St Francis Xavier's Catholic Cathedral
33 Wakefield Street, Adelaide
First organ, B 1869 J.W. Wolff. 1 manual, 6 speaking stops.
Replaced by reed organ pre-1886; present loc unknown.
Second organ, B 1926 J.E. Dodd; reb 1954 J.W. Walker & Sons, Ruislip, Mx;
rem to storage 1994 Leith Jacobs. 3 manuals, 56 speaking stops, 13 couplers, electro-pneumatic.
Gt: 16.8.8.8.8.4.4.4.2.III.II.8.4. Sw: 16.8.8.8.8.4.4.2.III. 16.8.8.4.
Ch: 16.8.8.8.8.4.4.4.2-2/3.2.16.8.8.8.4. Ped: 16.16.16.16.10-2/3.8.8.8.5-1/3.4.4.IV.16.16.8
Present organ, B 1927 Casavant Frères from St Jean de la Croix, Montreal, Canada
3 manuals, 49 speaking stops. Yet to be installed: Wakeley Pipe Organs, Melbourne.
From the 1980 OHTA Conference Book:
The new organ by J.E. Dodd was built in 1926 to the specification of Dr Harold Davies and Harold Wylde [1]. It cost £1,986-10-0 [2]. It was rebuilt with additions by J.W. Walker & Sons, London, 1954 [3 ].
The Walker rebuilt organ was housed in the south western tower and never spoke well into the nave. When the building and tower were restored during the 1990s, the organ was pulled out and an electronic subsitute used. Since then the redundant 1927 Casavant Frères from St Jean de la Croix, Montreal, Canada has been purchased and is awaiting restoration and installation.
The 1954 Walker specification was:
Great
Double Diapason
Open Diapason No.1
Open Diapason No.2
Open Diapason No.3
Viola
Wald flute
Principal
Octave
Flute
Fifteenth
Full Mixture 17.19.22
Sharp Mixture 26.29
Trumpet
Octave Trumpet (ext.)
Swell
Lieblich Bourdon
Open Diapason
Viola da gamba
Celeste (TC)
Flute
Principal
Flauto Traverso
Fifteenth
Mixture 15.19.22
Double Trumpet
Cornopean (ext.)
Oboe
Clarion (ext.)
Tremulant
Choir
Contra flute (TC)
Violin Diapason
Violoncello
Flute
Dulciana
Prestant (ext.)
Dulcet (ext.)
Lieblich Flute
Nazard (ext.)
Flautino (ext.)
Contra Clarinet
Clarinet (ext.)
Trumpet
Tuba
Octave Tuba (ext.)
Tremulant
Pedal
Open Wood
Open Diapason (metal)
Bourdon
Echo Bourdon
Quint
Principal
Octave (ext.)
Fute (ext.)
Octave Quint (ext.)
Fifteenth (ext.)
Octave Flute (ext.)
Mixture 19.22.26.29
Ophicleide
Double Trumpet (ext.)
Clarion (ext.)
Couplers
Swell to Great
Swell super to Great
Swell sub to Great
Choir to Great
Swell octave
Swell sub octave
Swell unison off
Swell to Choir
Swell super to Choir
Swell sub to Choir
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Great to Pedal reversible
Thumb pistons:
Swell 6
Great 6
Choir 6
General 3
Reversible 3
General Cancel
Toe pistons:
Pedal 6
Swell 6
Balanced swell pedals
Compass 61/32
Direct electric action
16
8
8
8
8
8
4
4
4
2
III
II
8
4
16
8
8
8
8
4
4
2
III
16
8
8
4
16
8
8
8
8
4
4
4
2-2/3
2
16
8
8
8
4
16
16
16
16
10-2/3
8
8
8
5
4
4
IV
16
16
8
[1] Southern Cross 16 April 1926
[2] Dodd, J. E. , Ledger 1925, p.28
[3] Interview Mr James Govenlock, 16th May, 1969