E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings
Opus 828, 1876

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral (1855)

50 Franklin Street
Buffalo, NY, US

48 Ranks

Instrument ID: 7278 ● Builder ID: 1835 ● Location ID: 3007

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Builder: Unknown

Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center

Design: Unknown

Pedalboard Type: Unknown

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4 Manuals (58 Notes)30 Note Pedal47 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs

Expression Type: Unknown

Combination Action: Unknown

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on April 20th, 2006: 
Updated through online information from Lisa Lucius.

Database Manager on January 13th, 2005: 
Tubular pneumatic pedal action

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004: 
Organ from the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA. Purchased by St. Joseph's Cathedral in 1877 for $10,000 with $3,000 allowed for their previous House organ. Compass 58/30. Pneumatic stop-action and pneumatic assist to the Great and its couplers and the Solo organ. Tubular pneumatic pedal action. Originally four manuals with a Solo, a Stentorphone and a huge Tuba, a free-reed Vox Angelica in the Choir - a delicious 16' Cornet in the Great  - lovely Swell reeds Rebuilt and electrified by Tellers-Kent in 1925 as their Op. 338. Further rebuilding by Tellers-Kent in 1937 as their Op. 602. Rebuilt 1975, 1978 by Schlicker Organ Co. with new console, and alterations to the wind supply and pipes. Rebuilding and enlargement to 97 rk. in 2001 by Andover Organ Co. as their Op. R-328. Compass now [2004] is 61/32.

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Related Instrument Entries: E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings (Opus 828, 1876) , Andover Organ Co. (2002)