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

-insert 1988 Conference and Organ Tour

-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

-insert OHTA 12th Annual Conference 1989

 

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

-insert Restoration Organ Artifacts

 

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

photo St Eustache, Paris 27

 

15.3 July 1991

Annual General Meeting 3

1991 OHTA Conference 3

Subscriptiom Renewals 3

Spring Afternoon Concerts in Historic Places 3

Opening Recital on Restored Organ 3

Sydney Organ Competition 4

News from Organbuilders 4-5

Historic NSW Organ for Sale 5

Organ Movements 5

Restorations 6

Forthcoming Book on Victorian Churches 6

Letter to the Editor, re St Paul's, Harry Bramma 7

The St Kilda Town Hall Organ 7-10

Amateur and Professional. The Organ in Private Residences in Australia, by John Maidment 10-4, 19

photo c.1850 John Smith chamber organ, St John's Anglican, Bega, NSW, RH, 15

photo 1882 Wilis & Sons organ, All Saints' Anglican, Bodalla, NSW, KH, 16

photo c.1909 Taylor organ for F E Wilson, St Kilda Melb., JRM, 17

photo Smenge organ, University of Hobart, KS, 18

The Organ That Never Was, by I C Smith 19-27

Reviews 27-9

Notice of Meeting 30-1

 

15.4 October 1991

Our 14th Annual Conference A Report by Kelvin Hastie 3-4

OHTA Council 5

David Kinsela Retires from Council 5

New Members 5

1992 OHTA Conference 5-6

Australian Organ Archives 6

Another Fincham Organ Destroyed by Fire 6

Bathurst Organ Reopened 6

Federal Heritage Protection Act 7

Restoration Planned for Famous New Zealand Organ 7

Special Issue of The Organ, 7

News from Organbuilders 7-9

Restorations 9-11

The Organ that Never Was, Part 2, by David Shield 11-16, 21-23

photo 1893 Fincham & Hobday organ Holy Trinity Anglican, Maldon Vic., BS, 17

photo Dr Christopher Dearnley at Christ Church Kapunda SA, MC, 18

photo 1912 Dodd organ Epworth Uniting Parkside SA, KH, 19

photo Conference delegates Parkside, KH, 20

Reviews 24

Annual report 1990-1991, 25-35

-insert : Membership Statement

 

16.1 January 1992

1992 OHTA Conference 3

New Members 3

Membership News 3

Conference Booklets 3

Learn The Organ Scheme Proposed for Victoria 3

Brisbane City Hall Organ Reopened 4

Historic NSW Organ to be Resited 4

Scots Church, Melbourne, Organ to be Revoiced 5

New Melbourne Organ to be Opened in March 5

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne 5

MIFOH 5

BIOS Journal

6

Redundant Organs 6

Back Issues of The Organ Available 6

Victorian Organs Classified by National Trust 6-8

Historic Organ Discovery 8-9

New Organs 9

The Organ That Never Was, Part 3 - Conclusion, by D Shield 9-16, 21-23

photo St Matthew's Anglican Albury, HNBc/JRM, 17

photo Brisbane City Hall organ console, JRM, 18

photo Broad organ Uniting Chuch Moonta [Mines], KH, 19

photo c.1929 HN&B organ, St Peter's Anglican, Ballarat, HNBc/JRM, 20

St Matthew's Albury and Hopkins & Rimbault, by John Henwood 24-31

Reviews 33-3

 

16.2 April 1992

The Tasmanian Conference 3

Membership Renewals 3

Membership Brochure 3

New Members 3

Gazetteer of Australian Pipe Organs 3

Learn the Organ Scheme - Victoria 4

Visit to Australia By the Organ Club (UK) 4

NSW Heritage Grants 4

New Work on New Zealand Organs 4

News From Organbuilders 5

Organ For Sale 5

Victorian Organs Classified by National Trust 5-7

Restorations 7-9

Two New Victorian Organs 9-10, 15-6

photo St Matthew's Albury NSW, an early view, JHe, 11

photo 1877/85 Fincham organ, Church of All Nations, Carlton Vic, SIOC, 12

photo Jones organ St John's Memorial Lutheran Murtoa Vic., RJ, 13

photo 1991-2 Smenge organ, St John's Lutheran Southgate South Melbourne, ACD, 14

Attitudes to Organs in the Wesleyan Churches of New South Wales, 1855-1902 Part 1, by Kelvin Hastie 16-20

A Touchy Organist by Old Boomerang 20-3

Reviews23-4

Inserts (3)

 

16.3 July 1992

The Tasmanian Conference 3

Annual General Meeting 3

New Members 3

Subscripion Renewals 4

Visit of the Organ Club 4

Musical Museums 4

Organ Composition Competition 5

Historic Wolff Organ Destroyed by Fire, by D Shield 5-7

Destruction of Organs by Fire in Australia, 7-8

The Protection of Organs Against Fire, by Eric Stokes 8-10

One Hundred Years Ago 11

News from Organbuilders 12

Attitudes to Organs in the Wesleyan Churches of New South Wales, 1855 - 1902 Part 2 by Kelvin Hastie, 13-4, 19-21

photo facade pipes Wolff organ, St Luke's Anglican Whitmore Square Adelaide, destroyed, JS, 15

photo Flight & Son organ, Powerhouse Museum NSW, MJ, 16

photo c.1825 Flight & Robson organ, West Sussex, NP, 17

photo console Wolff organ, St Luke's Anglican Whitmore Square Adelaide, destroyed, JS,18

A Very Old Flight & Son Organ, by Michael Johnson 21-3

A Bach Organ for Sydney : Abbotsleigh's New Organ, by Kelvin Hastie 23-5

photo 16

Reviews 27

Notice of meeting 28-9

 

16.4 October 1992

The 15th Annual OHTA Conference, A View from the UK, by David Pether 3-5

Council Notes 5

Australian Pipe Organ Preservation Standards 5-6

Honorary Life Member 6

New Members 6

Membership Statement 7

Learn the Organ Scheme - Victoria 7

Visit of the Organ Club to Australia 7

Australian Organist wins International Competition 7

NSW Heritage Council Announces Further Grants 7

New Organ for Wangaratta Cathedral 8

All Saints', Brisbane 8

A Remarkable Organ Case Found in NSW 9

News from Organbuilders 9

Restored Organs

Further National Trust Organ Classifications 12-3

Three Historic Organs Available for Sale 13

Tasmanian Organs : An Overview, by Rev'd Michael Johnson 14-6

A Summer Excursion to Toulouse, by Pastor de Lasala 17-8 23-27

photo 1847 Bishop organ St Andrew's Uniting Campbell Town Tas., JRM, 19

photo Atterton organ, Laurie factory, SL, 20

photo organ case, Christian Science Church, Curzon St Mayfair, TO, 21

photo 1887 Gray & Davison organ Uniting Church Burwood NSW, KH, 22

Reviews 27-9

OHTA Annual Report 30-9

 

