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Schlicker Organ Co. (1941 ca.)

First German Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity: Sanctuary
East Genesee St.
Wellsville, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Consoles

Main


Notes

2013-01-05 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Scot Huntington, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- The organ was installed in a narrow, deep chamber to the left of the altar in this large, acoustically live frame church dating from the second half of the nineteenth century. Both divisions were encased in a single swell enclosure and spoke through an inadequately small opening behind a simple and minimalistic pipe fence of gold painted dummies. The church was built close to the Genesee River and was so severely damaged during the 1972 flooding from Hurricane Agnes that it was condemned and torn down. The land was taken for river reclamation forcing the congregation to relocate to another location, and the original building site is now under the dike. The organ was placed in storage at the Schlicker factory in Buffalo, awaiting the church's plans for rebuilding. The congregation eventually built a new building on North Main Street, and the organ was reinstalled there by the Schlicker company in 1974. With only a modest budget to work with, the tonal modifications and updating were minimal. -Database Manager

2013-01-12 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- In 1941, following a major redecoration of the interior, the former tracker organ was electrified and rebuilt by the Schlicker Organ Co. of Buffalo, reusing the pipework of the original organ with some minor additions. The Celeste was likely new or another stop repurposed. The 1941 organ existed unaltered until the congregation moved to a new building following the flood of 1972. -Database Manager

2013-01-12 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Source: Taken from console December 24, 1970

Wellsville, New York
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Schlicker Organ Co., 1941
incorporating pipes from unknown tracker, installed 1901

Great enclosed with Swell in one expression box
Open Diapason      8'
Melodia            8'
Dolce              8'
Octave             4'
Twelfth        2 2/3'
Fifteenth          2'
Trumpet            8'
Chimes
Great to Great 16,4
Swell to Great 16, 8, 4

Swell
Bourdon           16'  unit flute
Violin Diapason    8'
Gedackt            8'  ext.
Salicional         8'
Vox Celeste        8'  (t.c.)
Flute d'Amour      4'  ext.
Nazard         2 2/3'  ext.
Piccolo            2'  ext.
Oboe               8'
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16, 4, Unison Off

Pedal
Bourdon           16'
Lieblich Gedeckt  16'  SW
Flute              8'  ext.
Gedackt            8'  SW
Great to Pedal 8
Swell to Pedal 8, 4

General expression pedal
Crescendo pedal
Sforzando piston and toe stud
General pistons 0-4              

 [Received from Scot Huntington 2013-01-12.]

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