Uniting (Methodist) Church
High Street, Maitland

B. 1881 Henry Willis & Sons, London.
Reb. 1959 S.T. Noad & Son, 1994 Ian D Brown
2m., 20 sp. st., 7c., el.pn.

From Historic Pipe Organs of Maitland booklet (Hunter District Organ Music Society, 2005):


The church was built in 1859 amd the organ was built by Henry Willis & Sons of London in 1881, with pipes across the front of the church and tracker action.

In 1958, the front of the church was rearranged and the organ was rebuilt and altered by S.T. Noad & Son, the pipes being separated into two cases, one in each front corner of the church, above flood level. The case on the right contains the Swell, the Pedal Bourdon and the console and on the left, the Great and Pedal Open Diapason.

The organ was refurbished and repaired by Ian D Brown & Associates of Ballina in 1994.

New console (Photo: Ian Brown, March 2021)

The specification is (supplied by the church organist, Noel Mead, July 2007):

Great Open Diapason Hohl Flute Dulciana Principal Harmonic Flute Fifteenth Clarinet Super Octave Sub Swell to Great Swell to Great Super Swell to Great Swell Bourdon Open Diapason Lieblich Gedacht Gamba Vox Celeste Gemshorn Flute Twelfth Flautino Cornopean Octave Tremulant Pedal Open Diapason Bourdon Bass Flute Swell to Pedal Great to Pedal

8 8 8 4 4 2 8 16 8 8 8 8 4 4 2-2/3 2 8 16 16 8

A A B A B B A

4 thumb pistons to Swell
4 thumb pistons to Great
6 general thumb pistons

Swell to Pedal reversible thumb piston
Great to Pedal reversible thumb piston
Swell to Great reversible thumb piston
Great to Pedal reversible toe piston


Notes on the specification:

For the 16ft Bourdon Pedal stop, there is only one octave of Bourdon pipes, the rest are borrowed from the Gedact.
The added 16ft Swell Bourdon is from the Pedal Bourdon
The 4ft Swell Flute is from the Gedact with one additional octave of pipes.
The 2ft Flautino and the Twelfth are extended from the Gemshorn.

Photos: Trevor Bunning (July 2007)





Historic photos supplied by the church organist, Noel Mead.