1974 - Gallery Case Facade (Schlicker Files/Eric Miller)
1974 - Tibia Profundissima pipework (Files/Eric Miller)
2004-10-30 - "Gallery and chancel divisions. Horseshoe console in the nave. Repairs in 1916 and additions (primarily in the chancel) in 1926 by Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg. Co., inlcduing a 2nd horseshoe console for the chancel. Rebuilt by Schlicker in 1975, consolidating the Hope-Jones voices into a Solo division." -Database Manager
2013-06-25 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2016-01-30 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. <br>This instrument replaced Hook & Hastings No. 1412, 1889 located in chancel chambers. The Hope-Jones organ was originally installed in four cement expression boxes in the rear gallery of the church, and the chancel division of four ranks occupied a cement swell box built within the old organ chamber, (perhaps recycling Hook ranks?).<br><br>The chancel spoke into both the chancel, and into the nave via tone reflectors. The chancel also contained a powerful pedal Diaphone. The Wurlitzer company made modifications to the instrument in 1926, and beyond adding a second horseshoe console, the extent of these modifications or possible additions are unknown.<br><br>In 1953, The Schlicker Organ Co. installed a new 3-manual organ in the chancel, controlled from a single chancel console. The Hope-Jones instrument in the rear gallery was retained as a two-manual gallery division (Great, Swell, Pedal) which reused all the Hope-Jones pipework on their original H-J chests, but now disposed only as straight ranks. In 1964, a horizontal Trompeta Real playing at 16, 8, 4 was added to the Hope-Jones case front.<br><br>In 1974, the local CBS station, WBEN, and the Buffalo Evening News both carried prominent stories about the dismantling of the Hope-Jones instrument which required a professional building demolition crew to remove the four cement swell boxes in order to make way for a new, 2-manual neo-baroque antiphonal organ built by Schlicker. <br><br>The original Hope-Jones case front was retained, and with the loss of the original cement swell boxes, pushed back several feet to gain choir seating space in the rear gallery. Nine of the original 18 H-J gallery ranks were retained as a Solo division, placed in a small tower chamber located at the side of the gallery. The H-J wood 32' Tibia Profundissima and astounding 16' Tuba ranks were retained, now unenclosed, behind the original H-J case front. The Tuba was extended to 32' pitch. All Hope-Jones ranks not reused in 1975 were discarded.<br><br>The 1953 Schlicker nave organ was rebuilt and enlarged in 1988, this time on slider chests, retaining the 1975 Antiphonal and Solo divisions unaltered. In 2004, two new consoles were provided: a three-manual gallery console replacing the 1975 2-manual console which did not control the gallery Solo, and which now controls all the gallery pipework. -Database Manager
Typed Specification Source: from <i>The Recent Revolution in Organ Building</i> by George Laing Miller Date not recorded
Buffalo, New York
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
Hope-Jones Organ Co. 1908 4 manuals, 21 ranks
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FOUNDATION CHAMBER STRING CHAMBER
16' Tibia Plena 56 pipes 16' Viole d'Orch. 85 pipes
32' Tibia Clausa 44 pipes 8' Viole Celeste 61 pipes
8' Open Diapason 73 pipes 8' Quintadena 73 pipes
8' Horn Diapason 61 pipes 4' Quint Celeste 61 pipes
8' Dulciana 73 pipes
WOOD WIND CHAMBER 4' Unda Maris 61 pipes
16' Concert Flute 97 pipes
16' Clarinet 73 pipes BRASS CHAMBER
8' Oboe Horn 61 pipes 16' Ophicleide 73 pipes
8' Orchestral Oboe 61 pipes 16' Trombone 85 pipes
8' Vox Humana 61 pipes
CHANCEL CHAMBER
16' Diapason 73 pipes
16' Bourdon 85 pipes
8' Gamba 61 pipes
8' Horn 61 pipes
PEDAL ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
32' Tibia Profundissima 16' Contra Tibia Clausa
32' Resultant Bass 16' Contra Viola
16' Tibia Profunda 8' Tibia Clausa
16' Contra Tibia Clausa 8' Horn Diapason
16' Open Diapason 8' Concert Flute
16' Contra Viola 8' Viole d'Orchestre
16' Dulciana 8' Viole Celeste
8' Tibia Plena 8' Quintadena
8' Tibia Clausa 8' Quint Celeste (t.c)
8' Cello 8' Dulciana
8' Cello Celeste 8' Unda Maris (t.c)
16' Ophicleide 4' Flute
16' Trombone 4' Gambette
16' Clarinet 4' Octave Celeste
8' Tuba 4' Quintadena
4' Clarion 4' Quint Celeste
Great to Pedal 16' Trombone
Swell to Pedal 16' Orchestral Oboe (t.c)
Swell Octave to Pedal 8' Tuba
Choir to Pedal 8' Tromba
8' Clarinet
GREAT ORGAN 8' Oboe Horn
16' Tibia Profunda 8' Orchestral Oboe
16' Contra Tibia Clausa 8' Vox Humana
8' Tibia Plena 8' Harmonic Gongs
8' Tibia Clausa 4' Harmonic Gongs
8' Open Diapason Unison Off
8' Horn Diapason Sub-Octave
8' Concert Flute Octave
8' Dulciana Choir to Swell 2nd Touch
4' Octave Suitable Bass
4' Flute
16' Ophicleide SOLO ORGAN
8' Tuba 16' Tibia Profunda
8' Tromba 8' Tibia Plena
4' Clarion 8' Open Diapason
Swell Sub to Great 16' Ophicleide
Swell Unison to Great 8' Tuba
Swell Octave to Great 8' Tromba
Choir Sub to Great 4' Clarion
Choir Unison to Great 8' Harmonic Gongs
Choir Octave to Great Great to Solo
Tuba to Great 2nd Touch Swell Sub to Solo
Suitable Bass Swell Unison to Solo
Swell Octave to Solo
CHOIR ORGAN
16' Contra Tibia Clausa CHANCEL PEDAL ORGAN
16' Dulciana 16' Diaphonic Diapason
8' Tibia Clausa 16' Bourdon
8' Horn Diapason
8' Concert Flute CHANCEL GREAT ORGAN
8' Viole d'Orchestre 16' Bourdon
8' Viole Celeste 8' Open Diapason
8' Quintadena 8' Doppel Flote
8' Quint Celeste (t.c) 8' Gamba
8' Dulciana 4' Flote
8' Unda Maris (t.c) 4' Octave Gamba
4' Dulcet 8' Horn
4' Unda Maris
2' Piccolo CHANCEL CHOIR ORGAN
16' Clarinet 8' Doppel Flote
16' Vox Humana (t.c) 8' Gamba
8' Clarinet 4' Flote
8' Oboe Horn 8' Horn
8' Orchestral Oboe
8' Vox Humana
8' Harmonic Gongs
Unison Off
Sub-Octave
Octave
Swell Sub to Choir
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-05-25]
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