The initial 1940 pipe counts excerpted in the May 25th, 2025 NOTE (96/415/488) are consistent with a PEDAL of 3-32 note ranks, a Great of 7-61 note ranks (one of which borrows its bass from another unison rank) and a SWELL of 8-61 note ranks. If we add 3 ‘standard couplers’ and a Tremolo to these 18 ranks, we end up with the “twenty-two stops” mentioned in the quotation from the ‘Elmira Advertiser’ for the original King instrument. The 1911 “enlargement”, and the 1932 “additional pipes added” may have involved providing pipes to “prepared for” stops, extending a 27-note pedal compass to 32-notes, and possibly extending a 58-note manual compass to 61-notes.

The final 1940 pipe counts (108/573/766) are problematic. A PEDAL of 4-32 note ranks plus 1-12 note extension is consistent with 108 pipes. A 573 pipe GREAT could be 9-61 note ranks plus 2-12 note extensions. A 766 pipe SWELL could be 12 ranks of 61 notes (with an extra 34 pipes unaccounted for) or 10 ranks of 73 notes (with an extra 32 pipes unaccounted for). This ends up being an organ of either 25 or 23 ranks, which the Tellers wasn’t. The contract was for a 21 rank instrument; and the church disposed of the Tellers as a “22 rank” organ. (The PEDAL extension might have been miscounted as the 22nd rank.) The final 1940 pipe counts aren’t the result of a simple typo in one of the numbers. Later in the “History of the Church Organ” document we see the total number of pipes listed as 1447, which is 108+573+766.

At least the pipes in the right facade flat spoke. They are still mounted on an electro-pneumatic chest, as anyone can observe by looking up when entering the choir loft door. (see the image) The church got this wrong when they printed the following in the September 30, 1973 issue of ‘The Patrician’: “The great gilded pipes that you see from below are false pipes. They make no sound, and never have.”

From the "Patrician" (the parish bulletin) dated April 22, 1973: 'The "Elmira Advertiser" for November 23, 1874 contains this item of interest: "Father Bloomer intends to have the music of his new church, St. Patrick's, (to be) of a very fine order . . . King, the Elmira organ-builder, is to build the organ. It will be of large size, twenty-two stops, and, of course, in other respects equal to the work of this builder."

The "Elmira Gazette" for April 21, 1911 said: "the organ was entirely rebuilt and enlarged . . ."

On September 19, 1932, Father Brien engaged Tellers of Erie, PA. to have the organ "revised, augmented and electrified" at a cost of "$3,000. A new two-manual console was installed, electro-pneumatic action was applied, and additional pipes were added.

In 1940 a harp stop was added and interior and exterior chimes was installed at a cost of $2,200. On October 4, 1940, Tellers was authorized to "rebuild and augment" the organ at a cost of $4,000. A new console and blower were installed; the Great was increased from 415 pipes to 573; the Swell from 488 pipes to 766; and the Pedal from 96 pipes to 108.

From the September 30, 1973 issue of "The Patrician": The church purchased an Allen 900 electronic organ rather than re-leathering the organ for $20,000. The King pipe front will be left in place for "visual purposes". The console was offered to St Casimir's church as a gift.

From the October 14th 1973 issue of "The Patrician": "The pipes of the old organ have been sold to Michael Susick for the sum of $2000. Receipts from the sale of the older Teller's (sic) make the net cost of the new Allen become $21,000.