St Mary's Catholic Church
Grafton

1914 British Pianoforte Co. (2m., 8 sp.st., 3c tr.)

Following the destruction by fire of the old St Mary's Church in 1913, the foundation stone for a new church was set on 18 January 1914. Along with the new church came an order for a new two manual and pedal organ from the British Pianoforte Depot Ltd. It was erected at Grafton during November 1914 and used for a public concert just before the official opening and blessing of the church. [1]

The organ, restored by Peter D.G. Jewkes Pty Ltd in 1995, remains unaltered to this day. The St Mary's Grafton specification is virtually identical to the original stop list of the instrument that stands in the western gallery of the Jesuit Church of St Mary's, North Sydney (the latter instrument underwent a restoratlon with minor tonal modifications In 1982).

GREAT Open Diapason Dolce Stop Diapason Harmonic Flute SWELL Lieblich Gedackt Gamba Gemshorn PEDAL Bourdon COUPLERS Swell to Great Swell to Pedal Great to Pedal

8 8 8 4 8 8 4 16

compass: 58/30
mechanical action to manuals
lever swell pedal

[1] Rushworth, G.D., Historic Organs... p.155.