Buffalo, New York

Westminster Presbyterian Church – Holmes Chapel


Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 1136 (1950) in Holmes Chapel of Westminster Presbyterian Church (Buffalo, NY)
 
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 1136 (1950) in Holmes Chapel of Westminster Presbyterian Church (Buffalo, NY)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Builder:        Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Contract Year:  1950
Install Year:   1951
Opus:           1136
No. manuals:    2
No. stops:      25
No. ranks:      23
No. pipes:      1,358
      

Specification

               GREAT ORGAN                           SWELL ORGAN
            8' Gemshorn          61               8' Viola Pomposa     61 b
            8' Gedacktpommer     61               8' Viola Celeste     61 b
            8' Viole Sourdine    SW               8' Holzflöte         61 b
            4' Principal         61               8' Viole Sourdine    61 c
       III-IV  Fourniture       294               4' Spitzflöte        61 b
            8' Rohrschalmei      61 a             2' Octavin           61 d
               Tremulant                          8' Trompette         61
               Chimes            25 tubes            Tremulant

               POSITIV ORGAN (floating)              PEDAL ORGAN
            8' Nason Flute       61              16' Bourdon           44 e
            4' Koppelflöte       61              16' Sanftbass         12 SW f
            2' Blockflöte        61               8' Principal         44 b
        1 3/5' Tierce            61               8' Gedeckt (Bdn)     --
        1 1/3' Larigot           61               4' Choralbass (Prin) --
            1' Sifflöte          61
            8' Rohrschalmei      GT

            a  originally prepared-for; Schopp's pipes and chest
            b  from Aeolian Op. 915 (existing organ)
            c  1-3 from EMS Op. 768; rest from Aeolian Op. 915
            d  Aeolian-Skinner pipes from inventory
            e  1-10 from Aeolian Op. 915; 11-44 Aeolian-Skinner
            f  from EMS Op. 768


Source: Allen Kinzey

Photos: The Organ Historical Society and Bill Van Pelt

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=10965