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Barnes & Buhl (1905 ca.)

St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
1001 Woods Rd.
Solvay, NY

Images

2021-10-31 - Facade in rear gallery (Joseph Clemente/Joseph Clemente)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
16 stops
15 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1979. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Relocated from Central Baptist, Syracuse, NY. Case front altered. Restored 1989 by Andover Organ Co. -Database Manager

2007-06-02 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Reinstallation of existing 1872 J.H. Willcox & Co. (op. 23) from Central Baptist in Syracuse. 1-21 of Great 8' Open Diapason and 1-10 of Great 8' Dolcissimo en facade. Original Great II Mixture replaced with an 8' Gamba at an undocumented time - perhaps when relocated to Solvay - reducing the organ to 15 ranks. Organ restored with one tonal change in 1989. -Database Manager

2008-02-19 - Updated through on-line information from Stephen Best. -- This is certainly Barnes and Buhl. Often that company's namplate was writen as Barnes & Buhl. -Database Manager

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