17.1 January 1993

OHTA 16th Annual Conference to be held in Western Australia 3

New Members 3

Tasmanian Conference Recordings 3

Obituaries 4

Recital Series on Historic Cathedral Organ 4

Rare Barossa Valley Organ Altered 4

Two Notable Organ Centenaries 5-7

News from Organbuilders 7-8

Organ for Sale 8

Inportant British Organ Destroyed 9

Hope-Jones Biography Recently Issued 10

An Organ building Career in Summary : Roger Pogson, Our honorary Life Member, by Kelvin Hastie 10-2

Henry Bevington & Sons, by Graeme Rushworth, 13-4, 19-23

photo c.1846 Bevington organ Baptist Church Hamilton Vic., JRM, 15

photo J E Dodd (1857-1952), JRM, 16

photo 1916 Dodd organ, Congregational Church Malvern Vic., RT/JRM, 17

photo Roger Pogson, KH, 18

Telecom, J E Dodd, Hornby Trains and Pipe Organs, D Shield 24-8

Book Review 28

Record Reviews 29-30

 

17.2 April 1993

OHTA 1993 Conference 3

Membership News 3

News from South Australia 3

The Organ Club in Australia 3

Sydney Town Hall : The Critic's Comment 4

Masters Degree in Organ Historiography 4

Melbourne Town Hall Recordings 5

Medieval Mirth 5

Williamstown Organ Celebrates Centenary 5-6

Further National Trust Organ Classifications 6-8

News from Organbuilders 8

New Organs 8-11

Western Australian Organs, by Bob Elms 11-4

Remarkable Ambition : Alexander North, George Frederick Hopkins, and St John's Church Launceston, by John Maidment 14-5, 19-22

photo Brindley/Hopkins organ St John's Anglican Launceston Tas., ENM/JRM, 16

photo 1923 Albert Moser organ console, Holy Trinity Pro Cathedral New Norcia WA, JE, 17

photo 1893 Fincham & Hobday organ, St John's Williamstown Vic., KSp, 18

A Synopsis of Pipe Organ Blowing in South Australia from 1871 to 1991, Part 1 by Roger Lewis 23-6

Reviews 26-30

Inserts (2)

 

17.3 July 1993

OHTA 1993 Conference 3

Annual General Meeting 3

OHTA Annual Subscriptions 3

Membership News 3

News from South Australia 3

Obituary Lance Hardy, 4-5

Restored Organ to be Reopened 5

Queensland Organ Classified by National Trust 5

News from Organbuilders 6-7

Australian Organ Archives 8-10

Old Organ Returns to Albany 10

Scottish Historic Organs Trust 11-2

Restoration of the J W Walker Organ of 1867 at St Andrew's Congregational Church Balmain NSW, by Glenn Amer 12-3

Restoration of the 1888 Forster & Andrews Organ at Galston Uniting Church NSW by Kelvin Hastie 14

photo 1867 Walker organ St Andrew's Congregational Balmain, JRM, 15

photo 1888 Forster & Andrews organ, Galston Uniting NSW, KH, 16

photo 1906 Norman & Beard organ St Luke's Anglican Toowoomba Qld, PG, 17

photo 1912 Richardson organ St John's Uniting, Neutral Bay, NSW, KH, 18

The Organ of St Luke's Anglican Church Toowoomba : An Historic Account 1907-93, by Phillip Gearing 19-21

A Synopsis of Pipe Organ Blowing in South Australia from 1871 to 1991, Part 2 by Roger Lewis 21-6

State Policy in Consideration of Historic Organs in France, by Pastor de Lasala 26-8

Reviews 28-9

Notice of Meeting 30-1

 

17.4 October 1993

OHTA in Western Australia, our 15th Annual Conference reviewed, by Kelvin Hastie 3-6

Council Notes 6

Honorary Life Members 7

Membership News 7

Annual Subscription 7

South Australian Events 8

1994 OHTA Conference 8

Opening of the Wangaratta Willis 8

Organs ; Societies and Organizations, by Geoffrey Cox 8-9

New South Wales Heritage Grants 9

Restorations 10-3, 14-5

A Performers Perspective of the Restoration, by Thomas Heywood 13-4

News from Organbuilders 15

Pipe versus Electronic 16

The 1922 J E Dodd Organ at Manthorpe Uniting (Formerly Congregational) Church Unley SA, Roger Johnson 16-8

photo 1923 Albert Moser Organ Holy Trinity New Norcia, JRM, 19

photo 1906 JE Dodd organ, Wesley Church Perth, JRM, 20

photo 1934 H N & B organ, Littlejohn Memorial Chapel Scotch College Hawhorn Vic., JRM, 21

photo Gordon Gunn at Manthorpe Uniting Unley SA, RJo, 22

The Walter Goodey Diaries ed Peter Jewkes 18, 23-8

Record Review 29-30

Book Review

OHTA Annual Report 1992-3 31-9

SA Committee Report 1992-3 40

-insert Limited edition cassette, St Mary's Star-of-the-Sea

 

18.1 January 1994

OHTA 17th Annual Conference 3

Matthews Scholarship Awarded 3

Membership News 3

OHTA Subscriptions 4

New Address For OHTA In NSW 4

OHTA Publications for Sale 4

OHTA Conference Recordings 4

Conservation Concerns 5

The New Zealand Organ Preservation Trust 5

NSW Restoration Strongly Commended 6

St Paul's Cathedral Recitals 6

St Mary's West Melbourne Events 6

Seventh Sydney International Organ Competition 6; advt 7

National Trust Organ Classifications 8

News from Organbuilders 9

New Recording 9

Historic Organ Parts for Disposal 9

Redundant Organs 9

William Christmas Mack : Norfolk Organbuilder 10

Historic Schnitger Organ Reconstructed 10

The Willis Organ in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Wangaratta by Alan Moffatt 10-6, 21-2

photo 1871 Ladegast organ, the Dom, Schwerin, Germany, JRM, 17

photo 1895 Walcker organ Stadtkirche, Sternberg Germany, JRM, 18

photo 1922 Willis & Sons console Holy Trinity Cathedral Wangaratta Vic, AM, 19

photo 1993 Smenge organ, St George's Anglican Cathedral Perth WA, KS, 20

The New Smenge Organ in St George's Anglican Cathedral Perth, by Christopher Dearnley 22-4

