Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church
Barkly Street, Ballarat

Built 1889 Fincham & Hobday

Removed 2015 and installed 2016 at St John's Anglican Church, Creswick

This former Wesleyan Church dating from 1860 was designed by the Ballarat architect J.A. Doane and constructed in red brick in the Early English Gothic style.

The organ was built in 1889 by Fincham & Hobday at a cost of £450. It remains largely unaltered apart from the introduction of two single-rise reservoirs for the original double-rise reservoir, black & white porcelain stop faces, tuning slides and electric blowing. The original tonal scheme survives intact. The instrument is of particular interest for its casework, with splayed sides and carved transom rails (similar to the former Methodist Church, Albert Park – destroyed, and St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Albury). The original tubular-pneumatic action to the Pedal Organ, with large bore lead tubing, survives.

GREAT Open Dia Clarabella [Dulciana] * Principal Clear Flute Fifteenth Swl to Gt SWELL Dou Dia Open Dia Stopd Dia [Keraulophon] * Gemshorn Piccolo Oboe Tremulant PEDAL Open Dia Bourdon Gt to Ped Sw to Ped

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

TC (by lever pedal)

* both labelled Viola 8

Compass: 56/30
Mechanical action to manuals and stops
Tubular-pneumatic action to Pedal
Attached drawstop console
Lever swell pedal
3 composition pedals to Great
2 composition pedals to Swell (disconnected)

Photos JRM