinc; later addition, 13-56 from 4' Octave; pipes in right chamber)
8' Gedeckt (56)
4' Octave (56)
4' Spielfloete (44) (1-12 from 8' Gedeckt)
2' Octave (44) (1-12 from 4' Octave)
III-IV Mixture 1' (212)
III Scharf-Zimbel 1/2' (168)
II Sesquialtera [T.C.] (88)
8' Cromhorne (56)
Solo (enclosed, Man. IV, CC-g3) -
16' Contre-Gambe (68) (1-12 zinc, ex-Austin; 13-68 tin; 13-24 tapered)
8' Viol d'Gambe (from 16')
8' Bourdon (56) (1-12 stopped wood; 13-56 canistered tin with interior chimneys)
8' Gemshorn (80) (1-5 from Gambe; tin, 1/3 taper)
8' Flute Harmonique (44) (1-5 from Gambe, 6-12 from Gemshorn; tin; harmonic at 32)
4' Prestant (68) (tin; 1-24 scroll tuned)
4' Flute (from 8' Gemshorn)
2 2/3' Nasard [GG] (61) (tin)
2' Doublette (from 4' Prestant)
2' Piccolo (from 8' Gemshorn)
1 3/5' Tierce [GG] (49) (tin)
1 1/3' Larigot (from 2 2/3' Nasard)
1' Flageolet (from 8' Gemshorn)
III-IV Plein Jeu 1 1/3' (212)
III Cymbal (168)
8' Trompette (68)
8' Voix Humaine (56)
4' Clairon (from 8' Trompette)
Tremulant
Pedal (unenclosed, CC-g1)-
32' Sub Bass (from 16' Subbass, electronic [anolog; original]
16' Principal (44) (1-12 bearded open wood, 13 embossed pipe in left facade; 14-24 in facade; 25-44 interior; tin)
16' Subbass (44) (stopped wood)
16' Contre-Gambe (solo)
8' Octave Bass (from 16' Principal)
8' Gedeckt Bass (from 16' Subbass)
4' Octave (44) (tin)
4' Flute (44) (wide scale spotted metal)
2' Octave (from 4' Octave)
2' Nachthorn (from 4' Flute)
V Mixture 1 1/3' (160)
IV Harmonics (from Principal) (10 2/3' - 6 2/5' - 4 4/7' - 3 5/9')
32' Contre-Bombarde (44) (1-24 spotted metal on zic stems, wooden boots; 1-12 half length; 24-44 tin bells on zinc stems)
16' Bombarde (from 32')
16' Bombarde (swell)
8' Trumpet (bombarde)
4' Clarion (bombarde)
Balanced Pedals -
Solo Expression
Swell Expression
(no register crescendo)
Couplers -
Great - Pedal [8']*
Swell - Pedal [8']*
Positiv - Pedal [8']*
Solo - Pedal [8']*
Positiv - Pedal 4'
Swell - Great 8'*
Solo - Great 8'*
Positiv - Great 8'*
Solo - Great 16'
Swell - Solo 8'
Positiv - Solo 8'
Great - Solo 8'
Solo - Solo 16'
Solo - Positiv 8'
Swell - Positiv 8'
Combinations -
Great 1-2-3-4-5
Swell 1-2-3-4-5
Positiv 1-2-3-4-5
Solo 1-2-3-4-5
General 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
* = reversible
[Received from Peter Gonciarz 2011-05-30.]
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