Adelaide Town Hall
William Street, Adelaide

Present organ: B 1989 J.W. Walker & Sons, Brandon, Suffolk;
opened 30 Mar 1990, Simon Preston.
4 manuals, 61 speaking stops, 10 couplers, tracker & electro-magnetic stop action.



Adelaide Town Hall (1985) Photo: TB




For a history of the Adelaide Town Hall organs please click here and follow the various links.

The Adelaide Town Hall was opened in 1866, the Hill & Son organ being installed in 1877. During the hall's restoration in the late 1980s, it was decided not to restore the Hill organ (which had been severely altered and rebuilt over its life) and instead a contract was signed with the British builder, J W Walker & Sons for a new concert organ. At the time of its building, the organ was the largest mechanical action organ to have been built in the UK in more than 100 years. The new organ, designed to compliment the other organs in Adelaide, is essentially an English organ with English stop names but with a French flavour in the reeds. The key action is mechanical but has the option to have electrical intermanual "assisted coupling" if desired. The organ was voiced by Paul Fulcher and opened in 1990.



From the 1991 OHTA Conference booklet.

The specification of the 1990 J W Walker & Sons organ is:

Great
Double Open Diapason
Open Diapason
Gemshorn
Chimney Flute
Principal
Tapered Flute
Fifteenth
Furniture
Cymbal
Cornet (TG)
Double Trumpet
Trumpet
Clarion
Tremulant
Swell to Great
Choir to Great
Solo to Great

Swell
Quintaton
Diapason
Stopped Flute
Salicional
Voix Céleste (AA)
Principal
Clear Flute
Flageolet
Mixture
Bassoon
Harmonic Trumpet
Vox Humana
Clarion
Tremulant
Solo to Swell

Choir
Open Diapason
Stopped Diapason
Principal
Chimney Flute
Nazard
Fifteenth
Recorder
Tierce
Larigot
Sifflet
Sharp Mixture
Cremona
Tremulant
Solo to Choir
Swell to Choir

Solo
Flûte Harmonique
Flûte Octaviante
Octavin
Bombarde
Trompette
Clarion
Royal Trumpet
Tremulant

Pedal
Great Bass
Open Diapason
Violone
Bourdon
Principal
Bass Flute
Violoncello
Fifteenth
Open Flute
Mixture
Contra Trombone
Trombone
Fagotto
Trumpet
Clarion
Tremulant
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Solo to Pedal

16
8
8
8
4
4
2
VI
IV
V
16
8
4






16
8
8
8
8
4
4
2
V
16
8
8
4




8
8
4
4
2-2/3
2
2
1-3/5
1-1/3
1
IV
8





8
4
2
16
8
4
8



32
16
16
16
8
8
8
4
4
VI
32
16
16
8
4

61 stops over 4 manuals and Pedal
Mechanical key action (with electric option for couplers)
Electric stop action

Sequencer with multiple memory levels.

Piston board for page turner to push pistons.

Photos MQ