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Schlicker Organ Co. (1988)

St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral: Chancel organ
139 Pearl Street
Buffalo, NY

Images


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

2003-05-04 - Reredos (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

Consoles

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Notes

2004-10-30 - Rebuild of the 1952 Schlicker in the chancel. 2 new consoles from Robert Turner. Most Hope-Jones material still exists on Hope-Jones chests. -Database Manager

2007-08-17 - Updated through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -- Two new consoles were provided by Robert Turner in 2004. A four-manual console in the Chancel controls the entire instrument (Chancel & Gallery Divisions) and a three-manual console in the Gallery controls the Gallery organ. -Database Manager

2013-06-25 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2025-02-01 - 1988 Schlicker Chancel Organ was removed and replaced by Smith and Gilbert in 2023. -Eric Miller


Stoplist

Stoplist taken from 2004 OHS Convention program book - Buffalo, NY Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
4 Cathedral Park
Buffalo, NY 14202

Hope-Jones Organ Co. - 1908: gallery organ

Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co., North Tonawanda, NY - 1916: repairs to gallery organ, 1926: chancel organ

Schlicker Organ Co., Buffalo, NY - 1952: new chancel organ and console controlling both, 1960: installation of the Trompeta Real, 1967: changes to chancel organ, 1975: new gallery organ, consolidate Hope-Jones voices into a Solo division, 1988: new chancel organ (Ralph Richards, Bruce Fowkes)

Robert M. Turner, Hacienda Heights, CA - 2004: New consoles

Electro-pneumatic and electric key-action
Electro-pneumatic pitman, unit and electro-solenoid slider stop action.

Great (unenclosed, manual II) - 

16' Subprincipal (61)
8' Principal (61)
8' Open Flute (61) (metal)
4' Octave (61)
4' Harmonic Flute (61) (metal)
2 2/3' Twelfth (61)
2' Fifteenth (61)
1 3/5' Seventeenth (61)
IV Mixture (244)
8' Trumpet (61) (harmonic at 49)
Zimbelstern
Gt-Gt 16', off, 4'
Pedal on Great

Unaffected by Unison Off

16' Tuba Profunda (So)
8' Tuba (So)
4' Tuba Clarion (So)
16' Trompeta Real (So)
8' Trompeta Real (So)
4' Clarion Real (So)

Swell (enclosed, manual III) - 

16' Contra Gamba (61)
8' Rohrflute (61)
8' Viola (61)
8' Viola Celeste [t.c.] (49)
8' Unda Maris II (So)
4' Principal (61)
4' Koppelflote (61)
4' Unda Maris II (So)
2 2/3' Quint (61)
2' Octave (61)
1 3/5' Tierce (61)
III-IV Mixture (220)
16' Fagotto (61)
8' Trompette (61)
8' Oboe (61)
8' Vox Humana (So)
4' Clarion (61)
Tremulant
Sw-Sw 16', off, 4'

Positv  (unenclosed, manual I) - 

16' Bourdon (61) (re-voiced Quintadena)
8' Principal (61)
8' Gedeckt (61) (wooden)
8' Unda Maris II (So)
4' Octave (61)
4' Rohrflote (61)
2 2/3' Nazard (61)
2' Nachthorn (61)
1 3/5' Tierce (61)
1 1/3' Quint (61)
IV Scharff (61)
8' Clarinet (61)
8' Oboe Horn (So)
Tremulant
Zybelstern
Po-Po 16' off, 4'
Pedal on Positiv
Gallery Great on Positiv 


Unaffected by Unison Off

16' Tuba Profunda (So)
8' Tuba (So)
4' Tuba Clarion (So)
16' Trompeta Real (So)
8' Trompeta Real (So)
4' Clarion Real (So)

Gallery Great (unenclosed, manual II) - 

8' Principal (61)
8' Holzgedeckt (61) (stopped wood)
4' Octave (61)
2' Flachflote (61)
IV Mixture (244)
16' Trompette (73)
8' Trompete (ext. 16')
Gallery Gt-Gallery Gt 16', off, 4'

