Date unknown - Organ facade in rear gallery (Unknown/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1906 - Church exterior (Vintage postcard/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Sanctuary interior from rear of sanctuary (Unknown/Jim Stettner)
2019-05-14 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by James R. Stettner: An article in the Buffalo 'Express' on September 4, 1906 (page unknown) says, "One of the most valued and valuable things in the First Unitarian Church is its splendid organ, the gift of Mrs. E.H. Howard, and her son Henry C. Howard, as a memorial to Ethan H. Howard. It is a three manualed instrument made by the Hutchings-Votey Company of Boston and thoroughly equipped with every modern facility. It is one of the most beautifully voiced organs that can be found, and the Buffalo experts who have tried it are unanimous in their admiration of the fine instrument. It is placed in the gallery at the rear of the church with ample room in front for a double quartette [sic] or small chorus of singers. The pipes are of a rich copper color and the wood is like the rest of the interior." -Database Manager
2024-11-04 - From the Buffalo Courier Express (August 12, 1906): "The new Hutchings-Votey organ in the First Unitarian Church is nearing completion and will probably be ready for use the first Sunday in September ... There are three combinations on the great organ, four on swell and two on choir. There are two balance pedals, a crescendo pedal and a sforzando pedal, throwing on full organ at once. Tilting tablets control the couplers. The stop boards are oblique at the sides, and there is a radiating concave pedal keyboard. A peculiarity of the organ is a set of combinations which may be called orchestral combinations. One throws on all the strings, a second all the flutes, another the reeds and the fourth the diapasons. Another peculiarity, and a most practical one, is the system of borrowing stops. To illustrate its usefulness, imagine that you want to play a solo upon the oboe, on the swell organ, and still have the other swell stops to use as accompaniment. By drawing the oboe on the choir organ, and not on the swell, this becomes possible. The volume of the organ is not increased, but its usefulness is augmented immensely by this system. The organ has eight borrowed stops. The motor is an electric fan. The specification of the organ was made jointly by Richard Henry Warren of New York and Mary M. Howard, organist of the church. Mr. Warren suggested and strongly recommended the idea of the borrowed stops." -Andrew Henderson
Source: Buffalo Courier Express August 12, 1906
Swell Bourdon Treble 16, Bourdon Bass 16, Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Violina 4, Aeolian 8, Quintadena 8, Salicional 8, Unda Maris 8, Trumpet 8, Oboe 8, Tremolo, Flute a Cheminee 4, Dolce Cornet III
Pedal Open Diapason 16, Bourdon 16, Lieblich Bourdon 16 (Swell), Flute 8 (ext.?)
Choir Bourdon 16 ([Swell]), Melodia 8, Gross Floete 8 ([Great]), Gemshorn 8 ([Great]), Aeoline 8 ([Swell]), Flute a Cheminee 4 ([Swell]), Piccolo 2, Trumpet 8 ([Swell]), Oboe 8 ([Swell]), Tremolo, Clarinet 8
Great Gamba 8, Gemshorn 8 (Enclosed in Choir), Octave 4 (Enclosed in Choir), Gross Floete 8 (Enclosed in Choir), Flute Harmonique 4, Fifteenth 2 (Enclosed in Choir)
Swell to Swell 4, Swell to Swell 16, Swell to Great 8, Swell to Choir 8, Choir to Choir 16, Swell to Pedal 8, Choir to Great 8, Great to Pedal 8, Choir to Pedal 8
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