Rochester Organ Co.

Masonic Temple ( "Ionic" Lodge Room)

Rochester, NY, US

Great (II - Expressive)🛈
  • Position: In Gallery-Level Chambers at the Rear of the Room
  • Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
  • Stop Action: Pneumatic (Electro Pneumatic)
  • Notes: The GREAT, CHOIR, PEDAL and TUBA divisions are enclosed in the same chamber, which speaks from the left into a small organ niche containing the console. The GREAT chest contains one unit rank and two straight ranks. GREAT stops occupy two rows in the right angled jamb. Stop ordering is unconventional.
8'Diapason #1
73
8'Diapason #2
from Choir V.Diap
4'Octave
from Choir V.Diap
2 2⁄3'Twelfth
from Choir Dulc
2'Fifteenth
from Choir Dulc
Chimes
16'Gemshorn🛈
  • Notes: 1-12 on a dual pressure chest. High pressure for Gemshorn 16', Low pressure for Dulciana 16'. See figure 23 in William H Barnes' "The Contemporary American Organ" 1930 edition of the Rochester Organ Company obtaining dual use from a Bourdon/Gedeckt.
12 from Gemshorn
8'Clarabella
73
8'Gemshorn
73
8'Dulciana
from Choir
4'Flute
12 from Choir R.Flute
4'Dulcet
From Choir Dulc
Tremolo
Swell (III - Expressive)🛈
  • Position: In Gallery-Level Chambers at the Rear of the Room
  • Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
  • Stop Action: Pneumatic (Electro Pneumatic)
  • Notes: The SWELL division speaks from the right into a a small organ niche containing the console. The SWELL chest contains 3 unit ranks and 8 straight ranks. SWELL stops occupy two rows in the left angled jamb. Stop ordering is unconventional.
16'Bourdon🛈
  • Notes: From Gedeckt
12
8'Diapason
73
8'Stopped Flute
73
8'Gedeckt
61
4'Flute
12 from Gedeckt
2 2⁄3'Nazard
7 from Gedeckt
2'Flautino
5 from Gedeckt
IIIDolce Cornet
183
8'Aeoline
73
8'Voix Celeste🛈
  • Notes: 1-12 are silent
61
8'Salicional
73
8'Viol d'Orchestre
73
4'Violina
12 from Salicional
8'Trombe
73
8'Oboe
73
8'Vox Humana🛈
  • Notes: Pipes located in a wooden box.
73
Tremulant
Choir (I - Expressive)🛈
  • Position: In Gallery-Level Chambers at the Rear of the Room
  • Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
  • Stop Action: Pneumatic (Electro Pneumatic)
  • Notes: The GREAT, CHOIR, PEDAL and TUBA divisions are enclosed in the same chamber, which speaks from the left into a small organ niche containing the console. The CHOIR chest contains 3 unit ranks and 3 straight ranks. CHOIR stops occupy two rows in the right angled jamb. Stop ordering is unconventional.
8'Violin Diapason
73
8'Dulciana
61
4'Harmonic Flute
73
4'Dulcet
12 from Dulciana
2 2⁄3'Nazard
7 from R.Flute
2'Piccolo
5 from R.Flute
Harp
8'Rohr Flute
61
8'French Horn
73
8'Clarinet
73
Tremulant
Pedal (Expressive)🛈
  • Position: In Gallery-Level Chambers at the Rear of the Room
  • Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Unit)
  • Stop Action: Pneumatic (Electro Pneumatic)
  • Notes: The GREAT, CHOIR, PEDAL and TUBA divisions are enclosed in the same chamber, which speaks from the left into a small organ niche containing the console. PEDAL stops occupy two rows in the left angled jamb. Stop ordering is unconventional.
32'Resultant
from Ped Diap
16'Diapason🛈
  • Notes: Several of the lowest pipes are stopped wood of very large scale to accommodate chamber ceiling height. Remaining pipes large scale open wood.
32
8'Octave
from Choir V.Diap
5 1⁄3'Quint
from Swell Ged
4'Super Octave
from Choir V.Diap
4'Flute
from Choir R.Flute
16'Gemshorn
from Great
16'Dulciana🛈
  • Notes: 1-12 are from the Gemshorn 16' on low pressure.
from Choir Dulc
16'Gedeckt🛈
  • Notes: Curiously, this instrument has no pedal Bourdon for medium volume registrations. The Gedeckt can only be used in soft combinations, and the Pedal Diapason is much too big for most purposes.
from Swell
8'Flute
from Swell Gedeckt
8'Gemshorn
From Great
16'Posaune
12 from Swell Trombe
8'Trombe
from Swell
Chimes
from Great
Tuba (Expressive)🛈
  • Position: In Gallery-Level Chambers at the Rear of the Room
  • Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Unit)
  • Stop Action: Pneumatic (Electro Pneumatic)
  • Notes: The GREAT, CHOIR, and PEDAL divisions are enclosed in the same chamber, which speaks from the left into a small organ niche containing the console. The TUBA division is floating, and is playable via couplers to the manuals and pedal. TUBA stops occupy one row in the right angled jamb.
8'Tuba
61
4'Tuba
12