Recent Perspectives on Organ Preservation Overseas, Part 1 by John Maidment 24-8

Mr Alfred Hollins on His Australasian Tour 28-30

Record Reviews 31, 33

advt CD Release 32

Order Form for OHTA Conference Recordings 34

Membership Application Form 35

 

18.2 April 1994

Planning for Victorian Conference Finalized 3

Matthews Scholarship Research Proceeding 3

Membership News 3

Letter to the Editor 4-5

Melbourne Town Hall Recitals 5

Learn the Organ Scheme 5

News from Organbuilders 6

Organ for Sale 7

From the Journals 7

Cri-de-coeur on Behalf of an Historic Organ, by Bruce Lindsay 7-8

The Instrument of Music : A History of the Pipe Organ at Grote Street Church Of Christ, Adelaide, by David Shield 9-14,19

photo Wolff residence organ, BL, 15

photo Wolff organ Church of Christ Grote St Adelaide, DS/MC, 16

photo facsimile nameplate J W Wolff, DS, 17

photo Hill & Son organ Hunter Baillie Presbyterian Annandale NSW, HNBc/JRM, 18

The Hill & Son Organ at Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Annadale NSW from 1958-1981 by Clive Gunning 20-22

Recent Perspectives on Organ Preservation Overseas, Part 2 by John Maidment 23-8

News from the past 28

Reviews 29-30

-insert Vintage Victoriana : Conference brochure

 

18.3 July 1994

Annual General Meeting 3

Conference Bookings 3

OHTA Annual Subscriptions 1994-5 3

New Members 3

Lorna Trevella OAM 3

Council News 4

From the Secretary - The OHTA Memorandum 4-8

OHTA Policy Paper Tonal Additions 8-10

Gazetteer of Victorian Pipe Organs 10-1

Learn the Organ Scheme Victoria 12

New Publications 12

Historic Buildings Council Hearing 12-4

Melbourne Town Hall 14

Scottish Historic Organs Trust 15

St Mary's Nottingham History 15

Sydney International Organ Competition 15

News from Organbuilders 15-7

Restorations 17

Organ for Sale 18

A Preview of the Conference 18, 23-4

photo 1913 Hill Norman & Beard organ,Melbourne Grammar School, JRM, 19

photo Richardson organ, MLC Burwood, MF, 20

photo 1893-4 Fincham & Hobday organ, Uniting Church Carngham, Vic., JRM, 21

photo 1930 George Fincham & Sons organ St Patrick's Cathedral Ballarat, JRM, 22

Restore Rebuild Reconstruct ...? The Triumph of Conservatism in France, by Pastor de Lasala 24-34

News From the Past 34

Notice of Meeting 35

Conference Update 36

 

18.4 October 1994

Annual General Meeting 3

New Members 3

Membership News 3

Subscription renewals 3

Obituaries 3-4

Conference Report 5

South Australian Activities 6

Cassette Recording of SA Organs [nb error, CD] 6

New Organs

News from organbuilders NSW 7 Qld 8 NZ 9

Letters to the Editor 9-10

The Fincham Way by John Hargraves 11-8, 23-5

photo 1913 Hill & Son organ, St John's Anglican Toorak, BH, 19

photo 1921 Meadway & Slatterie organ Holy Trinity Anglican Coleraine Vic. JRM, 20

photo Hill Norman & Beard organ, Dunedin Town Hall, HNBc/JRM, 21

photo Letourneau organ St Mathews Anglican Albury, WS, 22

The Organ in the Geelong College Chapel, by William Martin 25-7

Some notes on the Bevington Organ in the Baptist Church Hamilton, by Tony Wilson 27-8

Record Review

Report of SA Committee 1993-4, 29-30

OHTA Annual Report 1993-4, 31-42

-insert Pipe Organs of the Barossa Valley order form

 

19.1 January 1995

1995 OHTA Conference Plans 3

New Members 3

Obituary / Prue Parker 3

South Australian Events 3

Overseas Visitors / Piero Ruffatti John Norman 4

Restoration / Preservation Seminar 4

Gazetteer of Australian Pipe Organs 4

Recital on Historic Organ / St Marys Star of the Sea 4

Historic Buildings Council Listing 4

Drawing GDR 5

International Association for Organ Documentation-Berlin 6

1994 OHTA Conference Reports : From the Journals 7

Tax Incentives for Heritage Conservation 7

Restoration of Melbourne Town Hall Organ Promised? 8

Major Wurlitzer Theatre Organ To Be Installed in Melbourne 8

Adelaide Cathedral Organ Removed 9

SHOT Bulletin

9

Restorations 9

News From Organ Builders

Organ Restoration in the United States, by Barbara Owen 10-16

"A Skilled and Refined Artist in this Department" : A fresh appreciation of the career of Arthur Hobday, by Ronald Newton 16-17 20-32

photo Athur Hobday, JRM/AF, 18

photo 1891 Fincham & Hobday organ case, St Andrews Kirk, Ballarat, JRM, 19

The OHTA Standards (1992) : Are they practical?, by Kelvin Hastie 32-5

-Insert Historic Organs of Sydney - Order Form

 

19.2 April 1995

insert Sydney 1995 Restorations in Retrospect : Conference Booking Form

1995 Conference 3

New Zealand Conference 3

OHTA Acquires Its First Organ 3

Membership News 3

Restoration / Preservation Seminar 4

Email Address 4

Gazetteers of Australian Organs 4

Dodd Letter Books 4

News From Organbuilders 4

Restoration Appeals 5

The New Regent Melbourne Wurlitzer 5

Conservaton Concerns 6-7, 9

Elevation drawing showing original winding and layout, Hill Norman & Beard organ, Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne 8

Recitals at St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne 9

A Century Plus of Fincham Organs, by Graeme Rushworth 10-21

The First Organ at St Peter's Eastern Hill, Melbourne Part 1: The Organ And Early Organists, by Geoffrey Cox 22-37

New Publication 38

Review 38

 

19.3 July 1995

NSW Premier to Open Conference 3

Annual General Meeting 3

Resolutons of the Council 4

OHTA's 1995 Conference 4

1996 Conference Plans 5

OHTA Annual Subscriptions 1995-6, 5

Membership News 6

C I Matthews Memorial Scholarship 6

South Australian Activities 6

Former Adelaide Town Hall Hill & Son Organ 7-8

Conservation Concerns 9

Redundant Organ 10

News from Organbuilders 10

Learn the Organ Scheme Victoria 10

New Publication 11

Internet and the Organ 11

George Fincham's Tonal pallette : Some thoughts on Tonal Design, by John Maidment 12-7

