Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2007-03-07 - Identified through information received from Stan Scheer, Casavant Frères. The figure recorded under "Registers" in the list above refers to the total number of speaking stops, including including duplexed and extended stops but excluding couplers, tremulants and controls. "Stops" refers to the number of independent or straight stops excluding duplexed and extended stops as well as couplers and controls. There are 25 couplers on this organ. -Database Manager
2007-03-08 - Note from Stan Scheer: Relocated to Depew, New York in 1976 as Opus 620 1/2. -Database Manager
2007-07-25 - Updated through online information from Douglas Craw. -- I visited this organ in the early 1970s and wrote down the specs (see E-mail). This organ was located in what was then known as St. Joseph's "New" Cathedral. The St. Joseph's Cathedral on Franklin St. became know as the "Old" Cathedral when the new cathedral was built in 1915. After the "new" cathedral was torn down in 1975 (due to long inherent structural problems) the "Old" cathedral reassumed the role as "THE" Catholic Cathedral in Buffalo. The installation was somewhat unique in that all the pipework was installed in chambers (no visible pipes whatsoever) which ran the entire wide of the high rear gallery (easily 60' wide) beneath a large stained glass window. The height of the chambers was only about 12' which I assume required the longest pipes of the 16' ranks to be mitred and it's likely that the lowest octave of the 32' Open Diapason and 32' Bombarde were laid horizontally. -Database Manager
2010-08-12 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Also has the St. Hyacinthe opus number of 620 1/2. -Database Manager
2023-08-23 - From Wikipedia: The [1915] edifice became known as St. Joseph's (New) Cathedral and the original church became known as St. Joseph's Old Cathedral. This time both towers of the new cathedral were completed to a height of 260 feet (79 m). Unfortunately, the cathedral was better suited for Rome's climate rather than Buffalo's. By 1924, the north and south transepts required major repairs and by 1927, the towers were so unstable they were removed, [apparently in part due to the very large carillon installed in the towers]. The exterior marble started to separate from the brick and Bishop Edward D. Head determined in 1976 that repairs would be too costly for the "new" St. Joseph's and the diocese. In 1977, after the demolition of the new cathedral, the "old cathedral" once again became known as St. Joseph's Cathedral.[3] -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Buffalo, New York
St. Joseph's (new) Cathedral
Casavant Op. 620½/Op. 27SH 1915 4/59
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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GREAT CHOIR
16' Dbl Open Diapason 68 16' Salicional 68
8' 1st Open Diapason 68 8' Open Diapason 68
8' 2nd Open Diapason 68 8' Melodia 68
8' Violin Diapason 61 8' Dulciana 68
8' Doppelflöte 68 8' Viole d'Orchestre 68
8' Gemshorn 61 4' Waldflöte 68
8' Stopped Diapason 68 2' Flageolet 61
4' Octave 68 8' Clarinet 68
4' Harmonic Flute 61 Tremulant
2 2/3' Quint 61 Sub
2' Super Octave 61 Super
IV Mixture 272
16' Trumpet 61 SOLO
8' Posaune 68 8' Stentorphone 68
4' Clarion 68 8' Grossflöte 68
Super 8' Violoncello 68
4' Octave 68
SWELL 2' Harmonic Piccolo 61
16' Bourdon 68 IV Mixture 272
8' Open Diapason 68 8' Tuba 68
8' Clarabella 68 Tremulant
8' Lieblich Gedeckt 68 Sub
8' Viola di Gamba 68 Super
8' Voix Céleste tc 56
8' Aeoline 68 PEDAL
4' Principal 68 32' Dbl Open Diapason -- (res)
4' Flauto Traverso 68 16' Open Diapason 32
2' Piccolo 61 16' Bourdon 32
IV Cornet 272 16' Violone 32
16' Bassoon 68 16' Gedeckt SW
8' Cornopean 68 16' Salicional CH
8' Oboe 68 8' Flute (Open Diap) 12
8' Vox Humana 68 8' Bourdon 12
4' Clarion 68 8' Violoncello 12
Tremulant 32' Trombone 32
Super 16' Trombone 12
8' Trumpet 12
4' Clarion 12
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