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New South Wales organs
Sydney
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Wollongong NT
Hill & Son, London, 1886-1889; opened 1890
5 manuals, 127 speaking stops, barker lever & tubular-pneumatic action
Restored 1972-1982 Roger H. Pogson, Sydney
Case designed by Arthur George Hill
The world's largest 19th century organ, surviving largely unaltered.
Photos of restored organ façade and console [PdL]
Sydney, Hill & Son, London, 1866
The case was designed by Hill & Son based upon a concept of the architect
of the building E.T. Blacket (Rushworth, Historic Organs of NSW, p.268).
The original facade pipe decoration can be attributed to the London decorator
Charles Blackmore and was restored by Marc Nobel and Christine Holmes in 1998.
Hill & Son 1892
3 manuals, 26 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical and tubular-pneumatic action
Hill & Son, 1910, restored 1982-1985 by Pitchford & Garside
3 manuals, 31 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action [KH]
E.F. Walcker & Cie., Ludwigsburg, Germany, 1887, Op. 498.
2 manuals 8 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action
Restored and installed here 1986 Pitchford & Garside [KH]
J.W. Walker & Sons, 1873
2 manuals, 27 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored 1987 Pitchford & Garside [PdL]
St Barnabas' Anglican Church, Broadway
Hill & Son 1879
2 manuals, 23 speaking stops, mechanical action
Destroyed by fire, Wednesday 10th May, 2006
F.H. Baker 1882, restored Pitchford & Garside 1978
2 manuals, 19 speaking stops, mechanical actionSYDNEY - suburbs and surrounding areas
Historic organs only
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S Sydney T U V W X Y Z 
Thomas Atterton, Leighton Buzzard, England, 1893
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored S.J. Laurie, Melbourne
Hill & Son, London, 1890; case by Arthur George Hill
3 manuals, 24 speaking stops, mechanical action
Partially restored 1997 Peter D.G. Jewkes, Sydney
Incorporates Australia's finest church organ case [PdL]
Charles Richardson 1893
2 manuals, 17 speaking stops, mechanical and tubular-pneumatic action
Hill & Son 1886
3 manuals, 21 speaking stops, mechanical action
William Davidson, Sydney, 1890
3 manuals, 28 speaking stops, mechanical action
The largest mechanical action organ to survive from a
19th century Australian organbuilder [PdL]
St John-the-Evangelist Anglican Church
B. 1931 C.W. Leggo Res. 1972 Ian D. Brown
2m., 11 sp. st., 7c., tub. pn.. Gt: 8.8.8.4. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.
Hill & Son 1883, restored Mark Fisher 1987
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, mechanical action
Shirley Road Uniting Church, (formerly Presbyterian)
Original builder unknown
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, mechanical action
William Hill & Son 1885 Job. no.1923
3 manuals, 34 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action,
rebuilt P.D.Jewkes (1998)
J.E. Dodd 1925, rebuilt Whitehouse Bros. 1935
3 manuals, 39 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
St Joseph's Catholic Church
Geo. Fincham & Sons 1901
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, mechanical action
Hele & Co. 1880 (2/22 mechanical)
2 manuals, 22 speaking stops, mechanical action
All Saints' Anglican Church
Henry Bevington & Sons 1879
3 manuals, 25 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored 1998 Pitchford & Garside
William Davidson, 1872
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action
Lindfield Uniting Church
Essentially Fincham (1903) & Australian Pipe Organs (2001)
3 manuals, 39 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic)
Contains pre-1840 pipework
Peter Conacher & Co., Huddersfield, 1898,
ex St Nicholas' Congregational Church, Ipswich, UK.
2 manuals, 21 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action
Restored and installed here 1977 Pitchford & Garside [KH]
Bryceson & Bryceson (London) 1878
1 manual, 6 speaking stops, mechanical action
Forster & Andrews (1882), 7 speaking stops, mechanical action
RH Pogson restored it in 1983. [PdL]
Charles Richardson, Sydney, 1912
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, mechanical & tubular-pneumatic action
Restored 1993 Peter D.G. Jewkes, Sydney
Hill & Son 1878, rebuilt Geo Fincham & Sons 1910
2 manuals, 25 speaking stops, mechanical and tubular-pneumatic action
J.W. Walker & Son, 1874, rest. Mark Fisher 1989-90
2 manuals, 18 speaking stops, mechanical action
St Mary's Catholic Church
The British Pianoforte Depot Ltd. c.1914
2 manuals, 8 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action,
restored Pitchford & Garside early 1980s.
Maley, Young & Oldknow 1884
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action
B. 1876 J.W. Walker & Sons, London (job no. 1084)
Reb. 1946 J.F. & M.D Stephen
2m., 16 sp. st., 4c., tr. & tub. pn.
Gt: 8.8 divided.8.4.4.2.8. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.8.8. Ped: 16.8.
Unknown builder, restored J.W. Walker 1979
1 manual, 5 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical and pneumatic action
W.E. Richardson & Sons, 1887
2 manuals, 13 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action
B. c. 1885 Nicholson & Lord, Walsall, England
Rem. 1976 and broken up.
3m., 15 sp. st., 5c., tr. [specification uncertain].
Pymble Ladies' College Chapel
TC Lewis 1886
2 manuals, 21 speaking stops, mechanical and electro-pneumatic action
Formerly in Petersham Congregational Church
Unknown builder (Henry Bevington & Sons?)
2 manuals, 11 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action
Théodore Puget et fils, Toulouse, France, 1890;
installed present location circa 1903
Rebuilt 1960 S.T. Noad & Son, Sydney
2 manuals, 20 stops, 8 couplers, electro-pneumatic action [PdeL]
Hill & Son, London, 1884, job no 1890
2 manuals, 18 speaking stops, 3 couplers mechanical action
Restored 1975 Pitchford & Garside [KH]
B. 1882 J.W. Walker & Sons, London (job no.1162)
Res. 1965 Hill, Norman & Beard (o/n N656)
Inst. 1979 from St Andrew's Anglican Church, Seven Hills
1m., 3 sp.st., pedal pulldowns, tr. Man: 8.8.4.
Builder unknown
Res. Pipe Organ Reconstructions Pty Ltd 2006
1m., 7 sp.st., pedal pulldowns, tr.
Man: 8.8.8.4.4.2. Ped: 16. perm. on.
Brindley & Foster 1880
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action.
Norman & Beard 1909
2 manuals, 18 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Ronald Sharp, Sydney, 1965
3 manuals, 31 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical action
Gray (London) 1796
1 manual, 7 speaking stops (several divided), mechanical action
Johnson & Kinloch, Sydney, 1840
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored 1986 Knud Smenge, Melbourne
All Saints' Anglican Church
Forster & Andrews (1882)
3 manuals, 30 speaking stops, mechanical action with Barker lever)
B. 1891-92 Charles Richardson. Reb. 1929 S.T. Noad
2m., 15 sp.st.,8c., tub.pn. Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.2.8. Sw: 16.8.8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.8.
Case designed by Sir John Sulman
B. 1876 Forster & Andrews, Hull; 2m., 14 sp. st., 3c., tr.
Church and organ destroyed by fire in 1989.
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Wollongong NT
