OHTA News: Contents

1st and 2nd Revisions, headings to Volume 24 Number 1, April 1998, completed to 1 June 1998 by David Shield and to 1 February 2000 by John Maidment.

This compilation is a listing of the headings used in OHTA News, the quarterly journal of the Organ Historical Trust of Australia. Volume and issue number are followed by headings and page number. Inside the front cover for each issue appear the aims of this organization followed by the Steering Committee (vol 1.1 to vol 2.2) and members of the Council (vol 2.3 to present). Photographs first appeared in volume 4, and are usually found in the central pages. Sources of photographs are abbreviated to initials an explanation of which is appended. The front cover has, in the main, featured drawings by Graeme Rushworth. These are appended separately.

The first volume of OHTA News was published in July 1977 and two issues were printed that year. Since 1978 it has been a quarterly journal

The aim of this compilation is threefold:

  1. To list the contents of the first 20 volumes of OHTA News by heading.
  2. To acknowledge the sources of the photographs used.
  3. To acknowledge the front cover illustrations : generally supplied by Graeme Rushworth

Copies of OHTA News are held at:

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State Library of Victoria

Mollison Library, Trinity College, University of Melbourne

Individual issues, subject to availability, may be ordered at a cost of AUD 0.50 each plus postage from:
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Volume and issue number followed by headings and page number. Headings listed by volume.

1.1 July 1977

A Look At the Past, Present and Future, John Maidment 3

National Trust (Vict.) Chairman Welcomes OHTA, Rodney Davidson 4

Development of a Classification System 4

Steering Committee Elected at Public Meeting 5

Memorandum and Articles of Association 5

Albert Hall Organ first to be Classified 5

Introducing the Steering Committee 6

Preservation Bodies Overseas 7-8

Under Threat 9-11

Restorations 12-21

National Organ Archive 22-3

Myer Foundation Report Shows Inadequacy of Music Libraries and Archives 24-5

Publications on the Pipe Organ - Australia 25

Lovelock Played on Sydney Town Hall Organ 26

Acknowledgements 26

Next Issue of OHTA News 26

OHTA Needs Members 27

Membership Application 27

 

1.2 October 1977

Our First Seminar 3

Incorporation of OHTA 4

Classification System for Pipe Organs

Archive 5

OHTA Membership Now 73 5

New Format OHTA News 5

BIOS Reporter 6

The International Organ Society for History and Preservation 6

Under Threat 7-8

Restoration 9-12

Pitch and related Problems, Cecil Clutton 13-6

Theatre Organ Society Of Australia, Bill Glasson 17-8

Reflections on rebuilding Gray and Davidson Organ at Colac, Michael Johnson, 19-20

- extract "An Ode Addressed to the Organ of St David's Church [Hobart] 21-23

The dispersal of an organ 23

Elder Hall Organ to be moved to Port Pirie, S.A., Bruce Naylor 24-33

Next issue Deadline 34

Front Cover 34

Acknowledgements 34

OHTA Needs Members 35

Membership Application 35

 

2.1 January 1978

OHTA Two Day Conference On Organ Preservation, 13 & 15 May 1978 Melbourne 3-4

OHTA Incorporation Approved 5

New Heritage Legislation in NSW 5

Missing BIOS Reporters Nos 1 & 2, 5

Special Offer for BIOS Journal 6

Reports 7

Under Threat 7

Restoration 8-13

The German Organ in St Kilian's Church,Bendigo, R A Anderson 13-9

Church Music Committees in Presbyterian and Uniting Churches in Victoria, John Maynard 19-23

Organs in the Wesley Uniting Church Brisbane, David G. Vann 24-9

Next Issue Deadline 30

Front Cover 30

Acknowledgements 30

 

2.2 April 1978

OHTA Two Day Conference On Organ Preservation, 13 & 15 May 1978 Melbourne 3-5

Membership Renewals 6

St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Melbourne 6

Restoration 7-9

Under Threat 10-2

OHTA Memorandum and Articles of Association 13-6

Organ Preservation in Germany, John Stiller 17-25

The Aesthetic of Restoration, Clive Lucas 25-9

Sydney Opera House Organ 30-1

BIOS Journal

Offer Extended 32

Kinloch, - An Unknown Organ Builder 33

Next Issue Deadline 34

Front Cover 34

Acknowledgements 34

 

2.3 July 1978

Classification and Preservation Research Funded by Myer Foundation 3-4

Membership Objective for 1978-79, 4

OHTA Incorporated 4

Financial Report 4

Charles Ivor Matthews Scholarship Fund 5

Recording 5

The Preservation of Historic Organs, Bill Smith 6-8

National Trust (Vic.) Given James Moyle Organ 8-9

Concert to Assist Restoration Fund 13

Restoration 13

Where should the money be spent? Wes Jordan 13

George Fincham Sesquicentenary; August 1828 - August 1978, John Maidment 14-6

Sesquicentenary Recital 16

Brindley & Foster - Organbuilders of Sheffield 1854-1939, J R Knott, 17-32

Review of BIOS Journal vol.1 1977, John Stiller, 33-4

Change of Type Size for OHTA News 34

 

2.4 October 1978

Lost Hunter - Homebush Uniting Church New South Wales 3

Restoration 3

Preservation is not always popular 4-5

St Patrick's Melbourne and Congregational Church, Castlemaine, Victoria 5

Donations Welcome C I Matthews Scholarship Fund, 6

Under Threat 6-7

Organ Committee for Anglican Diocese of Melbourne 8

Uniting Church in NSW Forms Music Committee 8

International Organ Preservation 9

Work of a Queensland Pioneer to be Preserved, Edward R Salisbury 10-3

Edward Francis Waldron's Indenture of Apprenticeship 13

Classification System for Pipe Organs in Australia, 2nd draft, John Stiller 14-6

Surveying Historic Pipe Organs in Victoria and NSW, J Stiller 17-21

List of Instruments surveyed in NSW and Victoria 21-2

Some Nineteenth Century Organs in South Australia, David Forward 23-9

Marie Clair Alain to Tour in Australia in 1979, 29

1979 OHTA Conference in Sydney 30

Acknowledgements 30

Apologies 30

Editing OHTA News 30

Front Cover 30

 