The First Organ at St Peter's Eastern Hill, Melbourne, Part 2: John Smith of Bristol and the La Trobe Connection, by Geoffrey Cox 18-29

The Late Raymond Sanders, an interview with Roger Johnson 29-33

Reviews 34-5

OHTA Notice of Meeting 36-7

Order Form OHTA Conference Recordings 38

 

19.4 October 1995

Conference Report 3-5

New Zealand Conference 1996 5

Council Notes 6

Membership News 6

Overseas Accolade for OHTA 6

Donation towards Gazetteer Publication 7

Barossa Valley Compact Disc Released 7

Letter to the Editor : M Lutz re Adelaide Town Hall 7

Major British Organ Case on display in the ACT 8

Attention Focuses in Germany on Australian Organs and Australian Organ Music, by Mark Quarmby 8-10

Conservation Concerns, 10-2

News from organbuilders 12-3

New Organ, 14-6

Lehrer Lemke by Marina Lutz 16-9

Historic Organ Restorations : Are They the Simplest or most difficult restorations of all? by Stuart Garside 20-2, 27

photo Forster & Andrews organ St John's Anglican Glebe NSW, JRM, 23

photo Gray & Davidson organ Holy Trinity Anglican Kingsford NSW, JRM, 24

photo Knud Smenge Organ Church of the Epiphany Crafers SA, KS, 25

photo 1871 Lemke organ, Gruenberg, SA, ML, 26

The Walter Goodey Diaries, ed and adap Peter Jewkes Part 2, 28-31

Reviews32-4

OHTA, Annual Report 1994-5 35-

 

20.1 January 1996

New Zealand Conference 3

Membership News 3

Vale Laurence Elvin (obit) 3

Organ Moves 4

Amazing Archaeological Discovery 4

Articles from the Journals (1-4) 5

Internet Organ Sites Expand 6

Restorations 7-15

News from Organbuilders 15

New Organs 15-7

Restoration Documentation A New Zealand Perspective by John Hargraves 17-22, 27-9

photo restored organ St John's Anglican. Toorak, BH, 23

photo great pipework St John's Anglican Toorak, BH, 24

photo restored organ St Luke's Anglican Toowoomba, SC, 25

photo Mack organ St Edmund's Anglican Wembley WA, DB, 26

The Walter Goodey Diaries, ed adap by Peter Jewkes Pt 2 29-42

Reviews 42-4

List of current financial members 44-6

photo Walter Goodey and staff of J W Walker & Sons Ltd 46

 

20.2 April 1996

New Zealand Conference Itinery 3

New Members 4

South Australian Activities 4

Australian Organ Recordings 4

Articles from the Journals 4

Learn the Organ Scheme Victoria 5

Restorations 5-14

New Organs

Organs for sale

photo 1929 Hill Norman & Beard organ Dunedin Town Hall, HNBc/JRM, 17

photo facsimile Hill console, St John's Toorak Vic., BH, 18

photo 1880 Hele & Company, organ St Finbar's Glenbrook NSW, PdL 19

photo 1881 Mackenzie organ All Saints' Hindmarsh SA, JS, 20

Organ Destroyed by Fire 21

News from Organbuilders 21

Organ Documentation and the Organ Databank in Berlin, Uwe Pape 22-6

Special Congratulations 26

The National Pipe Organ Register by Dr Mike Sayers 27-34

Reviews

 

20.3 July 1996

OHTA Conference 3

Subscriptions Due 3

Membership News 3

Council News 3

Redundant Organs Newsletter 4

News from South Australia 4

Historic Organs of the Barossa Valley

4

Australian Guild of Master Organ Builders 4

Heritage Council of New South Wales : Pipe Organ Advisory Committee 5

Third National Fair Organ Rally 1996 5

Directory of British Organ Builders 5

Victorian Icon 6

A Sydney Organ Turns 200 6

The Rippon Lea Conacher 7-9

Internet Organ Pages 9

From the Overseas Press 9

News from Organbuilders 10

Redundant Organs Available for Purchase 10

Restorations 11-2

Reversing the Past, by Mark Fisher13-6, 21

photo 1884 Fincham organ Uniting Church Brighton, Victoria, JRM, 17

photo AGMO Conference Delegates, RH, 18

photo Robert & William Gray organ, St Peter's Anglican Church Watsons Bay: 200 years old, JS, 19

photo The Peter Conacher organ at Rippon Lea, Melbourne. RHe/Rippon Lea 20

Restorations in Retrospect and Prospect, by Peter Jewkes 21-5

A Century Plus of Fincham Organs, A Chronological List of Fincham Organs 1864-1994, part 1, Graeme Rushworth 26-33

Reviews 33-4

diagram Trinity Uniting Church Brighton Victoria: measured drawing of console prepared by the South Island Organ Company (John Hargraves) 35

 

20.4 October 1996

OHTA Abroad, A Report on the New Zealand Conference by David Pether, 3-4

Conference Book Now Available 4

Council Report 5

1997 OHTA Conference 5

Membership News 5

Gazetteer of Australian Pipe Organs 5

Historic Organs of the Barossa Valley Volune 2 5

Redundant Organs Newsletter 6

New Publication 6

New Compact Disc Recording 6

Letter to the Editor : R Johnson re Two important organs 6-7

BIOS Journal

Volume 19 7

Honorary Doctorate Awarded to Cor Edskes by Goteborg University on 19 October 1996 8-9

Internet Organ Pages 10

News from Organbuilders 10

The Decoration of the Victorian Organ by Marc Nobel 12-16

A Century Plus of Fincham organs. A chrono;ogical list of Fincham Organs 1864-1994. Part 2 compiled by Graeme Rushworth 17-19, 24-26

photo 1897 E H Jenkins organ St Aidan's Uniting Church Balwyn Victoria, JRM, 22

photo Roger Jones voicing facade pipes for new Melbourne residence organ, RJ, 23

Reviews 27-8

OHTA Annual Report 29-41

Order Form 42

Council Members 43

 

21.1 January 1997

A Brit in Aotearoa John Norman 3

William Pierce 1926-1996 an appreciation JRM 5

1997 OHTA Conference 5

New Members 6

Membership News 6

Gazetteer of Australian Pipe Organs : Progress Report 6

Redundant Organs Newsletter 6

Historic Organ Acquired by Victorian Heritage Town 6

Speechley & Ingram Organ to find new home 7

Jenkins Organ to be restored following Conference visit 7

R A Anderson Honoured 7

New CD Recording of Goulburn Hill 7

New Publication Of Barossa Valley Organbuilders 8

Organ Video Recently Released 8

The OHS and AGO Conventions USA, June-July 1996 A Brief Overview, by Kelvin Hastie 8-11

