New South Wales organs

Sydney

Selected historic organs only
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NSW cities and towns are arranged in alphabetical order -
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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
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Sydney Town Hall

Sydney Town Hall
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]
St Andrew's Cathedral
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.
Christ Church St Laurence Anglican Church, Railway Square
Hill & Son 1892
3 manuals, 26 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical and tubular-pneumatic action
Pitt St Uniting Church, 264 Pitt Street
Hill & Son, 1910, restored 1982-1985 by Pitchford & Garside
3 manuals, 31 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action [KH]
St Paul's Lutheran Church, Stanley Street
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]
Sydney, St Philip
St Philip's Anglican Church, Church Hill
J.W. Walker & Sons, 1873
2 manuals, 27 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored 1987 Pitchford & Garside [PdL]
StBarn

St Barnabas' Anglican Church, Broadway
Hill & Son 1879
2 manuals, 23 speaking stops, mechanical action
Destroyed by fire, Wednesday 10th May, 2006

St Benedict's Catholic Church, Broadway
F.H. Baker 1882, restored Pitchford & Garside 1978
2 manuals, 19 speaking stops, mechanical action
SYDNEY - suburbs and surrounding areas

Historic organs only
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Sydney suburbs are arranged in alphabetical order - please click on the blue letter of the suburb

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
Arcadia
Arcadia
Benedictine Monastery Chapel
Thomas Atterton, Leighton Buzzard, England, 1893
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored S.J. Laurie, Melbourne
Annandale
Annandale, Hunter-Baillie Presbyterian Church
Hunter-Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Church
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]

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Balmain
St Andrew's Congregational Church
JW Walker 1867
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, mechanical action
Campbell Street Presbyterian Church
Charles Richardson 1893
2 manuals, 17 speaking stops, mechanical and tubular-pneumatic action
St Augustine of Hippo Catholic Church
Hill & Son 1886
3 manuals, 21 speaking stops, mechanical action
Burwood

Burwood, St Paul's

St Paul's Anglican Church
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]
Campsie
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.
Concord
St Luke's Anglican Church
Hill & Son 1883, restored Mark Fisher 1987
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, mechanical action
Crows Nest

Shirley Road Uniting Church, (formerly Presbyterian)
Original builder unknown
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, mechanical action

Darlinghurst
St John's Anglican Church
William Hill & Son 1885 Job. no.1923
3 manuals, 34 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action,
rebuilt P.D.Jewkes (1998)
First Church of Christ Scientist
J.E. Dodd 1925, rebuilt Whitehouse Bros. 1935
3 manuals, 39 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Edgecliff

St Joseph's Catholic Church
Geo. Fincham & Sons 1901
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, mechanical action

Glebe
St John's Anglican Church
Forster & Andrews 1884
2 manuals, 18 speaking stops, mechanical action
Glenbrook
St Finbar's Catholic Church
Hele & Co. 1880 (2/22 mechanical)
2 manuals, 22 speaking stops, mechanical action
Hunters Hill

All Saints' Anglican Church
Henry Bevington & Sons 1879
3 manuals, 25 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored 1998 Pitchford & Garside

Lavender Bay
Christ Church Anglican Church
William Davidson, 1872
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action
Lindfield

Lindfield Uniting Church
Essentially Fincham (1903) & Australian Pipe Organs (2001)
3 manuals, 39 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic)
Contains pre-1840 pipework

Manly
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
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]
Menangle
St James' Anglican Church
Bryceson & Bryceson (London) 1878
1 manual, 6 speaking stops, mechanical action
Mosman
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Forster & Andrews (1882), 7 speaking stops, mechanical action
RH Pogson restored it in 1983. [PdL]

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Neutral Bay
Neutral Bay, St John
St John's Uniting Church
Charles Richardson, Sydney, 1912
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, mechanical & tubular-pneumatic action
Restored 1993 Peter D.G. Jewkes, Sydney
Newtown
Newtown Uniting Church
Hill & Son 1878, rebuilt Geo Fincham & Sons 1910
2 manuals, 25 speaking stops, mechanical and tubular-pneumatic action
St Stephen's Anglican Church
J.W. Walker & Son, 1874, rest. Mark Fisher 1989-90
2 manuals, 18 speaking stops, mechanical action
North Sydney

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.

St Peter's Presbyterian Church
Maley, Young & Oldknow 1884
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action
Parramatta
St John's Anglican Pro-Cathedral
JW Walker 1863
2 manuals, 20 stops, mechanical action
Paddington
St Matthias Anglican Church
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.
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Unknown builder, restored J.W. Walker 1979
1 manual, 5 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical and pneumatic action
Uniting Church (formerly Methodist)
W.E. Richardson & Sons, 1887
2 manuals, 13 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action
ST GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH
B. c. 1885 Nicholson & Lord, Walsall, England
Rem. 1976 and broken up.
3m., 15 sp. st., 5c., tr. [specification uncertain].
Pymble

Pymble Ladies' College Chapel
TC Lewis 1886
2 manuals, 21 speaking stops, mechanical and electro-pneumatic action
Formerly in Petersham Congregational Church

Randwick
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Unknown builder (Henry Bevington & Sons?)
2 manuals, 11 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action
Rose Bay
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Kincoppal
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]
St Andrew's Scots' Church (Presbyterian)
Hill & Son, London, 1884, job no 1890
2 manuals, 18 speaking stops, 3 couplers mechanical action
Restored 1975 Pitchford & Garside [KH]
Rozelle
St Thomas' Anglican Church
Henry Jones 1884
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action
Seven Hills
St Peter's Anglican Church
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.
Stanmore
Seventh Day Adventist Church
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.
St Peters
St. Peter's Anglican Church, Cooks River (St Peters)
Brindley & Foster 1880
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action.
Strathfield
Trinity Uniting Church (formerly Congregational)
Norman & Beard 1909
2 manuals, 18 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Wahroonga
Knox Grammar School, War Memorial Chapel.
Ronald Sharp, Sydney, 1965
3 manuals, 31 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical action
Watsons Bay
St Peter's Anglican Church
Gray (London) 1796
1 manual, 7 speaking stops (several divided), mechanical action
Windsor
Windsor, St Matthew
St Matthew's Anglican Church
Johnson & Kinloch, Sydney, 1840
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored 1986 Knud Smenge, Melbourne
Woollahra

All Saints' Anglican Church
Forster & Andrews (1882)
3 manuals, 30 speaking stops, mechanical action with Barker lever)

St Columba's Uniting (Presbyterian) Church
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
Jersey Road Uniting (Congregational) Church
B. 1876 Forster & Andrews, Hull; 2m., 14 sp. st., 3c., tr.

Church and organ destroyed by fire in 1989.




NSW cities and towns are arranged in alphabetical order -
please click on the blue letter of the city/town
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
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