3.1 January 1979

Classification and Preservation Project to Continue 3, 21-6

Documentation & Preservation Standards for Historic Pipe Organs in Australia - Draft for comment, 4-21

Rededication of Forster & Andrews in St Saviour's Anglican Cathedral Goulburn, NSW, 26

Guidelines for Restoration and Preservation in USA 27-9

1979 Conference in Sydney 29

Donations Welcome C I Matthews Scholarship Fund 29

Apology 29

Organ case Drawings 30

Front Cover 30

 

3.2 April 1979

Membership Renewals 3

Auditor appointed 3

Co-opted Council Member 3

1979 Conference Sydney 4

Archive 4

Under Threat 4 21-23 25

The Restoration of two Iberian Organs, The Cathedrals of Porto and Braga, Wes Jordan 5-7

The Ulster Hall Organ, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Cecil Clutton 7-9

Rationale of the Rebuild 9-17

Review of BIOS 2 17-8

Report on Council Meeting 20 April 1979, Council Membership, 18

Inauguration of the Grand Organ, Sydney Opera House, J. Maidment 19-21

Alternate Council Members 23

Financial Statements 24

AGM 25-6

1979/80 Membership 25

Notice of Meeting 26

Acknowledgements 26

Front cover 26

 

3.3/4 July & October 1979

Membership renewals 3

First Annual General Meeting 3

Under Threat 3

Centenary Organ Celebration at Blackburn, Victoria 4

St Mark's RC Cathedral, Port Pirie 4-5

Uniting Church NSW Synod Strengthens Music Committee 6

IAC Enquiry into Musical Instrument Tariff 6-7

Preserving a 19th C Heritage, OHTA's 2nd Annual Conference, John Maidment 7-11

The First Great Hall Organ, University of Sydney, David Kinsela 12-8

Historic Pipe Organs in Australia up to 1915, 19-34

The Myer Foundation Project, John Stiller 35-8

Reassessing the work of Cavaillé-Coll, John Maidment 38-40

P D Collins and his work in Australia 40-2

First Annual Report 43-58

 

4.1 January 1980

Naional Trust Heritage Week Concert 3

Grants for Historic Pipe Organ Documentation 3

Australia Council Awards Publishing Grant 4

1980 Adelaide Conference 4

C I Matthews / obituary 5-6

C I Matthews Scholarship Fund 7

BIOS 3 Journal

Offer 8

Buy a Booklet 8

An Interesting Compromise? Uniting (Methodist) Church, Maryborough, Queensland 11-12

Saved 12

Restorations 13-4

First Annual General Meeting 14-6

The 19th C Sydney Organ Building Scene, Graeme Rushworth 17, 20-29

photo Samuel Joscelyne organ, Burnie Baptist Church ,JRM, 18

photo Ahrend organ, Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, DF, 19

New Organ By Ahrend at Monash University 30-1

Reviews 31-2

Three Pipe Organs Classified in Victoria 33

Wesley Central Mission Wollongong NSW 33

 

4.2 April 1980

Membership Renewals 1980/1 3

Annual General Meeting 3

1980 OHTA Conference Adelaide Programme 4-6

Heritage Week Concert 7

Under Threat 7

BIOS 3 Journal

Offer 7

Corrigendum 8

Biographical Dictionary of the History of Australian Artistic and Technical Achievement 9

Organ Building in Western Australia, by J R Elms 10-4, 15

Buy A Booklet 14

Historic Organs of South Australia, by John Stiller, 15, 17, 19, 21-6, 28-35, 37-40

photo 1875 Lemke organ, St John's Lutheran Ebenezer SA 16a

photo 1885/9 Fincham & Hobday organ, Congregational Gawler SA 16b

photo 1876 Lemke casework, Immanuel Lutheran Point Pass SA 18

photo 1876 Lemke console Immanuel Lutheran Point Pass SA 20a

photo 1867 Wolff key action Willunga Uniting Church SA 20b

photo 1885 Broad organ All Saints Anglican Moonta SA 27

photo 1907 Dodd organ Christ Church Lutheran Murray Bridge SA 36

The Organ Building Firm of Hill & Son London, and its work in Australia, by John Maidment 40-1, 43-4, 46-51

photo 1885 W Hill & Son organ for Mr Davis Melbourne

photo 1890 W Hill & Son organ Hunter Baillie Presbyterian Annadale NSW 45

 

4.3 July 1980

Membership Renewals 1980/1 3

The New Sydney Organ 3

OHTA Adelaide Conference : A Report 4-7

Restorations 8-11

Recital series on Historic Organ 12

Retirement of Mr E Pitchford 12

Recent Installation 13

For Sale 14

First Organ Classifications Announced 14

New Publications 14-5

Medal Commemorates 1880 Melbourne Exhibition 15

Imported Organs 15

etching 1880 George Fincham organ, Melbourne International Exhibition16

George Fincham's Grand Organ ... from the "Carlton Advertiser and Hotham Chronicle" 16 April 1881 17-23

-insert The New Sydney Organ

 

4.4 October 1980

Membership Renewals 1980/1 3

Apology 3

Recital at Sacre Couer Chapel 4

Second Annual Report 5-18

 