Internet Organ Pages 11

News From Organbuilders 11

Restorations 12-15

Organ Conservation in Britain John Norman 16-18, 23-26

photo William Pierce (1926-1996), son, grandson, SP, 19

photo Roseby Uniting organ, Marrickville, NSW, JRM, 20

photo South Port Parks Uniting organ , Sth. Melb., BH, 21

photo c.1930 Alfred Brake organ, N.Z., KH, 22

Alfred Brake : organbuilder Ronald Newton 26-29

A Century Plus of Fincham Organs, A Chronological List of Fincham Organs 1864-1994, part 3, by Graeme Rushworth, 30-34, erratum 35

reviews 35-8

-insert Goulburn's Grand Hill organ

 

21.2 April 1997

Conference on Australian Organists and Organ music 3

OHTA 1977-1997 20 Years On 3

Honours 4

New Members 4

Obituary 4

Gazetteer Progress 4

Melbourne Town Hall Organ 4

Heritage Victoria Lists Organ 5

Historic South Australian Organ Finds New Home 5

Redundant Organs 5

New Rieger Organ in Christchurch 6

PC-ORDA Software 6

Recital Series at Toorak 6

Internet Pages 6

An Evening 115 Years Ago by Pastór de Lasala, 7-9

Plans for restoration of Historic Melbourne Residence Organ 10

News From Organbuilders 10

Restorations 11-16

The Organ Heritage of Scotland : 1400 to the Present Day, part 1, by Alan Buchan 16, 21-6

photo British Pianoforte organ, St Andrew's Anglican, Lismore NSW, HB, 17

photo Alfred Kirkland organ, Lockyer Uniting, Albany, W.A., BE, 18

photo New facsimile pedal Trombone and chest, Uniting Church Pitt St., Sydney. APO, 19

photo Bill Croft & Warren Southward, Sydney 1997, JP, 20

Veteran Organbuilder Visits Sydney, by John W Parker 26-30

Considerations For the Ethical Conservation of Historic Musical Instruments by John Sinclair Willis, 30-4

Reviews 34-5

 

21.3 July 1997

Final Conference Plans 3

Annual General Meeting 3

Subscriptions Due 3

New Members 3

Membership News 3

Melbourne Town Hall 4

Obituary : Edwin Nelson Pitchford 1915-1997 4

Lemke's Legacy by Marina Lutz 5-6

Restorations 6-10

News from Organbuilders 10

The Organ Heritage of Scotland : 1400 to the Present Day, part 2, by Alan Buchan 11-18, 23

photo 1890 Hill & Son organ, console, St Andrew's Presbyterian, Newcastle, MF 19

photo 1890 Hill & Son organ, case, St Andrew's Presbyterian, Newcastle, MF, 20

photo 1666/1789 Villiers-le-Bel organ, France, PdL, 21

photo 1677 Dallam organ, console, Guimiliau, France, PdL, 22

A Return for the Better : An inevitable Option part 1 by Pastór de Lasala 24-33

Reviews 33-5

OHTA Notice of Meeting 36-7

 

21.4 October 1997

Heritage Victoria Makes Grants for Organ Restoration 3

1997 Conference Report 3-5

1998 Conference Plans 5

New Members 5

Membership Renewals 5

News From South Australia 6

Historic NSW Organ Now Back in Use 6

St John's Organ Scholarship 6

Lance Hardy Memorial 7

Anniversary of the King's School, Parramatta, NSW 7

Melbourne Town Hall Organ 8

Important Norman & Beard Organ Acquired for Australia 8

F W Nicholson Restoration Appeal Launched 9

Port Arthur Organ 10

Redundant Organs 11-2

News From Organbuilders 13

Restorations 14-19

The City Organists of Sydney part 1 by Robert Ampt 19-23

A Return for the Better : An Inevitable Option, part 2, by Pastór de Lasala 24, 29-36

photo F.W. Slater / F. Taylor chamber organ St Michael's Anglican, North Carlton, KF, 25

photo1872 Speechley & Ingram organ, St Andrew's Presbyterian, Morwell, JL, 26

photo James Corps chamber organ, Tasmania, HM, 27

photo Our Saviour Lutheran, Knox, Vic., JRM, 28

New Publications 36

Reviews 37

OHTA Annual Report 38-51

 

22.1 January 1998

The Who, When, Where, What and Why of Australian Organ Composition, by Robert Boughen 3-9

OHTA 1998 Conference Queensland and Northern NSW 9

Gazetteer of Australian Pipe Organs 9

New Members 10

News From South Australia 10

Charles Ivor Matthews Memorial Scholarship 10

Tasmanian Church Closures 10

Major Pipe Decoration Projects 11

From Bourdon to Bombarde: Organs of Southern France 12

Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields Festival 12

Melbourne Willis Celebrates 120th Anniversary 12

Goteborg International Organ Academy 1998 12

New Internet pages 12

Melbourne Town Hall Organ : Work to Proceed 13

Renovation of the 1885 Hill & Son Organ at St John's Anglican Church, Darlinghurst, by Kelvin Hastie, 13-20

New Organs

photo 1886 Hill & Son organ, St John's Anglican, Darlinghurst, KH, 21

photo Krüger organ, Tanunda, ML, 22

photo Pipe crowns for St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, JRM, 23

photo 1997-8 Knud Smenge organ,for Dr H Fabrikant, Caulfield, Vic., JRM, 24

News from Organbuilders 25

The City Organists of Sydney, part 2, by Robert Ampt 26-32

Sigfrid Karg-Elert and the Australian Connection, by Harold Fabrikant 33-5

Krüger's Last organ - Tarrington, by Marina Lutz, 36-8

Reviews 38-43

Miley C., Trinity College Chapel: an appreciation, 1997, ISBN 0 9599759 2 6

-insert Majesty in Miniature, CD Order Form

 

22.2 April 1998

1998 OHTA Conference 3

New Membership Secretary 3

New Members 4

Membership News 4

Correspondence Received 4

News from South Australia 4

Former Adelaide Town Hall Organ 5

Melbourne Town Hall 5

Heritage Funding 6

Harrison Organ for Melbourne 6

Tradition and Change [Conference] 7

Retrograde Recycling 7

Grainger Museum Acquires Important Papers 7

New Publication 7

Ohs Convention 8

Internet Pages 8

Redundant Organs 9

Restorations 9-11

News From Organbuilders 11

New Organs 12-6

The Elusive Miss Blown : Organists of South Australia, part 1, by David Shield 16-8, 23-9

photo 1888 George Benson organ Surface Hill Uniting, Gympie, Queensland, SP, 19

photo c.1870 George Fincham chamber organ for sale, East St Kilda Uniting, JS, 20

photo 1998 Kenneth Jones organ, case, Trinity College Chapel, Parkville, Vic., AL, 21

photo 1998 Kenneth Jones organ, case detail, Trinity College Chapel, Parkville Vic., AL, 22

