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Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.) Opus 395 (1896)

Lafayette Presbyterian Church
590 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY

Images

c. 1896 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Facebook Buffalo Group Page, submitted by Peter Davis/Peter Davis)

c. 1896 - Original interior decoration and Hutchings facade. (Photograph by Facebook Buffalore Group Page, submitted by Peter Davis/Peter Davis)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
42 stops
4 divisions
Stop action Type: Electrical
Has crescendo

Notes

2004-10-30 - OH 2004 incorrectly states the Op. No. as 465, though the correct number is shown with the stoplist. Solo Division added by Wurlitzer. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Specifications from "The Organist and Choirmaster" (July 15, 1896) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
875 Elmwood Avenue at Lafayette Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14222

George S. Hutchings   1896   Op. 395   3 manuals, 41 stops, 42 ranks
"Electric Action, Detached Key-desk, and Extended Action"
Compasses: not given but suggested, based on Hutchings organs of the era

From "The Organist and Choirmaster" (London: July 15, 1896)
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        GREAT ORGAN (enc. in Choir)                  CHOIR ORGAN
 1. 16' *Open Diapason              61       28. 16' Lieblich Gedackt            61
 2.  8' *1st Open Diapason          61       29.  8' Geigen Principal            61
 3.  8' *2nd Open Diapason          61       30.  8' Dolcissimo                  61
 4.  8' Viola di Gamba              61       31.  8' Melodia (Stopped Bass)      61
 5.  8' Stopped Diapason            61       32.  4' Flute d'Amour               61
 6.  8' Doppel Flote                61       33.  4' Violina                     61
 7.  8' Dulciana                    61       34.  2' Piccolo Harmonique          61
 8.  4' Octave                      61       35.  8' Clarinet (Bassoon Bass)     61
 9.  4' Flute Harmonique            61
10.  2-2/3' Octave Quinte           61               PEDAL ORGAN
11.  2' Super Octave                61       36. 16' Open Diapason               30
12.     Mixture, IV ranks          244       37. 16' Violone                     30
13.  8' Trumpet                     61       38. 16' Bourdon                     30
                          * unenclosed       39.  8' Violoncello (ext. No. 37)   12
                                             40.  8' Flote (ext. No. 36)         12
        SWELL ORGAN                          41.  8' Gedackt (ext. No. 38)       12
14. 16' Bourdon Treble              49 tc    42. 10-2/3' Quinte (from No. 38)    --
15. 16' Bourdon Bass                12
16.  8' Violin Diapason             61       "Mechanical Registers operated by
17.  8' Salicional                  61       Tilting Tablets, and Combination
18.  8' Vox Celestis                61       Pistons, in great variety."
19.  8' AEoline                     61
20.  8' Stopped Diapason            61               PEDAL MOVEMENTS
21.  8' Quintadena                  61        1. Great to Pedal Reversible
22.  4' Flute Traverso              61        2. Swell to Great at Octaves
23.  4' Fugara                      61        3. Full Organ Pedal
24.  2' Flautino                    61        4. Swell Tremolo
25.     Dolce Cornet, III ranks    183        5. Choir Tremolo
26.  8' Cornopean                   61        6. Balanced Swell Pedal
27.  8' Oboe                        61        7. Balanced Great and Choir Pedal
                                              8. Grand Crescendo operating on all
                                                   stops except No. 18


 [Received from Steven E. Lawson 2012-03-13.]

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