St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral (1855): Sanctuary; rear gallery
50 Franklin Street
Buffalo, NY
Images
2017-05-17 - Console (Photograph by Nathan Laube, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-05-17 - Cathedral interior to rear and organ case (Photograph by Nathan Laube, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-08-12 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by David Pierce/Brad Engelland)
2016-07-06 - Stenciled façade pipes (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2003-05-04 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Console (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Organ Case Detail (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Original Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Philadelphia Exhibition Plate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2003-05-04 - Rebuilder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 71 stops
- 90 registers
- 6 divisions
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- 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: Computerized/Digital
- 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
2011-08-27 - Rebuild with new console of "Centennial Organ" of 1876, previously modified for installation here, changed again in the 1930s, and modified in 1976 -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist taken from the Andover Organ Co's website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Buffalo, NY
1876 Hook and Hastings
2002 Andover Organ Company
Great (unenclosed) -
16' Double Open Diapason (61 pipes, old)
8' Open Diapason (61 pipes, old)
8' Second Open Diapason (12, from 16' O.D)
8' Doppel Flote (61, old)
8' Gamba (61, old)
6' Quint (61, old)
4' Octave (61, old)
4' Flute Harmonique (61, old)
3' Twelfth (61, old)
2' Fifteenth (61, old)
III-IV Cornet (232, old)
IV Mixture (244, old)
V Cymbale (305, new)
16' Trumpet (61, old)
8' Trumpet (61, old)
4' Clarion (61, old)
Blank Knob
Great - Great 16'
Great - Great 4'
Unison Off
Swell (enclosed) -
16' Bourdon (61, old)
8' Open Diapason (61, old)
8' Viola (61, old)
8' Voix Celeste (49, Tellers)
8' Stopped Diapason (61, old)
8' Quintadena (61, old)
4' Ocatve (61, old E&GG H&H op. 869)
4' Violina (61, old)
4' Flauto Traverso (61, old)
2 2/3' Cornet Nazard (61 pipes, old from cornet)
2' Flautino (61, old from cornet)
1 3/5' Tierce (61, old from cornet)
IV Mixture (244, new)
16' Bassoon (12, from oboe, new bass)
8' Cornopean (61, old)
8' Oboe (61, old)
8' Vox Humana (61, old)
Tremolo
Chimes (prepared for)
Swell - Swell 16'
Swell - Swell 4'
Swell Unison Off
Choir (unenclosed) -
16' Lieblich Gedeckt (61, old Estey pipes, op. 3079)
8' Giegen Principal (61, old)
8' Dulciana (61, old)
8' Melodia (61, old)
8' Rohr Flute (61, old)
4' Giegen Octave (61, op. 501 Giegen Prin.)
4' Fugara (61, old)
4' Flute d'Amore (61, old)
2 2/3' Quint Flote (61, new)
2' Piccolo (61, old)
1 3/5' Tierce (61, new)
1 1/3' Quint Octave (61, new)
III Mixture (183, new)
8' Trumpet (61, old Estey pipes, op. 3079)
8' Clarinet (61, old)
8' Vox Angelica (61, old, free reed)
8' Cromorne (61, new)
4' Clarion (12, ext. 8', new)
Tremulant
Choir - Choir 16'
Choir - Choir 4'
Choir Unison Off
Solo (unenclosed) -
8' Stentorphon (61, old)
8' Tuba Mirabilis (61, old)
V Grand Cornet t.c. (8' from op 501, 4' fr. Sw., cornet 2 2/3', 2', 1 3/5', 245 pipes, new)
Blank Knob
Solo - Solo 16'
Solo - Solo 4'
Solo Unison Off
Celestial (enclosed) -
16' Gemshorn (61, old, trebles from Estey op 3079)
8' Philomela (61, new)
8' Gemshorn (12, from 16')
8' Dolcon Gamba (61, old Hutchings pipes)
8' Gamba Celeste (49, old Hutchings pipes)
8' Sptiz Flote (61, new)
8' Spitz Flote Celeste (49, new)
4' Hohl Pfiefe (61, old pipes from Hook op. 355)
2' Harmonic Piccolo (61, Hutchings, Votey, from Chicago)
8' French Horn (61, old pipes Gottfried)
8' Cor Anglais (61, old pipes from Estey op 3079)
Tremulant
Celestial Bells
Harp (prepared for)
Celestial to Celestial 16'
Celestial to Celestial 4'
Celestial Unison Off
Pedal (unenclosed) -
32' Bourdon (32, old)
16' Open Diapason (32, old)
16' Violone (32, old)
16' Dulciana (Actually Great 16' Open Diapason)
16' Gemshorn (Celestial)
16' Bourdon (from 32')
16' Lieblich Gedeckt (from Choir)
12' Quint (from 32')
8' Octave (from 16' O.D.)
8' Bell Gamba (32, old)
8' Violoncello (from Violone)
8' Gemshorn (from Celestial)
8' Gedeckt (from Lieblich Gedeckt)
5 1/3' Octave Quint (32, old pipes)
4' Principal (32, old pipes)
4' Super Octave (12, from Bell Gamba)
IV Mixture (5 1/3' Quint and old pipes from Estey op. 3079)
V Harmonics (96, old pipes)
32' Contra Bombarde (12, new pipes, ext. Trombone)
16' Trombone (32, old)
16' Bassoon (from Swell)
8' Trumpet (from Trombone)
8' Posuane (32, old pipes)
8' Oboe (from Swell)
4' Clarion (12, ext. Posuane)
[Received from Peter Gonciarz 2011-08-27.]
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