Schlicker Organ Co.
1951

Trinity Episcopal Church

Christ Chapel

371 Delaware Ave.
Buffalo, NY, US

24 Ranks
Instrument ID: 10983 ● Builder ID: 5574 ● Location ID: 10042
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions19 Stops25 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on October 24th, 2019:
Updated by Scot Huntington, who has heard or played the organ. <br>In recent years the church demographics have changed. The chapel is now unused, has been cleared of furniture, and is presently used as a storage area. The organ is functional but unused, sadly lapsing into unplayability. As originally built, the organ was rather gentle- the chapel being used for morning prayer and intimate weddings, funerals, and the occasional Evensong or minor liturgical service. Dr. John Hofmann, organist of the church for over 30 years and Organ Professor at SUNY Fredonia, had the organ loudened slightly as it was ineffective at leading hymn singing when the chapel was full. The loudening by Bohall was expertly and sympathetically done, but the organ lost something of its original silvery elegance in the process, going from understated to forthright.

Database Manager on October 26th, 2016:
Updated through online information from scot huntington. <br>The organ was loudened by Donald Bohall, head of the Schlicker service department ca. 1974. This organ was the first tonally fully developed neo-baroque organ built by Hermann Schlicker, and served as a demonstration organ for interested clients visiting the factory, until the large organ was built in the main church three years later.

Database Manager on December 30th, 2006:
Updated through on-line information from David Snyder.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 2004.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
In a common expression box.

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