Baptist Church
18 McIntyre Close, Port Macquarie

B. 1904 Charles Richardson for Congregational Church, Brown Street, Newcastle
Reb. 1969 S.I. Sakacs, Melbourne.
Inst. previous Baptist church 1974 Ron Mapstone
2m., 12 sp.st., 4c., el.pn.
Gt: 8.8.8.4.2. Sw: 8.8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.8.
Rebuilt and enlarged for new church building 1993 Ron Mapstone









Details of the organ's history are sketchy but Ian Brown, who maintains the instrument writes (Aug 2010 to Trevor Bunning):

"Basically the sources are the organ from the old Port Macquarie Baptist Church. This was mostly the Richardson organ from Brown Street Congregational Church, Newcastle. Also in this organ, there are pipes and chests from Earlwood Baptist. I think a lot of this was amateur built with possibly JP Eagles having some input. Some stuff came from the Methodist Church, Croydon (TC Edwards), especially the biggest Bourdon. The Trumpet is Foster & Andrews ex Sydney University, modified and repaired by APO. I think the Eagles console came from Earlwood. The solid state switching came from Christie Music Systems and the Capture System from Brown & Arkley. There might be a few bits from West Ryde Baptist also. Perhaps the console may have come from there."


The current specificaiton is:

Great
Bourdon
Open Diapason
Gedeckt
Dulciana
Principal
Dulcet
Twelfth
Fifteenth
Mixture (prepared)
Trombone
Trumpet
Clarion
Tremulant

Swell
Open Diapason
Rohrflote
Gamba
Salicional
Principal
Flute
Salicet
Nazard
Gemshorn
Tierce
Mixture II
Double Clarinet TC
Oboe
Clarinet
Tremulant

Pedal
Harmonic Bass
Open Diapason
Bourdon
Sub Bass
Echo Bourdon
Open Diapason
Bass Flute
Principal
Flute
Octave
Posaune TC
Trumpet
Clarion

Couplers
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell Octave to Pedal
Swell Sub Octave to Great
Swell to Great
Swell Octave to Great
Swell Sub Octave
Swell Unison Off
Swell Octave

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



8
8
8
8
4
4
4
2-2/3
2
1-3/5
II
16
8
8



32
16
16
16
16
8
8
4
4
2
16
8
4











  


21 settable general thumb pistons
5 toe pistons
Balanced Swell pedal


While there is some extension and borrowing, the organ is mostly made up of straight ranks, particularly on the manuals.
















Photos supplied by Trevor Bunning (August 2010)