Larkin Company: Administration Building
Buffalo, NY
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
Unknown - Building exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Buffalo Rising, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Organ pipes and central core of main building (Photograph from an archival source: writechat.savewright.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
ca. 1930 - Close-up of pipe facade (Photograph from an archival source: Jim Lewis collection, submitted by Jim Lewis/Jim Lewis)
1925-03-21 - Console (Moller promotional photo, collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- 4 manuals
- 90 stops
- 112 registers
- 8 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2009-10-31 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager
2012-02-01 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield -- The Larkin Building was designed in 1904 by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906 for the Larkin Soap Company, the premier direct mail order house of its time. The innovative design features included one of the earliest forms of air-conditioning, built-in desk furniture and somewhat hazardous-sounding "suspended toilet bowls." It also featured stained-glass windows and skylighted work areas. The 100-rank Möller was installed at a cost of $90,000 on the upper level at one end of the central court and the ornate console was located in a shallow pit on the main floor. It was "built of Genuine Mahogany, suitably carved and panels lined with White Holly or White Mahogany." The very tall console also housed the Solo Symphonist roll mechanism. By the late 1930's, business had fallen off considerably. In 1939, the main floor was remodeled extensively to house a retail operation. The building was foreclosed upon in 1945 and the organ removed and dispersed around that time. The organ was rumored to have been sold to a local organbuilder; parts stamped 4335 showed up in that company's organs for a number of years. The building was demolished in 1950. -Database Manager
2012-02-03 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2018-12-08 - Updated by Vince Harzewski <br> <br>Link to Tracker article in Bibliography is dead. Full issue is available here: https://organhistoricalsociety.org/downloads/tracker/public/recent/2014-58-2.pdf -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Buffalo, New York
Larkin Company Administration Building
Möller Op. 4335 1925 4/100
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GREAT 7" & 12" SWELL 6"
16' Double Diapason 61 16' Contra Viole 73
16' Tibia Clausa 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' 1st Diapason 61 8' Diapason Phonon 73
8' 2nd Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 73
8' 3rd Diapason 61 8' Violin Diapason 73
8' 4th Diapason 61 8' Gedeckt 73
8' Gross Flute 73 12" 8' Flauto Dolce Celeste II 146
8' Gross Gedeckt 73 12" 8' Harmonic Flute 73
8' Fern Flute 73 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Flute Celeste II 146 8' Viole d'Orchestre Celeste 61
8' Violoncello 73 8' Salicional 73
8' Cello Celeste 73 8' Salicional Celeste 73
8' Gemshorn 73 8' Viole d'Gamba 73
8' Gemshorn Celeste 73 8' Viole d'Gamba Celeste 61
5 1/3' Solo Flute 61 5 1/3' Gemshorn 61
4' Octave 73 4' Principal 73
4' Flute Harmonic 73 4' Violina 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Rohr Flute 73
2' Fifteenth 61 2 2/3' Flute 12th 61
V Cornet 305 2' Flageolet 61
16' Double Trumpet 61 12" V Dulciana Mixture 305
8' Trumpet 12 12" 16' Posaune 73
8' Tromba 73 12" 8' Cornopean 73
4' Clarion 73 8' Oboe 73
Tremulant 8' Vox Humana 73
Sub 4' Clarion 73
Unison Off Tremulant
Super Sub
Chimes 25 Unison Off
Harp 61 Super
Celesta Chimes GT
8' Grand Piano a Orchestral Bells 49
4' Grand Piano a Glockenspiel 49
GREAT CHORUS (prepared) SWELL CHORUS
8' Choral Diapason 8' Choral Diapason
8' Violin II 15" 8' Violin II
8' Cello II 8' Cello II
8' Tibia Plena 15" 8' Tibia Plena
8' Major Tibia Clausa 15" 8' Major Tibia Clausa
4' Suabe Flute 15" 4' Suabe Flute
2 2/3' Salicional Quint 2 2/3' Salicional Quint
2' Solo Piccolo 2' Solo Piccolo
8' Harmonic Tuba 15" 8' Harmonic Tuba
8' Harmonic Trumpet 15" 8' Harmonic Trumpet
8' English Post Horn 15" 8' English Post Horn
8' Major Vox Humana 15" 8' Major Vox Humana
Tremulant Tremulant
Marimba Marimba
Marimbaphone Marimbaphone
Orchestral Bells Orchestral Bells
Glockenspiel Glockenspiel
GREAT DUPLEX (from Choir) SWELL DUPLEX (from Solo
8' Concert Flute 8' Philomela
8' Flute Celeste 8' Gross Gamba
8' Dulciana 8' Gross Gamba Celeste
4' Flute d'Amour 8' Major Violin
8' French Horn 4' Hohl Pfeife
8' Orchestral Oboe 8' French Trumpet
8' Musette 8' Cor Anglais
Tremulant Tremulant
PEDAL CHOIR 6"
64' Gravissima -- 16' Quintadena 73
32' Double Diapason 32 7" b 8' English Diapason 73
32' Contra Bourdon 32 6" 8' Geigen Principal 73
16' 1st Diapason 32 7" 8' Concert Flute 73
16' 2nd Diapason 32 7" 8' Flute Celeste 61
16' 3nd Diapason GT 8' Quintadena 73
16' Violone 32 6" c 8' Mezzo Violin 73
16' Contra Viole SW 8' Violin Celeste 61
16' Tibia Clausa GT 8' Dulciana unison 73 *
16' Bourdon 12 8' Unda Maris flat 73 *
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW 8' Dulciana Celeste sharp 73 *
10 2/3' Quint 7 8' Unda Maris more flat 73 *
8' Octave Bass 12 8' Dulciana Cel more sharp 73 *
8' Bass Flute 5 4' Flute d'Amour 73
8' Gross Gedeckt GT 4' Dulciana 73
8' Cello GT 2 2/3' Nazard 61
4' Flute GT 2' Harmonic Piccolo 61
32' Bombarde 32 20" 1 3/5' Tiercena 61
16' Trombone 32 20" 1 1/3' Larigot 61
16' Posaune SW V Etheral Dulciana * d
16' Tuba Profunda SO 8' French Horn 73 12"
16' Trumpet GT 8' Clarinet 73
8' Tromba GT 8' Musette 73 12"
8' Tuba Mirabilis SO 8' Orchestral Oboe 73 12"
4' Tuba Clarion SO Tremulant
Chimes GT Sub
16' Piano GT Unison Off
8' Piano GT Super
8' Harp GT
PEDAL CHORUS (prepared) 4' Harp
16' Open Diapason
16' Bourdon SOLO 12"
8' Tibia Plena 8' Stentorphone 61
8' Flute 8' Philomela 61
8' Cello 8' Tibia Clausa 61
16' Tuba 8' Gross Gamba 61
8' Tuba 8' Gross Gamba Celeste 61
8' Major Violin 61
4' Hohl Pfeife 61
16' Tuba Profunda 73
8' Tuba Mirabilis 12
8' French Trumpet 61
8' Major Vox Humana 61
8' Cor Anglais 61
4' Tuba Clarion 12
Tremulant
Sub
Unison Off
Super
Marimba 49
Marimbaphone
a Chickering Ampico Grand Piano - largest size
b Old Myerstown pipes
c large bell scale like Macon
d To be scaled and voiced like the similar stops at West Point
[Received online from Jeff Scofield Fevruary 2, 2012]
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