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Schlicker Organ Co. (1966)

Location:

First Trinity Lutheran Church
1570 Niagara Falls Blvd.
Tonawanda, NY 14150 US
Organ ID: 11000

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 46 ranks. 2,487 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 39 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 39
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Console Style: Non-traditional style, as consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al.
  • Stop Controls: Tilting/rocking tablets above top manual.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on July 28, 2007:

Updated through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -- This organ was given to the congregation in part by Herman Schlicker, a member of the congregation. The organ received special attention while being built and is an excellent example of Schlicker's tonal design concepts at that time in the history of the Schlicker Organ Co., having been designed by Herman Schlicker himself.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 2004.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Slider chests with electro-pneumatic slide motors. Church was originally Trinity Lutheran in Buffalo; reorganized as First Trinity Lutheran in 1867 at Michigan Ave. & Genesee St. Erected a chapel in Tonawanda in 1954. Moved to Tonawanda and built present (2004) church in 1964.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist taken from 2004 OHS Convention program book - Buffalo, NY
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ gallery: Photograph by Jim Cook. Taken on 2004-07-18

Console: Photograph by Jim Cook. Taken on 2004-07-18

Positive: Photograph by Jim Cook. Taken on 2004-07-18

Church exterior: Photograph by Jim Cook. Taken on 2004-07-18

Chancel from gallery: Photograph by Jim Cook. Taken on 2004-07-18

Positive pipework: Photograph by Jim Cook. Taken on 2004-07-18

Console and Organ Case: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2003-05-04

Nave, Balcony, Organ Case, and Positiv Pipe Display: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2003-05-04

Balcony, Organ Case, and Positiv Pipe Display: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2003-05-04

Builder's Nameplate: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2003-05-04

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