Holy Sepulchre Anglican Church
Grafton

Brindley & Foster 1896 rebuilt Norman & Beard 1913 (3/30 pneumatic)


Photo MQ


Plans were drawn up by Edward Mahoney & Sons in 1879 for Holy Sepulchre Church and it was built in kauri timber 1880-1881. A large cruciform building in the Gothic style, it has a tall clerestoried nave with aisles, a broad apsidal chancel and tower with broach spire flanking the main façade. Recent restoration work on the exterior and the use of historic paint colours have renewed the character of this impressive building.

The organ was built in 1896 by Brindley & Foster who won the contract against competition from Fincham & Hobday in Melbourne. In 1913 it was rebuilt by Norman & Beard Ltd, of Norwich, who provided new action, windchests and attached drawknob console. The organ remains largely unaltered from that date apart from a temporary electrification of the pedal division to make it playable following the removal of the pneumatic action at an earlier date. All of the manual pipework is of metal from Tenor G upwards, in typical Brindley style. The three-manual console is one of only two Norman & Beard examples to survive in Australasia, the other being at St Luke's, Christchurch, in the South Island. It is hoped that the instrument will be conservatively restored as recommended by John Maidment in his report of 2000.


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Brindley & Foster 1896 rebuilt Norman & Beard 1913 (3/30 pneumatic)

GREAT
Bordun
Open Diapason large
Open Diapason
Hohl Flöte
Principal
Harmonic Flute
Twelfth
Piccolo
Trumpet

SWELL
Bordun
Violin Diapason
Rohr Flöte
Gamba
Vox Angelica
Gemshorn
Lieblich Flöte
Mixture
Horn
Oboe
Vox Humana

CHOIR (enclosed)
Contra Salicional
Lieblich Gedackt
Keraulophon
Dulciana
Wald Flöte
Piccolo
Clarinet

PEDAL
Open Diapason
Bordun
Bass Flute

COUPLERS
Swell to Great
Choir to Great
Swell to Choir
Swell Sub Octave
Swell Unison Off
Swell Octave
Choir Octave
Choir Sub Octave
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal

16
8
8
8
4
4
2-2/3
2
8


16
8
8
8
8
4
4
III
8
8
8


16
8
8
8
4
2
8


16
16
8

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A
A


Compass: 61/30



Photos JRM


Historic Buildings of Northland and Auckland: a register of classified buildings, compiled by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Wellington: New Zealand Historic Places Trust, 1989, p.34
Organ specification noted John Maidment 2000