Temple Beth Zion
805 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY
Images
2010s - Interior (Photograph by Buffalo Architectural History, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2010s - Close-up of facade and console (Photograph by Buffalo Architectural History, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2010s - Interior showing auditorium space with organ in rear gallery (seating capacity 600 people) (Photograph by Buffalo Architectural History, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023 - Interior front (Photograph by Barbara Baxter, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Barbara Baxter, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2011-04-30 - Building exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 36 stops
- 38 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2007-08-17 - Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -- A most unusual stop to be found on a Casavant organ is the Trompette en Chamade, which is in fact a recycled Wurlitzer Brass Trumpet! -Database Manager
2010-01-13 - Updated by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager
2010-08-29 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2023-02-27 - Trumpet en chamade is a Wurlitzer recycled from the Lafayette Theater in Buffalo. -Andrew Scanlon
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Buffalo, New York
Temple Beth Zion
Casavant Op. 2870 1966 3/46
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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GREAT CHOIR
16' Quintade 61 8' Flûte bouchée 61
8' Montre 61 8' Flûte conique 61
8' Bourdon 61 8' Flûte douce 61
4' Octave 61 8' Unda maris 61
4' Flûte à fuseau 61 4' Cor de chamois 61
2' Flûte à bec 61 4' Flûte traversière 61
II Quarte 122 2 2/3' Nasard 61
IV Fourniture 244 2' Flûte des bois 61
8' Trompette 61 1 3/5' Tierce 61
1 1/3' Larigot 61
SWELL 8' Cor anglais 61
8' Gambe 61 Tremulant
8' Gambe céleste 61 Sub
8' Flûte à cheminée 61 Super
4' Principal 61 8' Trompette GT
4' Flûte ouverte 61
2' Octavin 61 PEDAL
IV Plein jeu 244 16' Contrebasse 32
16' Basson L/2 61 16' Soubasse 32
8' Hautbois 61 16' Flûte bouchée 12 SW
Tremulant 8' Principal 32
Sub 8' Bourdon 32
Super 4' Basse de choral 32
IV Mixture 128
16' Bombarde 32
[Received online from Jeff Scofield August 31, 2010]
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