5.1 January 1981

Membership Renewals 1980/81 3

Supply of Bios Reporters 3

Historic Pipe Organ Advisory Committee for NSW Heritage Council 4

Buy a Booklet 4

Disappointing Questionnaire result on OHTA Fourth Annual Conference 5

OHTA Fourth Annual Conference Questionnaire 6

Anzac Fellowship Awarded to John Stiller 7

Sacre Coeur Recital 7-8

photo Sacre Coeur case & display pipes, JS, 9a

photo Sacre Coeur console, JS, 9b

photo Sacre Coeur Récit soundboard, JS, 10a

photo Sacre Coeur resonators, Récit, JS, 10b

photo Sacre Coeur stop action, JS, 11a

photo Sacre Coeur key action, JS, 11b

The Merklin Organs in St Eugčne Paris, and in Murca Cathedral by Kurt Lueders 12-20

The Merklin-Schütze Organ at St Ambroise, Paris 20-21

Cato Uniting Church, Elsternwick, Victoria 22-3

 

5.2 April 1981

Membership renewals 1981/82 3

Thanks 3

J E Dodd - A Romantic Organbuilder, by Bruce Naylor 4-13, 16-20

photo Josiah Eustace Dodd, JRM, 14

photo Methodist Church Kent Town organ, JRM, 15

A E Floyd Memorial Scholarship Proposed 20

A History of the First Hundred Years of Lutheran Church Music in South Australia, by Peter Roennfeldt, 21-6

News From Organbuilders 26-7

 

5.3 July 1981

Historic Reconstructions 3

The Hunter Valley Conference : report 4-6

Notes on the Restoration of the Organ in St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Sale, Victoria 7, 10-13

photo organ, St Paul's Anglican Cathedral Sale, SL, 8

photo Roger Jones Portative organ, RJ, 9

Conversation Piece : William Hill by David Kinsela and Joseph Kinsela 14-5

 

5.4 October 1981

Progress in Preservation - Victorian Style 3

Organ Classification Announced 3

Former Hill, Norman & Beard Factory Classified 3-4

Randebrock Organ to be Renovated 4

News from Organ Builders 5-6

Personalia 6-7

Pioneer Organ in the Barossa Valley, SA by M. Kudinoff 7-11

Third Annual Report 12-3, 16-26

photo organ, St Thomas' Lutheran Church, Stockwell, MK, 14

cross section diagram St Thomas' Lutheran Church, Stockwell, RJ, 15

 

6.1 January 1982

OHTA Third Annual Meeting 3

OHTA 1982 Annual Conference 3

Krüger History Recently Published 3

Fincham Organs in New Zealand 3

Historic Organs Recital Series 4

Restorations 5-6

Specifications 6-8

Attitudes to Anglican Church Music in 19th Century Melbourne, by Kingsley Sutton 9-14

"Anon" organs - Their Identification by Style Recognition and Comparison, by Graeme Rushworth 15-22

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, from W E Dickson, 23

 

6.2 April 1982

New Victorian Heritage Legislation Introduced 3

photo Wesley Uniting Church, Wollongong 4

OHTA 1982 Conference 5

Gazetteer of NSW Pipe Organs 5

Restorations 5-7

Organs For Sale 7-8

Centenary Organ Recital 8

Book Review Pipe Organs Of Tasmania 9-10

An Organ Centenary, by Daniel Ferguson 11, 13-4

drawing, organ, St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Williamstown Vic.

The Organ at St Francis De Sales Roman Catholic Church Surry Hills, by Graeme Rushworth 15-16, 18-20

photo, organ St Francis de Sales Church Surry Hills, GDR, 17a

photo Swell pipework, St Francis de Sales, Surry Hills GDR, 17b

 

6.3 July 1982

Fourth Annual Report 3-15

 

6.4 October 1982

Alfred Fuller, Melbourne 19th Century Organ Builder - His Life and Work, by Graeme Rushworth 3-19

Organ Recordings A Baroque Collection, Douglas Lawrence 19

Observations on the Work of Alfred Fuller, by Stephen Lawrie 20-2

Restorations, 23-5

An Unusual Instrument at North Sydney, by Peter Jewkes 25-7

News From Organ Builders 28

Relocations 29

Errata 29

New Organs 29-30

$500 Award in 1984 from Charles Ivor Matthews Scholarship Fund 31

Fourth Annual General Meeting 31-3

1983 Conference in Tasmania 33

Second Trust Fund Established 33

Two Extra Council Members from NSW 34

BIOS 5

Journal Offer 34

What's Happening to the Moyle 35

 

7.1 January 1983

Melbourne Concert Organs : Past and Present by John Maidment 3-10

Authenticity in the Restoration of Historic Pipe Organs, by David Fincham 11, 14-5

photo Grand organ, Melbourne Concert Hall, Casavant Freres 1980-2, VACT, 12

photo 1967 Pogson organ, Futter Hall, The King's School, Paramatta, KA, 13

Our Fifth Annual Conference : A Report, Kelvin Hastie 15-6

Letter to the Editor 16-7

The Organs of the Kings School Paramatta, by Keith Asboe 17-9

Organ Centenary Celebrations 20

Brisbane Pipe Organ Prize 20

MIFOH 20

New Australian Organ Recording Released 20

Walker Organ Classified by Victorian National Trust 21

OHTA Conference 1983 21

Memorial Restoraton Appeal Opened 21

Restorations 22

Sydney Town Hall Organ Officially Reopened 23

Further Heritage Council Grant 23

 

7.2 April 1983

Summary Report of Pipe Organs Documented in New Zealand Sept 1981 - Mar 1982, Pt 1, John Stiller 3-11, 14

photo St Ambrose's RC Church Brunswick, Vic., William Anderson c.1891, JRM, 12

photo St Ambrose's RC Church, organ console, JRM, 13

An Organ by John Smith jnr., Moravian Instrument Maker, by Don J R Whaley, 14-6

Letters to the editor: H S Fuller; 17 Bill Scott 17-8

Restorations 18-20

News From Organbuilders 20-1

French Contretemps 21

New Publication 21

Historic Organ Artifacts Donated to OHTA 21

New members 22

$500 Award for Research into Pipe Organ History 22

 