The role of the Melbourne International Festival of Organ & Harpsichord in fostering Australian Organ Music by David Hamnes part 1 29-35

Reviews 35-7

-insert From Mountains to Coast, Conference application form

 

22.3 July 1998

 

Announcing the OHTA Web Pages 3

1998 Conference 3

Annual General Meeting 4

Membership 4

Letter to the Editor 4

Honours 5

Lance Hardy Memorial 5

New CD Recording 5

Learn the Organ Scheme Victoria 5

Adelaide's Peripatetic Vox Humana 5

Electronic Implants 6

Community Pipe Organ Activities in Launceston, Tasmania, by John Leggett 6-10

The Organ Music Collection at the University of Melbourne's Music Library, by Harold Fabrikant 11-13

Redundant Organs 14

Restorations 14-16

New & Rebuilt Organs 16,19

photo 1858 John Courcelle organ, Church of Christ, Geelong, Victoria, JM, 17

photo 1901 George Fincham organ, St Joseph's, Edgecliff, NSW, PJ, 18

photo 1934 George Fincham & Sons organ, G.S. Chambers residence, Balwyn, Victoria, JM 19

photo 1866 Hill & Son organ, St Andrew's Cathedral. Sydney, NSW, WS 20

News from Organbuilders 21-22

The Elusive Miss Blown: Organists of South Australia, part 2, by David Shield 22-27

The Role of the Melbourne International Festival of Organ & Harpsichord in Fostering

Australian Organ Music, part 2, by David Hamnes 28-31

Reviews 31-33

Membership list 36-37

 

22.4 October 1998

 

From Mountains to Coast: Report on the 21st OHTA Conference 3-5

Pipe Organ Conservation and Maintenance Guide 5

1999 Conference 5

Council Notes 6

New members 6

OHTA Internet Site: Latest Changes 6-7

Learn the Organ Scheme (Victoria) 7

Heritage Grants 8

Tradition and Change Conference: report from Kelvin Hastie and John Maidment 8-9

Lance Hardy Plaque Unveiled 9

Forthcoming Conferences 9-10

Closure of Famous Organbuilding Firm 10

Corrigenda 10

St John's Organ Scholarship 11

Organ Movements 11

Redundant Organs 12

News from Organbuilders 13

New organs 13-14

The Restoration of the Historic Hunter Organ at St Matthew's Catholic Church, Windsor, NSW,: part one by David Rumsey (consultant); part two by John Hargraves 15-21, 24-25

photo 1879 Alfred Hunter & Sons organ, St Matthew's Catholic Church, Windsor, NSW, DR, 22

photo 1998 Roger Jones organ for Residence of Trevor Bunning, Canberra, ACT, Angaston Leader, 23

The 'Port Arthur' Organ: Fact and Legend, by Graeme Rushworth, 25-34

Organ in the Nixon Drawing Room, Hobart, 28

The Role of the Melbourne International Festival of Organ & Harpsichord in Fostering Australian Organ Music, part 3, by David Hamnes 35-41

Reviews 41-42

Steve Laurie, Organbuilder: His Life and Works 42

 

22.1 January 1999

 

The 1999 OHTA Conference 3

OHTA Web Page Update 3

New Members 3

Retirement of Steve Laurie 4, 607

Photo Steve Laurie and Richard Duncan, TL, 5

NSW Heritage Grants Announced 7

Melbourne Town Hall Work to Begin 8

William Leopold Roberts Business Records Preserved 8

Thomas Young Day 8-9

Sydney Organ Destroyed (St Francis-de-Sales, Surry Hills) 9

Forthcoming International Conference 9

Restorations 10-15

Redundant Organs 15-16

New Organs 16-18

News from Organbuilders 18-19

The Conservation of Organs in an Age of Uncertainty, by Kelvin Hastie 19-20, 25-32

photo 1887 Bevington & Sons organ All Saints' Church, Hunters Hill, NSW, RW, 21

photo 1897 Alfred Fuller & Son organ Uniting Church, Mackenzie Street, Bendigo, Vic, JM, 22

photo 1998 Kenneth Jones organ Christ Church, South Yarra, Vic, JM, 23

photo 1998 Knud Smenge organ, Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School, Vic, AL, 24

21 Years of OHTA, by John Maidment 32-36

The Role of the Melbourne International Festival of Organ & Harpsichord in Fostering Australian Organ Music (conclusion), by David Hamnes 36-39

Reviews 39-43

 

23.2 April 1999

 

Australia Day Honour for OHTA Chairman: A message from the Secretary 3-4

ÎTown and Gown': the OHTA 1999 Conference 4-5

New Members 5

Membership Notes 5

A Message from the Treasurer 6

OHTA Gains Tax-Deductible Status 6

Letter to the Editor 6-7

St John's Organ Scholarship 7

Organo Pleno 8

Cantuar Degree awarded to June Nixon 8

News from South Australia 8

New and Expanded Websites 8, 10

Augusto Lorenzini Design for the Organ Facade at Auburn Methodist Church, Melbourne, Vic 9

Organ in Regent Theatre, Melbourne Opened 10

Major Design for Organ Case Decoration Discovered 10

Robert Mackenzie Pamphlet Surfaces 10-12

Dr A.E. Floyd and An Old English Melody, by Ian Burk 12-13

A.E.H. Nickson Reminiscences 13

New Australian CD Recording Series Released 14

Miss Irene Perry 14

Melbourne Town Hall 14

Redundant Organ 14-15

News from Organbuilders 15-17

Restorations 18-21, 24-25

Photo 1871 Fincham façade pipes for St George's Anglican Church, Queenscliff, Vic, JM, 22

Photo 1998 Knud Smenge organ in Trezise residence, St Andrews, Vic, JM, 23

New Organ 25

The Future of Australian Organbuilding, by Timothy McEwen 26-33

Notes on Some Early Tasmanian Organs and also on the Commencement of the Hobart Town Choral Society by Graeme Rushworth 33-39

Reviews 39-43

 

23.3 July 1999

 

22nd Annual OHTA Conference 3

OHTA Annual General Meeting 3

Membership News 3

New Members 3

Letter to the Editor 4

New Websites 4-5

Historic Victorian Town to be Redeveloped 5

First National Ecumenical Hymn Conference 5

Alfred George Siede 6

Redundant Organs 6-7

From the Archives 7-8

News from Organbuilders 8-9

Melbourne Town Hall: rebuilding and enlargement of the 1929 Hill, Norman & Beard organ by the Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, Ohio, 1999-2000 9-19

