St John's Anglican Church
Young


1893 Charles Richardson for German Lutheran Church,
Goulburn Street, Sydney. Tonal alterations 1968 S.T. Noad & Son.
Res. & inst. present location 1980 Brown & Arkley.
2m., 13 sp.st., 4c., tr.

The first organ for this church was built in c. 1897 by Hardy & Son of Stockport, England. It was rebuilt in 1925 by George Fincham & Sons and then was disused from 1959 -1974 when Geoffrey Kendall rebuilt it in 1975. In 1979 it was removed and broken up... It had 2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, 5 couplers and was electro-pneumatic action. [Gt: 8.8.4.4.2. Sw: 8.8.4.4.2.8. Ped: 16.8.8.4]

The present organ was built in 1893 by Charles Richardson for the German Lutheran Chruch in Goulburn St, Sydney. It underwent tonal alterations in 1968 by S.T. Noad & Son and was restored and installed in its present location in 1980 by Brown & Arkley.

The specification is:

Great Open Diapason Lieblich Gedact Salicional Principal Twelfth Piccolo Mixture Tremulant Swell Stopped Diapason Flute Fifteenth Trumpet Pedal Bourdon Cello Couplers Swell Octave Swell to Great Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal

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

Stop knob missing

Photos supplied by Trevor Bunning (May 2006)