7.3 July 1983

News from the Past 3-10

Summary Report of Pipe Organs Documented in New Zealand September 1981 - March 1982, Pt 2 John Stiller 10-20

Further Organ Classification 20

Restorations 21

Reviews 22, 23

News from Organ Builders 22

John Barrett 1915-1983 24

Obituary John Barrett 1915-1983 24

Organ Research in Progress 25

New Members 25

5th Annual Report 26-38

 

7.4 October 1983

Official Launching of Moyle Restoration Appeal 3

New Members 3

The Randebrock Organ of St Killian's Catholic Church Bendigo, Victoria and its Restoration, by Geoffrey Revell 4-9

Summary Report of Pipe Organs Documented in New Zealand September 1981 - March 1982 Pt 2 J Stiller 10-15, 18-21

photo Randebrock organ, St Kilian's Catholic Church Bendigo Vic., JH, 16

photo Samuel Joscelyne organ c.1865, Canterbury Vic., JRM, 17

Further News form the Past A R Gee 22-3

Letter to Editor, Port Arthur Organ, A J Ridge, 23

Samuel Joscelyne (1802-1877) 19th Century Tasmanian Organ Builder by John Maidment 24-6

Historic Organ Sustains Water Damage 26

News from Organbuilders 27

Centenary Concert 28

1984 Conference Sydney 28

OHTA Sixth Annual Conference: A Report, Bruce Naylor 28-30

-insert National Trust Pipe Organ by James Moyle, Restoration Appeal

 

8.1 January 1984

Launching of James Moyle Organ Restoration Appeal 3-4

Cathedral Organ Classified 5

Letter to the Editor, R A Anderson re Randebrock organ 5-6

Organ Exporter Extraordinary - J W Walker & Sons of London and their organs sent to Australia, 1849-1884, by Graeme D Rushworth 7-17, 20-1

photo Launch James Moyle Organ Restoration Appeal, 13 Nov 1983, George Vlahiagannis, David Fincham, Bob Hawke 18

photo Alexander Young organ, Wangaratta Cathedral, DF, 19

Book Review, Organs of Cambridge, 22

New Church Organ, Patterson Street Methodist : a magnificent instrument 23-5

1984 Conference in Sydney, Kelvin Hastie 25

Summary Report of Pipe Organs Documented in New Zealand September 1981-March 1982 by John Stiller 26-32

Restorations 32-4

Organ For Sale 35

-insert National Trust James Moyle Pipe Organ Restoration Appeal, News Sheet No.1 March 1984

 

8.2 April 1984

James Moyle Organ Restoration Appeal Continues 3

1984 Sydney Conference 3

New Members 3

N.S.W. Functions 4

Victorian Organ Music Project 4

N.S.W. Organ History to be published 4

First Australian Organ Forum 4

National Music Journal 5

Obituaries 5-7

Organ for Sale 7

The Walker Heritage In Australia Today by Kelvin Hastie 8-14

News From Organbuilders 14, 19-20

photo James Payn Eagles 1908-1984, ME, 15

photo 1875 J W Walker & Sons organ, St John's Anglican, Sylvania Heights NSW, KH, 16a

photo 1879 J W Walker & Sons organ, Church of The Good Shepherd, Kangaroo Valley NSW, JH, 16b

photo 1888 Fincham & Hobday organ, St Peter's Anglican Church Glenelg SA, TW, 17

photo Chappell & Co Lond. organ, Residence Ann Blore, Surrey Hills Vic., JRM, 18

New Italian Organ for Sydney, by Kelvin Hastie 21

Restorations 22-4

Reviews 27-31

-insert National Trust James Moyle Restoration Appeal

-insert Offer to Purchase Colonial Organs and Organbuilders

 

8.3 July 1984

James Moyle Restoration Appeal 3

Further Victorian Organ Classification Released 3

St Stephen's Cathedral Brisbane: A Monument of Victorian Organbuilding Revitalised, by D Kinsela 4-7

The Walker Heritage in Australia Today, by K Hastie Part B 8-12

The Willunga Uniting Church Pipe Organ by D. Shield 13-6

Restorations 17-20

New Organs 21

Sixth Annual Report 1983-4 22-37

Symposium on Future of Historic Churches 38

 

8.4 October 1984

Sydney Conference 3

James Moyle Restoration Appeal 3

New Members 3

National Trust Appeal 3

Bishop & Son History Published 4

Noted Author and Historian to Visit Australia for Church Preservation Symposium 4

Sydney Conference Report 5-6

Speech by Minister for Planning etc 7-9

News from Organ Builders 9

Classification System for Pipe Organs in Australia 10-2

Restorations 12

New Organs 13-4

Book Review, E.N. Matthews, After Many Days: the biography of Charles Ivor Matthews, 15

Record Review 16

Architecture of the Organ Case, by Graeme Rushworth Pt.1 17-18, 23-28

photo Restoration work on James Moyle Chamber organ, DF, 19

photo Merklin organ at Sacré Coeur Convent Glen Iris Vic., DF, 20

photo wind conveyances affected by tin disease from Merklin organ, DF, 21

photo Pogson organ St Mary's, Ichikawa Japan, RP, 22

The Placement of the Organ in Australian Buildings: An Architectural and Historical Analysis, by John Maidment 29-37

Offer to Purchase Colonial Organs and Organbuilders 38

 

9.1 January 1985

James Moyle Restoration Appeal 3

1985 Conference to be held in Melbourne 3

New Member 4

NSW Organ Documentation to Continue 4

1985 MIFOH 4

Queensland Research Project 4

Historic Organ Destroyed by Fire 4

Cavaillé-Coll Monograph 5

Obituary 5

BHP Awards 5

News From Organbuilders 6

Symposium: The Future of Our Historic Churches 6

Britain's Historic Churches. Conflict and Conciliation, by Marcus Binney 7-9

New Organs 10

Organs for sale 11

Old Organ at Willunga, SA, by Marina Kudinoff 11-3

Architecture of the Organ Case Pt 2 by Graeme Rushworth 13-15, 18-30

photo c.1927 Cyril Cowling at original 1904 Bishop & Son organ, Sacred Heart Cathedral Bendigo, RAA, 16

photo 1984 Knud Smenge organ, Newington College Stanmore NSW, KH, 17

 