Gallery Swell (enclosed, manual III) - 

8' Rohrgedeckt (61)
8' Salicional (61)
4' Spitzflote (61)
2' Italian Principal (61)
1 1/3' Larigot (61)
III-IV Plein Jeu (232)
8' Schalmei (61) (1-6 half length)
Tremulant
Gallery Sw-Gallery Sw 16', 0ff, 4'

Solo (enclosed, manual IV, original Hope-Jones pipework and unit chests) -

16' Contra Tibia [t.c] (from 8')
8' Horn Diapason (73)(1-12 open wood)
8' Tibia Clausa (85) (1-44 stopped wood, 45-85 spotted metal)
8' Dulciana (73)
8' Unda Maris II (draws Dulciana, Celeste = 49)
8' Quintadena (61)
8' Quintadena Celeste [t.c] (49)
5 1/3' Quint (from Tibia Clausa)
4' Octave (from Horn Diapason)
4' Unda Maris (from 8's)
2 2/3' Quint (from 8' Tibia Clausa)
2' Piccolo (from Tibia Clausa)
8' Oboe Horn (61)
8' Vox Humana (61)(Wurlitzer construction)

Unenclosed Solo - 

16' Tuba Profunda (85) (1-20 wooden resonators, imported from England)
8' Tuba (ext. 16')
4' Tuba Clarion (ext. 16')
16' Trompeta Real (85) (1-12 half length)
8' Trompeta Real (ext. 16')
4' Clarion Real (ext. 16')
So-So 16', off, 4'
Gallery Sw - So
Gallery Gt - So

Pedal (unenclosed) - 

32' Open Wood (12) (in gallery, 1-12 original Hope-Jones Tibia Profundissima, 13-32 from Gal Gt. 16' Principal)
16' Principal (44)
16' Subbass (44)
10 2/3' Quint (ext. 16' Subbass)
8' Octave (ext. 16')
8' Gedeckt (ext. 16')
4' Choral Bass (32)
4' Tibia Clausa (So)
2' Nachthorn (32)
III Mixture (96)
32' Tuba Profunda (12) (1-12 half length, 1-12 made from recycled Hope-Jones pipes)
32' Harmonics (derived)
16' Trombone (44)
16' Tuba Profunda (So)
8' Trompette (ext. 16')
8' Tuba (So)
4' Clarion (32)
16' Trompeta Real (So)
8' Trompeta Real (So)
Tremulant

Gallery Pedal (enclosed) - 

16' Principal (44) (1-12 open wood from Hope-Jones Tibia Profunda)
16' Subbass (32) (stopped wood, Hope-Jones Tibia Clausa)
8' Octave (ext. 16')
8' Metal Gedeckt (32) (Hope-Jones Diapason)
4' Choral Bass (32)
II Rauschpfeife (64)
16' Trompete (Gt)
8' Trompete (Gt)
4' Klarine (Gt)

Couples - 

Gt-Ped 8'
Gt-Ped 4'
Sw-Ped 8'
Sw-Ped 4'
Pos-Ped 8'
Pos-Ped 4'
So-Ped 8'
So-Ped 4'
Gal Gt-Ped 8'
Gal Gt-Ped 4'
Gal Sw-Ped 8'
Gal Sw-Ped 4'

Sw-Gt 16'
Sw-Gt 8'
Sw-Gt 4'
Pos-Gt 16'
Pos-Gt 8'
Pos-Gt 4'
So-Gt 16'
So-Gt 8'
So-Gt 4'
Gal Sw-Gt 16'
Gal Sw-Gt 8'
Gal Sw-Gt 4'

Sw-Pos 16'
Sw-Pos 8'
Sw-Pos 4'
So-Pos 16'
So-Pos 8'
So-Pos 4'
Gal Sw-Pos 16'
Gal Sw-Pos 8'
Gal Sw-Pos 4'

So-Sw 16'
So-Sw 8'
So-Sw 4'

Great/Positiv Transfer (includes couplers, pistons, and reversibles)
All Swells to Chancel Swell

 [Received from Peter Gonciarz 2011-11-20.]

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