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The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. Opus 624 (1938)

Images

2022-05-26 - Facade (Marty Quebral/Martin P Quebral)

2022-05-26 - Console (Marty Quebral/Martin P Quebral)

2010s - Church exterior (WIkipedia/Andrew Scanlon)

2010s - Church exterior rear (Wikipedia/Andrew Scanlon)

2023 - Church Interior (Church Facebook page/Andrew Scanlon)

2023 - Facade and chambers in rear gallery (The Oracle/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Horseshoe
• 3 manuals
• Stop action Type: Electrical

Notes

2012-06-05 - Identified through online information from Will Dunklin. -- This organ was moved by the Wurlitzer company to All Saints R.C. Church in 1938. The original installation was in the Hotel Statler Ballroom, Buffalo, NY in 1923. -Database Manager

2024-02-21 - From theatreorgans.com: The first known pipe organ installed at All Saints R.C. Church was originally installed in The Statler Hotel Ballroom in downtown Buffalo, NY. The organ was Opus 624, a style 160 with 3 manuals and 10 ranks of pipes. It was installed immediately following the installation of its sister organ, Opus 622, also a matching style 160 in the hotel dining room. It appears on the WurliTzer Opus list that both organs were removed from the Statler Hotel in January of 1938 for unknown reasons. It was the WurliTzer firm which installed the organ in the church, removing the toy counter and associated traps which were considered "un-resourceful" in playing church organ music. The organ was pretty much in untouched condition except for a Dulciana stop replacing the original Orchestral Oboe stop and Chysoglott percussion being disconnected. Although while the organ lay in an untouched state, it also was not receiving the proper maintenance required by organs. After serving the parish from 1938-1991, it was decided to rebuild the organ and to include as much as possible from the old instrument into the new organ. -Paul R. Marchesano

2024-02-22 - Updated through online information from Martin P Quebral: The church property is currently up for sale by the Diocese of Buffalo. The instrument may be available. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Buffalo, New York
    All Saints' R. C. Church
    
    Wurlitzer   1938   Op. 624   2/10

Main Chamber:
16' Diaphonic Diapason
16' Bourdon / Concert Flute
16' Opheclide/Tuba Horn
 8' Viol d'Orchestre
 8' Viol Celete
 8' Clarinet
    Chrysoglott

Solo Chamber:
16' Tibia Clausa
 8' Salicional
 8' Orchestral Oboe
 8' Vox Humana
    Chimes
    Glockenspiel
    Toy Counter

All ranks are unified at multiple pitches over 3 manuals and pedal.


 [Received from Will Dunklin 2012-06-12.]

Websites

• The Statler Organ [theatreorgans.com] - Photograph, links to 1923 console specifications and chamber layout (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• The Organs of All Saints Church/The Staler Organ - Maintained by Joseph McCabe. Good history of the three periods of this organ-- the Statler Hotel, All Saints, and the 1992 reworking of the organ by Heritage (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #49750†* - The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. Opus 624 (1923)

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