9.2 April 1985

NSW Organ Documentation Proceeding 3

Moyle Appeal 3

1985 OHTA Conference 3

New Members 4

Charles Ivor Matthews Scholarship 4

Historic Organs of Sydney 5

Novel Fund-Raising Method 5

The On Organ Fund by John Henwood 6

Further Historic Organ Destroyed by Fire 7

Anderson Organ Sustains Serious Vandalism 7

St James' Old Cathedral, West Melbourne 8

New Australian Organ Recordings 8

Musical Heirs Programme 8

Historic Churches Symposium 9-10

The English Organ Archive 10

Alexandra Palace Organ 11

Randebrock Organ in Brazil 11, 14

photo J C Bishop organ, St Andrew's Anglican, Carrick Tas., JRM, 12

photo JCA Krüger organ c.1863, console facade, JRM,13a

photo JCA Krüger organ c.1863, wind system, BS, 13b

Restoration Appeals 14

JCA Krüger and the Restoration of his Hochkirch Organ by John Maidmant 15-6

Restorations 16-8

New Organs 19

News from Organbuilders 19-20

Book Reviews 20-3

Letter To Editor, Allan Grant re British Pianoforte Coy. 23

 

9.3 July 1985

The Organ in NSW 1950-1972 by H F Pollard 3-11

NSW Heritage Council Organ Committee Reconstituted 12

1985 OHTA Conference 12

New Members 12

Moyle Appeal 12-3

Daniel Roth Appointed to St Sulplice, Paris 13

Further NSW Organs Documented 13

Historic Organ Classified 14

News from Organbuilders 14-6

Restorations 16

photo 1889 Alfred Cook organ, St Peter's Anglican Eaglehawk JRM, 17

photo 1904 George Fincham & Son organ Uniting Church Ascot Vale, DF, 18

JCA Krüger, A Further Note 19

Seventh Annual Report 20-35

 

9.4 October 1985

Moyle Organ Restoration Completed 3

The Ninth Conference, Bendigo & Melbourne, D. Shield, 3-4

Erratum 4

New Members 5

NSW Organ Documentations 5

OHTA Appoints SA Committee 5

MIFOH 6

Church Music Course in Melbourne 6

Sir William McKie 1901-1984 6-10

News from Organbuilders 10

New Organs 11

Rare Organ Restored 12-3

Ruined, Rebuilt, Removed ... Victoria's Lost Historic Organs by John Maidment 13-17, 23-39

photo James Moyle Chamber organ, DF, 18

photo 1880/96 Mackenzie/Fincham organ St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne, JRM, 19

photo 1860 John Courcelle organ Congregational Church, Geelong, JRM, 20

photo 1867/1933 Fincham/Roberts organ, St Matthew's Prahan, JRM, 21

drawing 1874 Mackenzie organ Congregational Church, Collingwood, GDR, 22

 

10.1 January 1986

1986 OHTA Conference 3

St James' Old Cathedral 3

New Members 4

New Italian Organ for SA 4

New Zealand Organ Congress 4

NSW Cathedral To Be Restored 5

A Summit of Organists 5-6

Aspects of A E Floyd, by W F Chappell 7-13

Another Organ for Pirie St Methodist? by D Shield 13-5

Ruined Rebuilt Removed, Victoria's Lost Historic Organs Pt.2 by John Maidment 15-17, 22-29

photo 1910 Hill & Son organ, Pitt St. Uniting, Sydney, KH,18

photo 1888 Alfred Fuller organ, St Mark's R.C., Fawkner Vic., JRM, 19

photo 1886-7 Hill organ, Independent Church Collins St Melbourne, JRM/ENM, 20

photo 1890 Fincham & Hobday organ, Methodist Church, Brunswick St Fitzroy, JRM/ENM, 21

Restorations

News From Organbuilders 33-6

-insert OHTA Supplement NZ Conf

 

10.2 April 1986

1986 OHTA Conference 3

Resignation Of OHTA Research Officer 3

Moyle Restoration Appeal 4

New Zealand Conference 4

Obituary: R A Anderson 4

New Members 5

Organ Classified 5

New Work from Laurence Elvin 5-6

Record Review 6-7

Alfred Hunter, Master Organ Builder, by Chris Sillence, 7-11, 14-18

photo 1879/80 Fincham organ, Congregational Kyneton, JRM, 12

photo 1898 Hunter organ, St Andrew's Anglican Summer Hill NSW, CS, 13

Two 19th Century Organ Accounts 18-21

New organs 22

New Recordings 23

 

10.3 July 1986

W G Rendall's Grand Organ 3-11, 14

photo W G Rendall's Grand Organ of 1900, SLNSW/JRM, 12

photo James Corps Chamber organ, St Mary's Tasmania, JRM, 13

New Members 14

News from Organbuilders 15

Restorations 15

Book Review 15

Melbourne Town Hall Recital Series 16

Historic Walker Organ Damaged 17

Organs For Sale 17-9

Melbourne Suburban Recital Series 19-20

Notice of Meeting 21

drawing 1910 Hill & Son Pitt St Uniting Church Sydney 22

 

10.4 October 1986

OHTA's First Honorary Member 3

1986 OHTA Conference 3

New Treasurer 3

News from Organbuilders 4

Organ Movements 5

The Organ That Followed the Organist, by Marina Lutz 5-8

The work of Fincham & Hobday in Adelaide: Some Observations by John Maidment 8-9

New Recordings 10

8th Annual Report 1985/1986 11-26

-insert Nominations Received for OHTA Council

 

