Pipe Organ Database

The Ernest M. Skinner Co. (Opus 216, 1914)

Location:

Shea's Elmwood Theatre
539 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222 US
Organ ID: 22286

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Theatres, Cinemas, Movie Houses
The organ has been relocated.
The organ's condition is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on November 16, 2021.

Technical Details:

Chests: EP pitman
24 ranks. 1,390 pipes. 4 manuals. 23 stops. 42 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on July 18, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 4
Stops: 23
Registers: 42
Manual Compass: 61
Pedal Compass: 32
Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on July 18, 2018.

Notes

Jeff Scofield on November 16, 2021:

The 1,400-seat theater closed and was demolished in 1965.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on November 16, 2021.

Jeff Scofield on November 16, 2021:

Replaced in 1922 by 3/15 Wurlitzer Op. 568 and relocated to St. Luke's AME Church; moved by Carl Stradtman to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Buffalo NY, minus some parts; project abandoned and enclosed divisions boarded up.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on November 16, 2021.

Database Manager on December 21, 2005:

Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: 
 Replaced in 1922 by 3/15 WurliTzer, #568.

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

Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i>
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on November 16, 2021.