Campbell Town
J.W. Walker, London, 1862
1 manual 7 speaking stops, mechanical action
Photo: Trevor Bunning (Feb. 1982)
St Luke's was completed in 1839 to the design of the colonial architect John Lee Archer [1]. Constructed of brick, it incorporates a large tower at the west end with prominent octagonal pinnacles and a spacious aisled interior.
The organ was built in 1862 by J.W. Walker, London (job number 698) and it survives unaltered. Some restoration work has been carried out recently by Hans Meijer.
The Walker ledger book records that there were 'two octaves of German Pedals to pull down the Keys. 3 Composition Pedals. To blow hand & foot in front, the pedal blower for the right foot of the organist. General Venetian Swell. Metal Pipes . . .' [2]
MANUAL Double Diapason 16 tone Open Diapason 8 gvd. bass Stopd Diapason 8 tone open treble Dulciana 8 gvd. bass Principal 4 Flute 4 Mixture 15.19.22 III-II
pedal pulldowns
3 composition pedals
trigger swell lever
mechanical action
tone spotted metal pipework
compass: FF -g 63 notes / FF-f 25 notes [3]
[1] The heritage of Australia, p.7/98.
[2] J.W. Walker ledger book AA.
[3] Spec. noted J. Maidment 1970.