11.1 January 1987

New OHTA Council Elected 3

1987 OHTA Conference 3

S.A. Activities 3

Permanent Conservation Orders 4

New Members 4

Corrections 4

Heritage Week Photographic Project 5

Letter to the Editor David R Hudd 5

News from Organbuilders 6-7

OHTA 9th Annual Conference Review Kelvin Hastie 8-9,14

photo Vowles organ, St George's Gawler SA, RJ, 10

photo Samuel Joscelyne organ, St Luke's Latrobe Tas., JRM, 11

photo 1869-75 Lemke organ, Holy Cross Lutheran Gruenberg, Barossa Valley, KH, 12a

photo John Maidment presents John Stiller with cheque in appreciation of services as research officer, KH, 12b

photo 1980 Collins organ, Immanuel College Novar Gardens SA, KH, 13a

photo 1882 Rendall organ Uniting Church Brougham Place, North Adelaide, KH, 13b

Restoration 14-6

Proposed Restoration 16

Rosedale Secret Revealed 17

Steinmayer Organ in Queensland 17

The New Krüger Organ by Marina Lutz 18

Information Sought 19

Reviews 19

St Mary's Cathedral Hobart, 21-3

 

11.2 April 1987

1987 OHTA Conference 3

Historic Queensland Organ to be Resited 3

BIOS Journal

3

Inaugural Recital of Historic Fuller Organ 4

New Members 4

News from Organbuilders 4

Rare Musical Instruments For Sale 5

Restorations 5-7

Taxation Incentives for Conservation by Ian Higgins 7-10, 15

photo JC Bishop organ, St Andrew's Carrick Tas., JRM, 11

photo composition pedal mechanism, JRM, 12

photo Johannes Klais organ, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, QPAT, 13

photo console, QPAT, 14

The Ignoble Tale of an Organ that (literally) "Fell off the Back of A Truck", by Geoffrey Cox 16-9

Hill Norman & Beard Australian Orders 19-23

 

11.3 July 1987

St Paul's Burwood Organ Controversy: A Report, by Kelvin Hastie 3-11

New members 11

Organ For Sale 11

NSW Committee 11

The Restoration of the Organ at St Matthew's Windsor, NSW, by D Kinsela 12-13, 16-25

photo Johnson & Kinloch organ St Matthew's Windsor, JRM, 14

photo Johnson & Kinloch console St Matthew's Windsor, JRM, 15

Restorations 26

Organ Movements 27

News from Organbuilders 27

 

11.4 October 1987

1987 Conference 3

1988 Conference 3

Council News 3

New Members 3

Assistance with Journal Dispatch, 4

Late Issue Of Journal, 4

News from S.A., 4

OHTA Archives, 4

Degree Course (BA) for Church Musicians in Melbourne 4-5

MIFOH 5

The Uniting Church in NSW and its Pipe Organs, by Kelvin Hastie, 5-8

Organ Historical Society Guidelines for Conservation and Restoration (USA) 8-10, 15

photo Johnson & Kinloch organ, St Matthew's Windsor, KH, 11

photo 1883 Hill organ, St Luke's Anglican, Concord NSW,

KH, 12

photo 1883 Hill pipework, St Luke's Anglican, Concord NSW,

KH, 13

photo Laurie organ, St George's Anglican Monbulk Vic., JRM, 14

Restorations 15

News from Organbuilders 16-8

Hill Norman & Beard Australian Orders 19-22

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-insert For Sale - Spinett

 

12.1 January 1988

1988 Sydney Conference 3-4

OHTA Annual General Meeting 4

SA Functions 4

Bicentennial Grants 4

Historic Organs of Tasmania on Radio 5

Theft of Organ pipes 5-6

UK National Pipe Organ Register 6

Sydney Organ Journal 7

Joscelyne Organ to Remain in Victoria 7

Organ For sale 7

New Publications 8

News from Organbuilders 8-10

Australian Organ Team to Assist in Scottish Transplant 10

Hill Norman & Beard Australian Orders 10-3

9th Annual Report 1986-1987, 14-15, 18-31

photo Marc Nobel organ for Dominic Quaresima, JRM,16

photo 1871 Fincham organ, Christ Church, Daylesford, BS, 17

 

12.2 April 1988

Resignation of OHTA Secretary 3-4

New Secretary Appointed by Council 4

OHTA 1988 Conference Sydney, 8-15 July 4-5

News from SA 5

Obituary: J R Knott 5

Exchange Journals 5

Rushworth Book Released 6

Nat Trust Restoration Appeal for St Paul's Cathedral Launched 6

Historic Melbourne Organ in Recital Series 7

Australian Organs Featured in American Journal 7

Gazetteer of Australian Pipe Organs 8

Melbourne Exhibition Features work of Organ Pipe Decorator (J Ross Anderson) 8

The 1988 Sydney Organ Academy 12-6 September 1988 8

Sydney Organ Competition 9

The Merklin-Schütze Organ at Elsternwick by John Maidment 10-11

News From Organbuilders 11,14-6

photo 1874 Walker organ, St Stephen's Anglican Newtown NSW, KH, 12

photo 1870 Merklin Schütze Grand Orgue reeds, Cato Uniting Elsternwick Vic., JRM, 13

Hill Norman & Beard Australian Orders 17-22

 

12.3 July 1988

1988 OHTA Conference, An Overview by Simon Colvin 3-7

New Members 7

News from SA 8

Back Issues of Journal 8

Visit of BIOS Secretary 8

Publicatons received 8

Obituary: Kenneth Sydney Noad 9

Sydney Organ Journal 9

Canon O'Reilly and the Walker Heritage, by P H R Meyer 9-13

The American Organ Archive, by Stephen L Pinel 13-14, 19

photo 1988 OHTA Conference delegates, St Matthew's Windsor, DE, 15

photo 1877 Gebrüder Walter organ, Holy Trinity Nuriootpa, RJ, 16

photo 1988 Knud Smenge organ, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, JRM, 17

photo 1988 Pogson organ, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, JRM, 18

