Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1324 (1925)

Fraternal Order of Eagles: Auditorium
500 Pearl Street
Buffalo, NY

Images

ca. 1924 - Building exterior (Photograph from an archival source: 500 Pearl, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
18 stops
37 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical

Notes

2004-12-21 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 20, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2022-12-26 - The FOE remained in the building until 1952, when they relocated to the Statler Hotel. It then housed U.S. Army Reserves until 1958, when it was bought by Alan Forbes, leader of the Buffalo Christian Center. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Write-up from THE DIAPASON March 1925

       Buffalo New York
       Fraternal Order of Eagles

       Austin   Op. 1324   1925   3/18
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT (*unenclosed)         CHOIR
   16' Violone Diapason * 73    8' Violin Diapason GT
    8' Open Diapason    * 73    8' Concert Flute   GT
    8' Violin Diapason    12    8' Dulciana        GT
    8' Grossflöte         73    8' Unda Maris      61
    8' Concert Flute      73    4' Flauto Traverso GT
    8' Dulciana           73    8' Clarinet        73
    4' Octave             --    8' Cor Anglais     73
    4' Flauto Traverso    --       Tremolo
2 2/3' Twelfth            --       Harp            61
    2' Super Octave       --
    8' Harmonic Tuba      73       PEDAL
       Chimes             20   32' Resultant Bass  --
                               16' Open Diapason   12 GT
       SWELL                   16' Bourdon         32
   16' Bourdon            61   16' Violone         GT
    8' Open Diapason      73   16' Gedeckt         SW
    8' Stopped Flute      12    8' Flute           12
    8' Viole d'Orchestre  73    8' Violoncello     GT
    8' Viole Celeste      61    8' Tuba            GT
    8' Muted Viole        73
    4' Flute d'Amour      12       TRAPS
    2' Flautino           --       Bass Drum 
    8' Trumpet            73       Snare Drum
    8' Oboe               73       Xylophone
    8' Vox Humana         73       Cymbal
       Tremolo                     Triangle

     [Received from Jeff Scofield December 25, 2022]