Disorganising our Industries (cartoon) 19

drawing 1929 Hill, Norman & Beard organ in the Melbourne Town Hall 20

photo 1947 Hill, Norman & Beard organ at St Jude's Church, Alphington, Vic, JM, 21

Papers on Cavaillé-Coll 22-32, 34

Cavaillé-Coll by Barry Jones AO, FAA, FAHA

Cavaillé-Coll's Four Fonds by Stephen Bicknell

Australian Organbuilders and Cavaillé-Coll, some notes by John Maidment

A Postscript (Mutin- Cavaillé-Coll organ at St Joseph, Noumea)

Photo 1908 Mutin- Cavaillé-Coll organ at St Joseph, Noumea, RT, 33

 

Review 34

 

23.4 October 1999

 

The OHTA 1999 Conference: a Report 3-5

Plans for the OHTA 2000 Conference 5

Council Notes 5

Launch of the Hill & Son Restoration Appeal 6

The 1875 Hill & Son Grand Organ by Dr David Forward 6-12

Ethics and the Conservation of the Organ 23-26 August 1999, Liverpool, England: Report on the Council for the Care of Churches Diocesan Organ Advisors, British Institute of Organ Studies, and the Institute of British Organ Building Annual Joint Conference by Timothy McEwen 12-18

What You Said About the Adelaide Festival Theatre Organ and Other Matters: A Survey 19-20, 25-26

photo 1862 F.W. Nicholson organ at St Patrick's Catholic Church, Mentone, Vic (casework), JF, 21

photo 1862 F.W. Nicholson organ at St Patrick's Catholic Church, Mentone, Vic (console), JF, 21

photo 1875 Hill & Son organ ex Adelaide Town Hall (restored case figurehead), JM, 23

photo restored Dodd organ at Denmark Uniting Church, WA, BE, 24

1998 Conference Tape Available 27

Sydney Town Hall Organ Book Shortly to be Released 27

West Melbourne Centenary Recital 27

St John's Organ Scholarship 27-28

Goteborg International Organ Academy 28

Centenary Organ Recital 29

Relocations 29-32

News from Organbuilders 32

New Organs 33-34

The Trans-Tasman Movement of Organists by Ronald G. Newton 34-36

Review 37-38

Annual Report 1998-1999 37-47

 

24.1 January 2000

 

OHTA Conference 2000 3

Charles Ivor Matthews Scholarship Awarded to Robert Ampt 3

Letters to the Editor 3-4

Membership News 4-5

Hill & Son Restoration Appeal 5-9

West Melbourne Centenary Concert 9

John Arthur (Jack) Hawkins (1908-1999) 10

Newton Thesis 10

Herbert M. Palmer 10-11

Opening of the Rieger Organ at The Scots' Church, Melbourne 11-12

Petition to Classify the St-Sulpice Grand Orgue as an Item of World Heritage 12-13

Organ in the Protestant Church, Noumea, New Caledonia by Graeme Rushworth 13-14

Restorations

New Organ

News from Organbuilders 20-21

Town and Gown: The History of the Teaching of Organ in the School of Music and in the Elder Conservatorium, in the University of Adelaide 1885-1998 by Helena R. Lauer 21-22, 27-36

photo 1938 Harrison organ, St Mark's Anglican, Fitzroy, JM, 23

photo 1871 Fincham organ, St George's Anglican, Queenscliff, JM, 24

photo 1999 Rieger organ, Scots' Church, Melbourne, PB, 25

photo 1999 Rieger organ, Scots' Church, Melbourne, PB, 26

Notes on Early Tasmanian Organs, the Conclusion of the Hobart Town Choral Society, and a Reappraisal of the Provenance of the ÎPort Arthur' Organ by Graeme Rushworth 37-41

Reviews

 

Appendix A List of Sources of Photographs

 

ACD Alan Campbell-Drury

AF Arthur Firth

AL Andrew Lecky

AM Alan Moffatt

APO Australian Pipe Organs

BE Bob Elms

BH Brian Hatfield

BL Bruce Lindsay

BN Bruce Naylor

BS Bill Smith

CS Chris Sillence

DB Dudley Bastian

DE David Evans

DF David Fincham

DF David Rumsey

DS David Shield

ENM E. N. Matthews

GDR Graeme Rushworth

HB Howard Brockington

HM Hans Meijer

HNBc Hill Norman & Beard Collection

JE J R Elms

JF Jeremy Fletcher

JHe John Henwood

JH John Hogan

JL John Lagerway

JRM John Maidment

JP John Parker

JR John Rurade

JS John Stiller

KA Keith Asboe

KF Ken Falconer

KH Kelvin Hastie

KS Knud Smenge

KSp Ken Speakman

MC Michael Cant

ME Moneta Eagles

MF Mark Fisher

MJ Michael Johnson

MK Marina Kudinoff

ML Marina Lutz

NP Nicholas Plumley

NW Nicholas Wraight

PB Pat Beresford

PdL Pastor de Lasala

PB Peter Bennets

PG Phillip Gearing

PJ Peter Jewkes

PW P. Wood

QPAT Queensland Performing Arts Trust

RA Robert Ampt

RAA R.A.Anderson

RH Robert Heatley

RHe Richard Heathcote

RJ Roger Jones

RJo Roger Johnson

RP Roger Pogson

RT Robert Tobin

RW Robert Wagner

SC Simon Colvin

SIOC South Island Organ Company

SL Steve Laurie

SLNSW State Library of New South Wales

SP Simon Pierce

TO The Organ

TW Tony Whitehill

UCA Uniting Church Archives [NSW]

VACT Victorian Arts Centre Trust

WS Warren Southward

 

Appendix B Illustrations used on the front covers listed by volume. The word Church has been ignored Unless otherwise acknowledged all cover drawings are by Graeme Rushworth author of the book Historic Organs of New South Wales, Hale & Ironmonger, 1988

 

1.1,1.2, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1: 1880 Grand Exhibition Organ, Melbourne,by permission LaTrobe Library, State Library of Victoria.

3.2 St Luke's Anglican, organ, Latrobe Tas. : Margery Davies

3.3/4 1875 Melbourne Exhibition organ, G. Fincham, in St Ignatius R C Church Richmond Vic., [?]

