Christ Church Anglican
Mount Barker

J.E. Dodd Adelaide, 1898
2 manuals, 13 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action

 

From 1999 OHTA Conference Book:


The foundation stone of Christ Church, Mount Barker was laid on 5 January 1865 and the nave first used for worship later that year.  Ten years later it is recorded that the services on an 'harmoniumist' be engaged but it was not until 1897, following the offer of the gift of an organ by Mr and Mrs R Barr Smith, that the organ chamber was added to the chancel which had been completed in 1886.  The porch was added during the church's centenary year.

Dodd's 1898 organ of two manuals and 13 speaking stops is a workmanlike instrument that has served the church well over the past hundred years. By 1991 leatherwork on the original reservoir had deteriorated to the extent that major work was necessary.  Construction of the instrument rendered it impossible to remove the reservoir for releathering or to do the work in situ.  The original reservoir has been retained for later restoration but in the meantime, wind is controlled by vertical bellows supplied by George Stephens.

The specification is:

Great Open Diapason Claribel Dulciana Principal Wald Flute Fifteenth Swell Gamba Flute Lieblich Gedact Principal Oboe Pedal Bourdon Sub Bass Couplers Swell to Great Swell to Pedal Great to Pedal

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