Unitarian Church, Osmond Terrace, Norwood

J.E. Dodd 1901

2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical and tubular-pneumatic action
Installed present location 1970 behind new case




Unitarian Church, Norwood - exterior
[photograph by Simon Colvin (October 2019)]


Historical and Technical Documentation by John Maidment
© OHTA, 2019 (last updated October 2019)

The present church was designed by prominent architect Sir Eric von Schramek in 1970. It incorporates stained glass from the earlier church in central Adelaide.




Unitarian Church, Norwood – interior and organ
[photograph by Andrew Georg (October 2019)]




Built for the previous church, in Wakefield Street, the first pipe organ was built by J.W. Wolff and opened on 13 April 1877.1 Parts of this organ (including pipework and drawstops) were utilised by J.E. Dodd for its successor, which was opened on 7 June 1901.2 This was a two-manual instrument of 16 speaking stops. The organ was installed in its present location in 1970 behind a new case. Many of the gilded façade pipes are now located inside the instrument which remains substantially in original condition.3

GREAT
Gedact
Open Diapason
Clarabella
Gedact
Dulciana
Principal
Wald Flute
Fifteenth
Swell to Great
16
8
8
8
8
4
4
2




gvd.bas




  
SWELL
Geigan Principal
Hohl Flute
Viol d’Gamba
Octave
Flauto Traverso
Oboe
Tremulant
8
8
8
4
4
8


gvd.bass



(by hitch-down pedal)
  
PEDAL
Open Diapason
Bourdon
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
16
16




 

Compass: 56/30
3 composition pedals to Great
2 composition pedals to Swell
Balanced swell pedal
Mechanical key and stop action; tubular-pneumatic action to the Pedal stops4

1 Express and Daily Telegraph, 14 April 1877, p.3

2 Register, 8 June 1901, p.3

3 internal inspection carried out by Steve Kaesler and John Maidment October 2019

4 Evening Journal, 8 June 1901, p.4 and verified with changes by Andrew Georg 13 September 2019




Unitarian Church, Norwood - console
[photograph by Trevor Bunning(October 2019)]




Unitarian Church, Norwood – left-hand stop jamb
[photograph by John Maidment (October 2019)]




Unitarian Church, Norwood – right hand stop jamb
[photograph by John Maidment (October 2019)]




Unitarian Church, Norwood – interior of organ showing action
[photograph by John Maidment (October 2019)]




Unitarian Church, Norwood – interior and organ
[photograph by Simon Colvin (October 2019)]