2011-05-07 - Identified through on-line information from Peter Gonciarz. -- A few notes on this instrument/church - First of all it is important to know that this church suffered from a fire in the early 1980's. The sanctuary suffered the most damage and unfortunately the original organ was destroyed. A friend of the church knew of an unused small Johnson and Son pipe organ from an old church located at the intersection of Genesee and Hickory St. in Buffalo. Pilgrim St. Luke's UCC acquired 9 ranks from this Johnson organ and planned on incorporating them into the new organ at Pilgrim St. Luke's. It is assumed that the 9 ranks that were acquired was nearly all of the Johnson and Son Pipe organ. The Delaware Organ Co of Tonawanda NY was hired to install these Johnson and Son pipes. The 9 ranks of Johnson Pipework that were acquired are very high quality pipe work, but unfortunately was not enough to meet today's worship standards. The Delaware Organ Co installed the 9 ranks and added about 11 additional ranks that added more upper-work and brilliance to make it a more or less complete 2 modern organ. I must admit that the overall tone may surprise the listener. This organ is capable of playing a wide variety of music ranging from Baroque (thanks to the Delaware pipes), Romantic (thanks to the Johnson pipes), as well as Modern music. The very small cozy sanctuary surprisingly enjoys a very fine acoustical setting. All music can be heard very clearly and has just enough "bounce." -Database Manager
stoplist taken from console as of 5/6/11 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Delaware Organ Co of Tonawanda NY - 1985 Please note that stops with a * in front of it came from the Johnson and Son organ that came from a previous church. All other pipes are Delaware. The organ is in the back of the sanctuary. With the exception of a portion of the Great 8' Principle that makes up a small facade, the entire organ is screened. Directly behind the facade and screen is the Great division, with the enclosed Swell division directly behind, and the Pedal division is located below both the Great and Swell. Great (unenclosed) - 8' Principal (61 pipes, 1-3 mitered behind screen, 4-25 facade, 26-61 behind screen. 1-25 tin, 26-61 spotted metal) 8' Hohl Flote* (61 pipes, stamped Melodia) 4' Octave (61 pipes) 4' Stopped Flute (61 pipes) 2' Super Octave (61 pipes) III Mixture (183 pipes) 8' Trumpet* (61 pipes) Chimes (Mayland, with volume control switch) Swell - Great 16' Swell - Great 8' Swell - Great 4' Great - Great 4' Swell (enclosed) - 16' Lieblich Flote* (61 pipes) 8' Gedeckt (12 pipes, ext.) 8' Viola* (61 pipes, re-voiced Dulciana with more of a stringy bite) 8' Voix Celeste* (49 pipes, stamped Violina) 4' Harmonic FLute* (61 pipes, metal harmonic) 2 2/3' Nazard* (61 pipes) 2' Weit Principal (61 pipes) II Cymble (24 pipes, repeating) 8' Oboe (61 pipes, quite loud for an Oboe) Tremulant Swell - Swell 16' Swell - Swell 4' Pedal (unenclosed) - 16' Subbass* (32 pipes) 16' Lieblich Flote* (32 notes, Swell) 8' Pedal Principal* (32 pipes, stamped Sw Open Diap.) 8' Bourdon* (12 pipes, ext.) 4' Choral Bass* (12 pipes, ext.) II Rauschbass (32 notes, derived from Bourdon at 2 2/3', and Ped. Principle at 2') 16' Trumpet (12 pipes, half length, 13-32 Great Trumpet at 16') 8' Trumpet (32 notes, Great) 4' Oboe (32 notes, Swell) Great - Pedal Swell - Pedal [Received from Peter Gonciarz 2011-05-08.]
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