St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne 19-22

Book review 22-3

Funds for Organs in NSW 24

Bathurst Organ to be Restored 24-5

Restorations 25

Reconstructed Organs 26-7

New Organs 27-8

Redundant English organs 28-9

Hill Norman & Beard Australian Orders 29-32

 

12.4 October 1988

1989 OHTA Conference 3

OHTA/BIOS Conference 3

New Members 3

Journal Back Issues 4

News From SA 4

Recital at St Paul's Burwood 5

Lewis Order Books Discovered in UK 5

Publications Received 6

Restorations 7-9

Organ Centenaries 10-1

St Stephen's Roman Catholic Cathedral Brisbane 11

Organs for sale 12-9

Adelaide Town Hall, South Australia

Former Methodist Church, Bentleigh, Victoria

sale advt Adelaide Town Hall

photo 1877 Hill & Son organ, Adelaide Town Hall, JRM, 15

photo Wilkinson & Sons organ, Methodist Church Bentleigh, Vic., PB, 16

photo 1865 Bryceson organ, St Brigid's RC, Marrickville NSW, KH, 17

photo 1877 Hill & Son organ, Uniting Church, Newtown NSW, KH, 18

News from Organbuilders 19-21

Historic Organ Destroyed by Fire 21-4

Australia's Multicultural Organ Heritage, by John Maidment 24-32

Record Review 32-3

Book Review 34

 

13.1 January 1989

Notice of Meeting 3-4

OHTA Annual General Meeting 5

1989 OHTA Conference 5

New Members 5

Organ Movements 5

News From Organbuilders 6

Publications Received 6

MIFOH 7

Gazetteer of Australian Pipe Organs 7

Organ Preservation in NSW 1977-88, by Kelvin Hastie 7-14

Book Reviews 14-6

Restorations 17

New Organs 17

Hill Norman & Beard, Australian Orders 18-22

 

13.2 April 1989

1989 Queensland Conference 3

Moyle Organ Appeal Concluded 3

New Members 3

News from SA 3

Publications 4

1989 Sydney Organ Competition 4

From the Sydney Morning Herald: the Town Hall Lights Controversy 14/2/89 4

Organs for sale 4

Disaster at Jersey Road, by Kelvin Hastie 5-7

Benalla, Victoria, Church and Organ Destroyed by Fire 7

Erratum 7

A Neighbour's View of Restoration Practice in Australia, by David Kinsela 7-15

News from Organbuilders 15

advt 1989 Sydney Organ Competition 16

photo Jersey Rd Uniting Church Woollahra, KH, 17

photo 1876 Forster & Andrews organ, Jersey Rd Uniting Woollahra, destroyed, KH, 18

photo 1893 Alfred Hunter & Sons organ, Methodist Church Burwood, UCA/KH, 19

photo Christ Church Kapunda SA, BN, 20

Tenth Annual Report 21-35

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13.3 July 1989

Queensland Conference 3

Annual General Meeting 1988-89 3

Council Notes 3

Moyle Restoration Completed 3

New Members 4

A Message from the Treasurer 4

Publications Received 4

News from the Organbuilders 4-7

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne 7

Obituary, John Cowan 7

Conservation Then And Now 8

In a Para Pipe, by Marina Lutz, 9-10

Restorations 11-2

Journal Review 12

Preservation Standards for Historic Pipe Organs in Australia [reprinted 13-14,19-26]

photo Melbourne Town Hall organ console, HNBc, 15

photo in front of James Moyle chamber organ, JRM, 16

photo 1874 Fncham organ, St Ignatius'Church Richmond Vic., RT, 17

photo Walker organ, Adelaide Town Hall, NW, 18

From The Heritage Council of NSW 26

New Committee Member in NSW 27

William Davidson Memorial Plaque 27-8

New Zealand Organ Celebration 28

William Hill Bicentenary 28

The New Organ for Adelaide Town Hall 29

Charles Ivor Matthews Scholarship 30

 

13.4 October 1989

Annual General Meeting 3

1990 OHTA Conference 3

New Members 3

Obituaries Ron Roberts 3

Membership Notes 4

Preservation Standards 4-5

The Queensland Conference; report by Kelvin Hastie 5-7

News from SA 7

Heritage Week 1989 7

Organ Classifications 8-12

News From Organbuilders 12

Letter to the Editor, Heather Moen Boyd, reply JRM 13-5

Organ Christmas Cards 16

Entrepreneur Extraordinaire, Bill Scott 16-7

Redundant Organs 17

Record Reviews 17-24

photo Queensland Conference delegates, St Patrick's RC, Gympie, KH, 19

photo organ, St Patrick's RC Fortitude Valley Qld, SC, 20

photo 1882-4 Driver & Lupton organ, St Andrew's Anglican Indooroopilly Qld, SC, 21

photo 1888 Benson organ, Surface Hill Uniting Gympie Qld, KH, 22

Building the Town Hall Organ Melbourne 24-6

Annual report 1988/89 27-39

-insert, Flyer for 12th Annual Conference

 

14.1 January 1990

1990 OHTA Conference 3

New Members 3

Earthquake Shakes Organs Too! by David Evans, 3-4

MIFOH 4

Sydney Organ Competition 4

Obituary / Dr John Nattrass 4

La Flute Harmonique 5

Letter to the Editor, / David Kinsela 5-6

Organ Classifications 6, 8-9

Sydney Organ Competition advt 7

1990 Organ Centenaries 9

Stolen Organ Pipes Recovered 9

BIOS Journal

12, 9

Heritage and Music 10

Queensland Organs and Organbuilding An Update, by Geoffrey Cox, 10-8

Some Organic Observations from Overseas, by John Maidment 18, 23-30

photo Walker organ Adelaide Town Hall, SC, 1990, 19

photo 1876 Hill & Son organ Adelaide Town Hall, BN, 20

photo Alfred Fuller organ St John's Lutheran, Minyip, JR, 21

photo 1896 Beale & Thynne organ, St John's Richmond, Surrey, TO, 22

The New Organ in Adelaide Town Hall, by Simon Colvin 30-2

Book Review

French Harmonium for Sale 33

Hill Norman & Beard Australian Orders 33-8

 