4.1 c.1845 John Kinloch organ, St Andrew's Scots Church now located St Paul's Anglican, Rose Bay, NSW

4.2 as 4.1

4.3 1875 Lemke organ, St John's Lutheran, Ebenezer, SA : John Maidment

4.4 as 3.3/4

5.1 organ, St Luke's Anglican, Latrobe Tas : Margery Davis

5.2 organ, Convent of Mercy Singleton NSW

5.3 1886 J W Walker organ, St John's Anglican Newcastle

5.4 1858 William Hill organ, St Peter's Lutheran Stawell Vic., : R R Marsden

6.1 c1845 Bevington organ, Baptist Church Hamilton : R R Marsden

6.2 organ, St Francis de Sales RC, Surry Hills, NSW

6.3 c1850 organ, St Peter's Anglican, East Burwood NSW

6.4 1885 A Fuller organ, St John's Lutheran, Pella, Vic.

7.1 1871 Henry Jones & Son organ, Wesley Church Wollongong

7.2 Samuel Joscelyne chamber organ

7.3 James Moyle chamber organ

7.4 1862 Samuel Joscelyne organ, St Michael's Anglican, Bothwell, Tas.

8.1 1863 J W Walker organ, St John's Anglican Pro-Cathedral Parrramatta, NSW

8.2 1965 Ronald Sharp organ, Wollongong Town Hall, NSW

8.3 c.1861 F W Nicholson organ, Independent (Congregational) Church, Prahran, Melbourne

8.4 1887 Walcker & Cie organ, St Paul's Anglican Pro-Cathedral, Hay

9.1 1890 Hill & Son organ, Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Annandale NSW

9.2 c.1863 JCA Krüger organ, St Michael's Hochkirch Vic.

9.3 1891 Nicholson & Co organ, St Paul's Anglican Stockton Newcastle

9.4 1893 Charles Richardson organ, Presbyterian Balmain, NSW

10.1 1884 Maley,Young & Oldknow organ, St Peter's Presbyterian North Sydney

10.2 1890 Puget et Fils organ, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel Rose Bay NSW

10.3 1918 Griffin & Leggo organ,Christ Church Anglican Dungog NSW

10.4 1880 Hele & Co organ, St Peter's Anglican East Sydney

11.1 1840 Johnson & Kinloch organ, St Matthews Anglican Windsor

11.2 1860 Brindley organ, Albert Hall Launceston

11.3 1855 Walker organ, St Paul's Presbyterian Mudgee NSW

11.4 1874 Fincham organ, St Ignatius' RC Richmond Vic.

12.1 1879-80 Hill & Son organ, St Barnabas' Anglican, Broadway Syd.

12.2 1890 T C Lewis organ St Paul's Anglican Cathedral Melbourne : etching A G Reynolds

12.3 1872 C J Jackson organ All Saints' Sutton Forest NSW

12.4 1912 Dodd organ, Epworth Uniting Parkside SA

13.1 1864 Fincham organ Congregational, East Melbourne

13.2 1876 Forster & Andrews organ Uniting Church Woollahra NSW

13.3 1889 Benson organ Albert St Uniting Brisbane

13.4 c.1850 John Smith chamber organ, St John's Anglican, Bega

14.1 1882 F H Baker organ, St Benedict's RC Broadway NSW

14.2 1893 Fincham & Hobday organ, Holy Trinity Anglican Maldon Vic.

14.3 William Hill & Son Grand Organ, Sydney Town Hall : The Musical Standard

14.4 1881 Brindley & Foster organ, St John-the-Baptist Anglican, Mudgee NSW

15.1 J W Walker organ, St Paul's Anglican, East Ballarat, Vic.

15.2 1876 Henry Willis organ, St Peter's Anglican, East Maitland NSW

15.3 organ c. 1850 in former Congregational Church, Camberwell Vic.

15.4 1882 Rendall organ, Uniting Church Brougham Place North Adelaide

16.1 1898-1900 Fincham organ, St Mary's Star-of-the-Sea Catholic, West Melbourne

16.2 1882 Forster & Andrews organ, All Saints' Anglican Woollahra

16.31882 Henry Willis & Sons organ, All Saints' Anglican Bodalla NSW

16.4 1825 John Gray organ, St Matthew's Anglican Rokeby, Tas.

17.1 1887 Bevington organ, All Saint' Anglican Hunters Hill NSW

17.2 1888 Bevington & Sons organ, St Mark's Anglican Pontville Tas.

17.3 R C Clifton organ, St Alban's Anglican Highgate WA

17.4 1898 Albert Pease organ, Hol;y rinity Anglican York WA

18.1 1895 Alfred Monk organ, Wesley Uniting York WA

18.2 1874 Walker & Sons organ, St Stephen's Anglican Newtown NSW

18.3 1858 William Hill chamber organ, St Peter's Lutheran Stawell Vic.

18.4 1929 Hill Norman & Beard organ, Melbourne Town Hall

19.1 1886-9 Hill & Son organ, Sydney Town Hall

19.2 1913 Hill & Son organ, St John's Anglican Toorak

19.3 1912 Charles Richardson organ, St John's Uniting Neutral Bay NSW

19.4 1901 William Davidson organ, Presbyterian Ladies College Chapel Croydon NSW

20.1 1867 Walker & Sons organ, St Andrew's Congregational Balmain NSW

20.2 1868 Fincham organ, St Jude's Anglican Carlton Vic

20.3 1928 MP Moller organ, Lewisham Hospital Chapel, NSW

20.4 1879 Halmshaw organ,Cathedral Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch, New Zealand

21.1 1905 Arthur Hobday organ, Wesley Church, Blenheim, New Zealand

21.2 c.1899 Charles Richardson organ, Carcoar, N.S.W.

21.3 1890 Hill & Son organ, St Andrew's Presbyterian, Newcastle

21.4 restored F.W. Slater/ Frederick Taylor organ, St Michael's Anglican, North Carlton, Vic.

22.1 1897 Alfred Hunter & Son organ, St Andrew's Anglican, Summer Hill, NSW

22.2 1890 Alfred Fuller organ, St Mary's Redemptorist Monastery, Ballarat, Vic

22.3 1928 W.L. Roberts organ, Uniting (Methodist), Drummoyne, NSW

22.4 1913 B.B. Whitehouse organ, St Brigid's Catholic, Red Hill, Qld

23.1 restored c.1890 Thomas Jones orgam, St Laurence's Anglican, Barraba, NSW

23.2 anonymous [John Wheildon?] restored organ at Convent of Mercy, Singleton, NSW

23.3 1879 Henry Willis & Sons organ, Wesley Church, Armidale, NSW

23.4 restored 1914 British Pianoforte Depot organ, St Andrew's Anglican, Lismore, NSW

24.1 1873 William Davidson organ in the Protestant Church, Noumea, New Caledonia