Additions made byBuhl Organ Co.
1942

Originally Buhl Organ Co. (1938)

Christ Church, Episcopal

141 East Avenue
Rochester, NY, US

13 Ranks - 836 Pipes - 2 Physical Divisions

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	Nave (IV) Position: In a Floor-Level Case at the Rear of the Room Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Unit) Stop Action: Pneumatic (Electro Pneumatic) Notes: The casework stood on the floor, but all pipework was actually at gallery level. All pipes stood on unit chests - even though there were several straight stops in the specification. The key repeaters and switchstack were located along with the pipework in the upper portion of the case.
16'	Dulciana Notes: Tenor C
8'	Diapason I	61
8'	Diapason II	61
8'	Melodia	61
8'	Gemshorn	61
8'	Dulciana	61
8'	Gamba	61
4'	Diapason II Notes: Ext. 8' Diapason II	12
4'	Harmonic Flute Notes: When the division was inspected in 1987, the stop was "Flauto D'Amore'. It is not known if the stop was mislabled from the start, or if the pipes had been swapped at some point between 1942 and 1987. The Flute was located in the west end ambulatory attic, and spoke through the west-end arch into the nave casework.	61
4'	Dulciana Notes: Ext. 8' Dulciana	12
2 ²⁄₃'	Dulciana Notes: Ext. 8' Dulciana	7
2'	Gemshorn Notes: Ext. 8' Gemshorn	24
2'	Dulciana Notes: Ext. 8' Dulciana	5
IV	Mixture Notes: 12-15-19-22. The Mixture was located in the west end ambulatory attic, and spoke through the west-end arch into the nave casework.	244
8'	Cornopean Notes: The pipework is symmetrically arranged, but not planted in note-order. Harmonic and non-harmonic pipes are intermixed to be visually pleasing. The rank was a challenge to tune as the next note to be tuned had to be discovered by feel until the intermixed portion of the stop was completed.	61

	Nave Pedal Position: In a Floor-Level Case at the Rear of the Room Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Unit) Stop Action: Ventil (Electro Pneumatic)
16'	Diapason Wood Notes: low 6 stopped	32
16'	Gedeckt Notes: Ext. 8' Melodia	12

8'	Nave to Nave Pedal

This entry represents the addition of a west end Nave division to the 1938 Buhl instrument. The casework included open-work legs which supported the upper casework above the central aisle. The casework blocks the archway between the back of the church and west end ambulatory. The Nave division had its own key repeaters, switchstack and blower. A second-hand keyboard and crude stoprail located in the ceiling of the ambulatory were provided so that a tuner’s assistant could be present along with the tuner. The project used old pipework. In a letter dated 5/15/1996, the Rector, Linwood W. Garrenton, referred to the division as the “Roosevelt organ”. Much of the fluework was cone-tuned, which is consistent with pipework from the late 1800s.

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Jim Stettner on September 21st, 2026:

Updated through online information from Mark A. Smith [September 20, 2026]: This entry represents the addition of a west end Nave division to the 1938 Buhl instrument. The casework included open-work legs which supported the upper casework above the central aisle. The casework blocks the archway between the back of the church and west end ambulatory. The Nave division had its own key repeaters, switchstack and blower. A second-hand keyboard and crude stoprail located in the ceiling of the ambulatory were provided so that a tuner’s assistant could be present along with the tuner. The project used old pipework. In a letter dated 5/15/1996, the Rector, Linwood W. Garrenton, referred to the division as the “Roosevelt organ”. Much of the fluework was cone-tuned, which is consistent with pipework from the late 1800s.