14.2 April 1990

C.I. Matthews Scholarship Award 3

1990 OHTA Conference 3

From the Treasurer 3

New Postal Issue 4

Further Earthquake News 4

Organ Classifications 4-5

News from Organbuilders 5-6

Restorations 6-7

City Hall Organ, Part 1, by Fred Rogers 8-14, 19-24

photo Charles Ivor Matthews, ENM/JRM, 15

photo George Fincham Organ St Mary Star-of-the-Sea, West Melbourne, BH, 16

photo 1886 Alfred Crook organ St Peter's Eaglehawk, JRM, 17

photo 1887 Gray & Davidson organ St Deinial's, Criccieth, Wales, PW/KH, 18

Reviews

Forthcoming Work 25

European Organ Tour 25

Organs for Sale 25

Hill Norman & Beard Australian Orders 26-30

-insert 13th Annual Conference 21-26 Sept 1990

 

14.3 July 1990

1990 OHTA Conference 3

OHTA Annual General Meeting 3

New OHTA Treasurer required 3

Obituary Mr Garth Barraclough 3

New Members 3

Subscriptions 4

Davidson Memorial Plaque 4

Australian Organist Honored 4

Letter to the Editor, re NSW Heritage Council Grants and Loans, Herbert Woodhouse 4-5

News from Organbuilders 5

Major Restoration Appeal Launched 5-7

Restorations 7-11

A Notable Centenarian, the Grand Organ in Sydney Town Hall

The Sydney Town Hall - How Good?, by Cecil Clutton 11-2

The Sydney Town Hall Organ, by Arthur G Hill 12-18

photo Sydney Town Hall organ case, RA/KH, 19

photo Sydney Town Hall console, KH, 20

photo Fincham organ, St Jude's Anglican, JRM, 21

photo 1898-1900 Fincham organ, great windchest, St Mary's Star-of-the-Sea, West Melbourne, BH, 22

The Organ at Sydney Town Hall, from Musical Opinion 23

City Hall Organ, by Fred Rogers, Part 2, 24-37

Obituary, Leighton Turner, 27

Sydney Centenary Recital 37

Tasmanian Organ Tour 37

Notice of Meeting 38-9

 

14.4 October 1990

Council Notes 3

Membership Secretary 3

New Member 3

C I Matthews Memorial Scholarship 4-5

William Davidson Memorial Plaque 5-7

The 1990 OHTA Conference: A Brief Review 7-9

Future Conference Plans 9

Conservation Standards Adopted as OHTA Policy 9

Heritage Council of NSW 9

South Australian Heritage Act Review, Submission, by D Shield 9-13

South Australian Activities 13

Sydney Town Hall Organ Centenary 13-4

Melbourne Town Hall : A Comment from the Secretary 14

Historic Queensland Organ Saved 15

Restorations 15

Another Gray & Davison for Sydney, by Kelvin Hastie 15-6

Alexandra Palace Organ Restored 17

Organ For Sale 17, 20

photo c.1900 Charles Richardson organ St Paul's Anglican, Carcoar, NSW, JRM, 18

photo 1876 Willis organ, St Peter's Anglican, East Maitland NSW, JRM, 19

New Organs For Victoria 20

Report from the NSW Committee 21-2

Annual Report 1989/90 23-33

 

15.1 January 1991

Patron for OHTA 3

New Treasurer 3

Subscriptions 3

1991 Conference 3

New Members 3

News from South Australia 4

Uniting Church (NSW) Upgrades Organ Policy 4

MIFOH 1991 4

An April Function for OHTA Members 4

1991 Sydney Organ Competition 5

News from Organbuilders 5, 7

advt 1991 Sydney Organ Competition 6

Organ for Sale 7

The Restoration of the TC Lewis Organ in St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne, 8-9

A Protest Against the Modern Development of Unmusical Tone by Thomas C Lewis 10-4

Historical Background by John Maidment 14-6

The Restoration Project, June Nixon 16, 21

photo 1890 Lewis organ, St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne, BH, 17

photo 1890 Lewis organ, Great reeds and flue work, BH, 18

photo 1890 Lewis organ, Swell flue and reed soundboards, BH, 19

photo 1890 Lewis organ, Choir soundboard and Posaune,

BH, 20

The Work of Restoration, by MarkVenning 21-5

The Stencilling of the Facade Pipes, by Marc Nobel 25-6

Specification of the Restored Organ, 26-9

City Hall Organ, Part 3, by Fred Rogers

Organ Preservation in Northern Germany and Northern Holland, by Tony Wilson 32-6

Review 36

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15.2 April 1991

Obituaries

1991 OHTA Conference, 4

Membership 4

Major Australian Organ Destroyed by Fire, 4-5

News from Queensland 6

News from Western Australia / JRE 6

Further Organs Classified in Victoria, 6-8

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne 8-9

Tasmanian Organ Celebrates 80th Anniversary 9-10

New Organs 11-2

photo Enid Noel Matthews, JHe, 13

photo 1892 Fincham & Hobday organ, St Kilda Town Hall, JRM, 14

photo 1897 Alfred Fuller organ, Scots Church Freemantle WA, JRM, 15

photo 1990 Belsham organ, St Patrick's RC Church, Freemantle 16

A Recent Visit to Paris, by Pastor de Lasala 17-21

The Regeneration of the Organ, by Thomas Casson 21-5

Reviews 25-6