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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
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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.Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church
Cnr Pacific Highway and Help Street, Chatswood
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1930
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Additions 1933 S.T. Noad, Sydney
Tonal changes 1974 Ian D. Brown, Sydney
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
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, Adelaide, 1927
Addition 1929 Hill, Norman & Beard (Aust.) Pty Ltd
3 manuals, 39 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Rebuilt 1937 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Addition 1961 [?Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane]
Overhauled 1979 Pitchford & Garside, Sydney
3 manuals, 40 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic actionSCEGGS Darlinghurst, 215 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst
GREAT HALL ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1930, for the Methodist Church, Chatswood
2 manuals, 17 speaking stops, 7 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action
Restored 1997 Pitchford & Garside, Sydney
Electrified, enlarged and removed to current location 2004 Darrell Pitchford, Sydney
2 manuals, 20 speaking stops, 7 couplers, electro-pneumatic action
FIRST CHAPEL ORGAN: G.F. Hopkins, after 1926; completed 1935 T.C. Edwards, Sydney
2 manuals, 11 speaking stops, 6 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action
Removed 1982PRESENT CHAPEL ORGAN: Orgues Létourneau Ltée, Quebec, Canada, 1982, Op. 4
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, mechanical action'Swifts', Darling Point Road, Darling Point
Built 1885 and enlarged 1888 (addition of second manual)
Fincham & Hobday, Adelaide for the Congregational Church, Gawler, SA
Removed to storage at Williamstown, SA c.1976
Restored and installed at 'Swifts' 2016 Hargraves Pipe Organs Pty Ltd
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical actionSt Peter's Anglican Church, Bourke Street
[subsequently the Great Hall of SCEGGS Darlinghurst]FIRST ORGAN. see: St Saviour's Anglican Church, Redfern
SECOND ORGAN. see: St Finbars' Catholic Church, Glenbrook
St Joseph's Catholic Church
Geo. Fincham & Sons 1901
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, mechanical action
B. 1883 Wordsworth & Maskell, Leeds. Res. 1975 A. Welby
Res. 2011 Peter D G Jewkes
2m., 13 sp. st., 3c., tr.
Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.II. Sw: 8.8.8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.St James' Catholic Church, Woolley Street
FIRST ORGAN: Charles J. Jackson, Sydney, undated
Installed in this location 1883
1 manual, 8 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical action
Removed c.1935.PRESENT ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1934, for W.H. Paling & Co., Sydney
Installed in this location c.1935
Addition, early 1970s, Pitchford & Garside, Sydney
Refurbished c.1996 Pitchford & Garside, Sydney
2 manuals, 5 ranks extended & Mixture, electro-pneumatic action
Hele & Co. 1880 (2/22 mechanical)
2 manuals, 22 speaking stops, mechanical action
J.W. Walker & Sons, London, 1882, for St Andrew's Anglican Church, Seven Hills
Installed 1979 in St Peter's Anglican Church, Seven Hills
Installed in St Thérèse of the Child Jesus Catholic Church, Beauty Point 2008 Mark Fisher, Sydney
Installed in present location 2014 Peter D.G. Jewkes Pty Ltd, Sydney
1 manual, 3 speaking stops, pedal pulldowns, 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
B. unknown (1m., 5 sp. st., tr.)
Reb. & enl. 1920 C.W. Leggo Inst. 1933 from Baptist Church, Harris Street, Sydney
2m., 10 sp. st., 2c., tr. & tub. pn.
Gt: 8.8. divided.8.4.2. Sw: 8.8.8.4. Ped: 16
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 actionFIRST ORGAN: J.W. Walker, London, 1857,
for the Royal Victoria Theatre, Pitt Street, Sydney (Job no 582)
1 manual, 13 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical action
Installed 1858 in the School of Arts, Pitt Street, Sydney
Installed 1867 St Peter's Anglican Church, East Sydney
Removed 1880 to Sunday School Hall at St Peter's Church, East Sydney
Purchased 1886 and installed in this location
Removed c.1911SECOND ORGAN: W.E. Richardson & Sons, Manchester
Installed 1911 Charles Richardson, Sydney
3 manuals, 24 speaking stops, 8 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action
Removed and broken up 1979
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]St Barnabas' Anglican Church, cnr. William & Macquarie Streets
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1931
2 manuals, 7 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Rebuilt and enlarged 1962 H. Goris (of B. Pels & Zoon, Alkmaar, Holland)
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, 8 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action
Electrified with changes 1976 Pitchford & Garside, Sydney
2 manuals, 17 speaking stops, 8 couplers, electro-pneumatic action
St Andrew's Anglican Church, Seven Hills Road North
see: Benedict XVI Retreat Centre, Grose Vale
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 actionResidence of Graham Fisher (former Kingston Primary School), Kingston Road, Kingston
Henry Edwin Fisher, c.1895-1900, for his residence in Broadway Street, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
1 manual, 4 speaking stops, mechanical action
Removed early 1900s to the residence of Lucy Robinson, Marrickville, NSW,
and subsequently to the residence of Henry Robinson, Stanmore, NSW
Restored 2001 Pipe Organ Reconstructions Pty Ltd, Sydney,
and installed in the residence of Alyson Broadfoot, Brentwood Avenue, Warrawee, NSW
Subsequently removed to storage at the residence of Alyson Broadfoot, Robertson, NSW
Repaired 2012 Goldfields Pipe Organs, Ballarat, and installed in present location
Gray (London) 1796
1 manual, 7 speaking stops (several divided), mechanical action
FIRST ORGAN: Unknown builder, c.1880; purchased before 1893
Removed 1904 to St Mark's Anglican Church, Granville, and subsequently broken up
2 manuals, c.9 stops, mechanical actionSECOND ORGAN: George Fincham & Son, Melbourne, 1904
Additions (Swell Cornopean 8' & Pedal Open Diapason 16') undated
2 manuals, 14 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action
Removed to storage 1990s W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
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
