2009-10-31 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Console (Photograph from an archival source: From THE DIAPASON October 1923, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2022-03-14 - This instrument incorporated most of the pipework of the previous organ. The church history states the previous organ up to the time of the 1923 chancel enlargement and redecoration, was "a small instrument on the left side of the altar, and the choir was seated on the right side". E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings installed No. 675 in 1875, and unless there was another organ installed in the interim, it is the Hook that Hillgreen, Lane & Co. rebuilt and enlarged in 1923. The organ was divided on either side of the altar in shallow, free-standing chamber-esque cases, fronted with gothic tracery. In 1984 the Schlicker Organ Co. installed a new electric-action 2-manual organ in the same arrangement, as part of a chancel updating/redecoration, but with more simplified and generic case work, filled with pleated cloth instead of facade pipes. Examination of the organ would determine whether any pipework from the former organ was repurposed in the Schlicker. -Scot Huntington
2022-03-14 - Contract signed March 1, 1923, ready for use on or about August 25, 1923. The total cost was $10, 950.00, +with no money down. One-half of the purchase price was due upon acceptance by the church's organ expert, George Edward Fisher. Hillgreen financed the remaining balance across three payments bearing 6% interest, at 6, 12 and 18-month intervals. There is a discrepancy in the contract regarding the couplers. There are Echo to Echo 16' and 4' couplers, plus "Echo on, Great off", and the Echo is only playable on the Great. There is a Solo to Great 4' coupler, obviously an error, and this is crossed out. Written by hand at this entry, are Echo to Great 16', 8', and 4' couplers. These couplers would duplicate the function of the Echo to Echo, and Echo on couplers, making them superfluous. -Scot Huntington
American Organ Archives Source: Contract March 1, 1923
Hillgreen, Lane & Co. (Opus No. 675, 1923)
First Presbyterian Church
Batavia, New York
Reused pipework from the previous organ, unspecified builder.
Contract loosely specific about what is old and new.
Compasses: 61/32
Ventil chests.
GREAT ORGAN [enclosed, 61-note chest]
8 ft. Open Diapason
8 ft. Gamba "soft, 'Dulciana' crossed out
8 ft. Doppel Flute "New"
8 ft. Melodia
4 ft. Octave
8 ft. Tuba "New"
SWELL ORGAN [enclosed, 73-note chest]
16 ft. Bourdon "from old Great, soft"
8 ft. Open Diapason
8 ft. Viol d'Orchestre "New"
8 ft. Viola
8 ft. Unda Maris "from old Violina", 61 pipes
8 ft. Gedeckt
4 ft. Wald Flute "wood and metal"
2 ft. Flautina "from old Great", 61 pipes
8 ft. Oboe
CHOIR ORGAN [enclosed, 73-note chest]
8 ft. Open Diapason "leathered"
8 ft. Concert Flute "small"
8 ft. Dulciana "very soft, not nasal"
8 ft. Unda Maris "very soft", 61 pipes
4 ft. Flute "wood and metal"
8 ft. Clarinet
Harp 37 bars, "49" written in margin
ECHO ORGAN [playable from Great, 73-note chest]
8 ft. Open Diapason "wood and metal"
8 ft. Salicional "Dolce" crossed out
8 ft. Vox Celeste "Angelica" crossed out
8 ft. Gedeckt "#2 scale"
4 ft. Flute "wood and metal"
8 ft. Vox Humana "New"
PEDAL ORGAN [pedal compasses makky be incorrect]
16 ft. Open Diapason "wood, 44 pipes"
16 ft. Bourdon "wood, 44 pipes"
16 ft. Lieblich Gedeckt [Swell], added in pencil, not numbered in stoplist
8 ft. Flute "New, 32 notes"
COUPLERS
Great 16' to Great
Great 4' to Great
Swell 8' to Great
Swell 16', 4' to Great
Choir 8' to Great
Choir 16', 4' to Great
Echo 4' to Great "Solo 4'" crossed out and Echo added in pen
Echo 16' to Great not numbered, added in pen
Echo 8' to Great not numbered, added in pen
Swell 16' to Swell
Swell 4' to Swell
Swell Unison Off
Swell 8' to Choir
Swell 16', 4' to Choir
Choir 16' to Choir
Choir 4' to Choir
Great 8' to Pedal
Great 4' to Pedal
Swell 8' to Pedal
Swell Quint to Pedal
Swell 4' to Pedal
Echo 8' to Pedal
Echo On, Great Off
Echo 4' to Echo
Echo 16' to Echo
Choir 8' to Pedal
PISTON COMBINATIONS
Three affecting Great Organ
Four affecting Swell Organ
Three affecting Choir Organ
Two affecting Pedal Organ
Coupler Cancel (piston)
Six master pistons affecting all manuals and unison couplers
ACCESSORIES
Great Tremolo
Swell Tremolo
Choir Tremolo
Echo Tremolo
Wind Indicator
Crescendo Pedal
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Great to Pedal, reversible
All Organs Piano
Balanced Great and Echo pedal
Balanced Swell pedal
Balanced Choir Pedal
Balanced Crescendo and Diminuendo Pedal
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