Goulburn SS Peter & Paul

SS PETER & PAUL ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, GOULBURN

Detailed documentation of pipe organ built by

HILL & SON 1890

by John Stiller
Research Officer
Organ Historical Trust of Australia

Investigated: 10-11 October, 15-17 November 1978.

Organ Historical Trust of Australia
P.O. Box 200, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia

Introduction

The documentation of the Hill & Son organ, Goulburn, forms part of the project funded by the Myer Foundation and National Estate. This project on organ preservation has been carried out by the Organ Historical Trust of Australia on conjunction with the National Trust of Australia (Victoria).

	Introduction	ii
	Glossary of abbreviations and terminologies	vi
1	The building	1
2	The organ	2
3	History	3
4	Degree of originality and historic significance	3
5	Pipework	4
6	Action	22
7	Soundboards and wind chest	24
8	Wind supply	28
9	Console	31
10	Case	36
11	Swell box and rack boards	40
12	Cross-sectional diagram of the organ	42
	References	43
	Bibliography	43

Plates

(Note that only those plates with a hyperlink have been included in the on-line version of this document.)

Plate		Following page
1	External view of the building	1
2	Position of the organ	1
3	Swell note channels and Tremulant	2
4	Job number on pipe	3
5	Presentation plate	3
6	Holroyd's plate	3
7	Right hand side stop jamb	4
8	Pipework: Great Principal chorus 8,8, & 4	6
9	Great Principal chorus 4,3,2, and Mixture III	6
10	Swell Principal chorus 8,4,2, and Mixture III	6
11	Nicking pattern	10
12	Great Hohl Flute 8ft	12
13	Great Hohl Flute 8ft	12
14	Great Harmonic Flute 4ft	12
15	Swell Bourdon 16ft.	12
16	Swell Bourdon 16ft.	12
17	Swell Stopped Diapason 8ft	13
18	Choir Lieblich Gedact 8f t.	13
19	Choir Lieblich Gedact 8ft	13
20	Choir Lieblich Gedact 8ft.	13
21	Choir Lieblich Gedact 8ft.	13
22	Choir Suabe Flute 4ft	13
23	Choir Suabe Flute 4ft	13
24	Pedal Bourdon 16ft	13
25	Pedal Violoncello 8ft.	13
26	Swell Open Diapason 8ft. and Strings	19
27	Choir Dulciana 8ft.	19
28	Choir Dulciana 8ft. and Gamba 8ft	19
29	Great Posaune 8ft	21
30	Great Posaune 8ft.and Swell Horn 8ft.	21
31	Swell Horn 8ft.and Oboe 8ft.	21
32	Swell Oboe 8ft.	21
33	Choir Clarionet 8ft.	21
34	Pedal Trombone 16ft.	21
35	Pedal Trombone 16ft.	21
36	Action: Barker motors from the back	23
37	View from the console	23
38	Transverse rollers for Choir	23
39	Transverse rollers for Pedal	23
40	Pedal squares	23
41	Pedal couplers	24
42	Stop trundles	25
43	Wind supply: Bellows weight inscription	30
44	Choir concussion bellows	30
45	Hand-blowing apparatus	30
46	Console: Type of lettering on stopknobs	32
47	Type of lettering on stopknobs	32
48	Type of lettering on stopknobs	32
49	Cross-section of stop head	33
50	Keyboards	33
51	Pedals	35
52	Case: Shape of display pipemouths	39

Figures

Fig		page
1	C major chord	1
2	Scaling curves for Great Principal ranks	10
3	Scaling curves for Swell Principal ranks	10
4	Scaling curves for Great Hamonic Flute 4ft., Choir Lieblich Gedact 8ft.and Narrow-scaled ranks	17
5	Diagrammatic sketch of Key action	25
6	Shape of backfalls	25
7	Shape of backfalls	25
8	Wind distribution diagram	26
9	Placement of soundboards and wind chests	26
10	Simple pallet	29
11	Split pallet	29
12	Cross-section of stop head	33
13	Form of keyboard - Manual 1	33
14	Form of keyboard - Manuals II & III	33
15	Pedals	35
16	Keyboard cheeks (tracing)	35
17	Organ bench	38
18	Shape of display pipemouth	39
19	Shape of Swell box	41
20	Rack pillar	41
21	Cross-section of organ through cl	42

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REFERENCES

1	Order book, Hill & Son.
2	Mr Peter Jewkes, pers. comm. 8/11/78
3	Ibid.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

    P. G. Andersen:         Organ Building & Design, Allen & Unwin, l969

    W. Supper et. al.:      Richtlinien am Schutze alter wertvoller Orgeln,
         			 Verlag Merseburger, 1958

    BIOS Journal Volume I Ed. Michael Sayer Positif Press 1977

    John Stiller: "Adaptation of the Weilheimer Regulativ to Australian
         Conditions", OHTA News, January 1979