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Paul E. Fischer Pipe Organ Sales & Service (1992)

Originally Warren Church Organ Co. (1907)

Location:

Chautauqua Institution
1 Ames Avenue
Chautauqua, NY 14722 US
Ampitheatre
Organ ID: 41270

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Auditoriums and Concert Halls
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on June 02, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman
  • 93 ranks. 5,640 pipes. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 78 stops. 88 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 78
  • Registers: 88
  • Position: Movable console.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has a Piston Sequencer
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on June 02, 2021.
Database Manager on June 01, 2019:

Console badly damaged by leaking water in the winter of 2018. To be repaired by the Fischers.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on June 02, 2019.
Database Manager on July 08, 2009:

Updated through on-line information from Mark R. Fischer. -- Swell has a four note coupler extension. Pedal has a full 12 note super coupler (except Mixture)

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 05, 2009:

According to the OHS PC Database, this was a complete rebuild, with new chests, of the 1907 Warren organ previously modified by Möller (1920s and 1970s).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Database Manager on June 05, 2009:

Updated through on-line information from Fred Rueckert. -- Would it be fair to say the original Warren instrument is no longer there? The pipes (not made by Warren) are; however the instrument in the vault is made by OSI with the computer system by another company. The pipes have been re-used. It is now possible to play the instrument as it was in 1907, and also play is as it was altered in 1928 and 1972. 32' Bombarde added in 2003. The instrument was re-dedicated in 1993 as the Massey Memorial Pipe Organ.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 11, 2008:

Updated through on-line information from Fred Rueckert. -- More information for you. Ivory keys with 4 oz. touch, manual compass CC to C4, 61 notes, Pedal compass CCC TO G 32 notes, Contains a Saxophone (labial) and Viol d' Amour. This information does not include 32' Bombarde addition. The organ does have a 16' Bombarde listed in the pedal and listed as a 16' Tuba in the solo. -- the above information does NOT include 32' Bombarde added in 2003

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i>: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on June 02, 2019.
Chautauqua Specification: Open In New Tab Stoplist, couplers, finger pistons, toe studs, pedal movements, etc.
We received the most recent update for this document from Jim Stettner on June 02, 2021.

Chautauqua Organ Reconstruction: Open In New Tab Article describing the reconstruction of the organ in 1992.
We received the most recent update for this document from Jim Stettner on June 02, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Console and facade: Photograph by Mark Fischer. Taken on 2007-06-22

Console, stage, organ chambers, façade pipes: Photograph by Joshua Stafford, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2020-06-27

Auditorium interior: Photograph from an archival source: Chautauqua Institution Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-08-01

Auditorium interior: Photograph from an archival source: Chautauqua Institution Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-06-21

Organ chambers with doors closed: Photograph from an archival source: Chautauqua Institution Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken approx. 2019

Console and stage: Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2022-06-06

Façade pipes: Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2022-06-06

Left stopjamb: Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2022-06-06

Right stopjamb: Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2022-06-06

Interior to rear: Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2022-06-06

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