Watt Street, Newcastle
George Fincham & Sons 1905, 3m., 20 sp.st., 7c., tub. pn.
Photo: Trevor Bunning (Dec 2007)
From SOJ Spring 1999:
The foundation stone of this neo-Gothic brick church was laid on 5 April 1905 and the building completed just seven months later with the dedication of both the church and organ being on Wednesday, 1 November. The organist for the occasion was Frederick Morley. The church and organ case were designed by Nixon & Adam of Sydney sothat the organ itself stands in a "specially constructed inlet...and brings the dimensions of the great instrument into harmony with the rest of the building." The highly polished and carved case is constructreed from kauri pine.
The three manual, 20 stop organ is now the largest and one of the best preserved examples in New South Wales of George Fincham & Son, Melbourne. The organ cost £900 and was erected under the personal supervision of L.V. Hunter Fincham. It has tubular-pneumatic action, a detached drawstop console and an hydraulic blowing engine; compass 56/30; three combination pistons to Great, four to Swell, three to Choir.
A short compass 4th manual was added at some time to control a carillon.
Photo: Peter Jewkes
The organ has been sold to St Luke's Anglican Church, Mosman (2006) where it is to be rebuilt.
The specification is:
| Great Open Diapason Claribel Loud Gamba Principal (Clear) Flute Fifteenth Swell Bourdon Open Diapason Stop Diapason Gamba Voix Celeste Octave Oboe Horn Tremulant Choir Violin Diapason Gedact Dulciana Harmonic Flute Pedal Open Diapason Bourdon Couplers Swell to Choir Swell to Great Swell Super Octave Swell Sub Octave Choir to Pedal Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal |
8 8 8 4 4 2 16 8 8 8 8 4 8 8 8 8 8 4 16 16 |
TC TC TC |
Compass 56/30
3 combination pistons to Great
4 combination pistons to Swell
3 combination pistons to Choir
Tubular-pneumatic action
