From Wikipedia: The [1915] edifice became known as St. Joseph's (New) Cathedral and the original church became known as St. Joseph's Old Cathedral. This time both towers of the new cathedral were completed to a height of 260 feet (79 m). Unfortunately, the cathedral was better suited for Rome's climate rather than Buffalo's. By 1924, the north and south transepts required major repairs and by 1927, the towers were so unstable they were removed, [apparently in part due to the very large carillon installed in the towers]. The exterior marble started to separate from the brick and Bishop Edward D. Head determined in 1976 that repairs would be too costly for the "new" St. Joseph's and the diocese. In 1977, after the demolition of the new cathedral, the "old cathedral" once again became known as St. Joseph's Cathedral.[3]

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Also has the St. Hyacinthe opus number of 620 1/2.

Updated through online information from Douglas Craw. -- I visited this organ in the early 1970s and wrote down the specs (see E-mail). This organ was located in what was then known as St. Joseph's "New" Cathedral. The St. Joseph's Cathedral on Franklin St. became know as the "Old" Cathedral when the new cathedral was built in 1915. After the "new" cathedral was torn down in 1975 (due to long inherent structural problems) the "Old" cathedral reassumed the role as "THE" Catholic Cathedral in Buffalo. The installation was somewhat unique in that all the pipework was installed in chambers (no visible pipes whatsoever) which ran the entire wide of the high rear gallery (easily 60' wide) beneath a large stained glass window. The height of the chambers was only about 12' which I assume required the longest pipes of the 16' ranks to be mitred and it's likely that the lowest octave of the 32' Open Diapason and 32' Bombarde were laid horizontally.

Note from Stan Scheer: Relocated to Depew, New York in 1976 as Opus 620 1/2.

Identified through information received from Stan Scheer, Casavant Frères. The figure recorded under "Registers" in the list above refers to the total number of speaking stops, including including duplexed and extended stops but excluding couplers, tremulants and controls. "Stops" refers to the number of independent or straight stops excluding duplexed and extended stops as well as couplers and controls. There are 25 couplers on this organ.