Masonic Temple
Ann Street, Brisbane

Whitehouse Bros 1930-31 and later changes; 2 manuals, 22 speaking stops, electric

Specification as noted by Geoffrey Cox¹ for the 2007 OHTA Conference book:

GREAT Echo Bourdon Open Diapason  Flute Amabile  Salicional  Dulciana   Principal Lieblich Flute  Fifteenth Trumpet  SWELL Violin Diapason Gedackt Echo Gamba Voix Celeste Geigen Principal  Flautina Cornopean Oboe PEDAL Sub Bass* Bourdon**  Violincello Bass Flute Trumpet COUPLERS    Swell to Pedal    Great to Pedal  Swell to Great  Great Octave    Swell Octave      Swell Sub Octave Swell Octave to Great Swell Sub Octave to Great

16 8 8 8 8 4 4 2 8 8 8 8 8 4 2 8 8 16 16 8 8 8

A C B A B C

 *  formerly Bourdon    

**  formerly Echo Bourdon   

Detached console (rocking-tablet stops)             

3 combination pistons to Great Organ   
4 combination pistons to Swell Organ
3 toe pistons to Pedal Organ
Full-organ toe piston
General Cancel thumb piston

Radiating concave pedalboard

Balanced swell pedal

Swell tremulant

Compass:  61/30

Electro-pneumatic action

[1] John Broughton, ‘The Life and Times of the Pipe Organ in the Grand Hall of the Masonic Centre, Brisbane,’  The Organ Voice, 27, No 2 (June 2001), p. 9;  with clarifications supplied by W. J. Simon Pierce, March & May 2002

 

Photos: Trevor Bunning (Oct. 2007)