Some of George Fincham's Victorian organs

Melbourne was the home of the organbuilder George Fincham (1828 - 1910)

St Patrick's Cathedral, Macarthur Street
George Fincham & Sons 1964 (later additions)
4 manuals, 77 speaking stops (plus some later addtions), electro-pneumatic action

Freemasons Hall, Collins Street
Fincham & Hobday, 1888
Installed at the Lyceum Hall, Sydney in 1905 and removed in c.1929.
3 manuals, 42 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action

St Mary Star-of-the-Sea Catholic Church
George Fincham, 1898-1900
3 manuals, 38 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Restored 1992-1993 South Island Organ Company, Timaru, New Zealand
This is the largest indigenously built organ to survive intact

Trinity Uniting Church
George Fincham, 1884
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored 1995-1996 South Island Organ Company, Timaru, New Zealand

Grand Organ, Exhibition Building
George Fincham 1880
4 manuals, 70 speaking stops, barker lever action
Destroyed 1948/1965
Fincham's magnum opus, the instrument incorporated a 32ft facade and detached terraced console

St George's Anglican Church
George Fincham 1871; built for St Philip's Church, Collingwood
1 manual, 6 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored & installed 1999 Australian Pipe Organs; pipe decorations and casework restored by Marc Nobel & Christine Holmes [JM]

St Ignatius' Catholic Church
George Fincham; 1874
2 manuals, 20 speaking stops, mechanical action
Organ exhibited in 1875 Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition

St Kilda Town Hall
Fincham & Hobday, 1892
3 manuals, 37 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
rebuilt 1961 George Fincham & Sons
3 manuals, 49 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Destroyed by fire 7 April 1991

St Joseph's Catholic Church
Fincham & Hobday 1892-93
3 manuals, 34 speaking stops, 7 couplers and tubular-pneumatic action.

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St Paul's Anglican Cathedral
T.C. Lewis, Brixton, London, 1891
4 manuals, 53 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action (originally tubular-pneumatic)
Restored 1989-1990 Harrison & Harrison, Durham, England
Facade pipe decoration by Marc Nobel after a design by Lyon, Wells, Cottier & Company

St Patrick's Cathedral
George Fincham & Sons 1964 (later additions)
4 manuals, 77 speaking stops (plus some later addtions), electro-pneumatic action

Melbourne Town Hall
Hill & Son, London, 1870-1872
4 manuals, 66 speaking stops, barker lever & mechanical action
Rebuilt 1904-1906, Ingram & Co, England.
Destroyed by fire, 1925
William Hill's final magnum opus

Presbyterian Assembly Hall
B 1905 Geo.Fincham & Son for residence of W.G. Sharp, Albert Park;
enlarged 1905; rebuilt & enlarged 1910; installed 1920 present location.
3 manuals, 19 speaking stops, 13 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action.
Gt: 8.8.8.4.2. Sw: 16.8.8.8.4.4.8. Ch: 8.8.8.8.8. Ped: 16.16.

Hamer Hall (formerly Melbourne Concert Hall), Southbank
B. 1979-81 Casavant Freres (opus 3434);
opened 1982. 4 manuals, 60 speaking stops, 4 couplers, tracker action

St Francis' Catholic Church
Casavant Frères Op. 3800, (2000), Gallery and Sanctuary organs
3 manuals, 37 speaking stops, 47 ranks, electric action

St Michael's Church (formerly The Independent Church)
Hill & Son 1866, reb. Geo. Fincham & Sons 1923, 1958
3 manuals, 44 speaking stops, 16 couplers, elecetro-pneumatic action

The Australian Church
B 1890 Fincham & Hobday; organ reb & re-erected 1922 at Russell Street church;
reb & inst Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 1956 George Fincham & Sons
4m, 74spst, 19c, elpn.

St Peter’s Anglican Church, Eastern Hill
First organ: B John Smith & Son, Bristol; inst 1855;
1912 Sold to St Paul's Anglican Church, Geelong
Second organ, B 1912 Norman & Beard, Norwich; broken up 1969-72;
parts to All Saints' Cathedral, Bathurst, NSW, St John's Church, Hobart and elsewhere.
3m, 27spst, 7c, tubpn.
Gt: 8.8.8.8.4.4.2.8. Sw: 16.8.8.8.8.4.4.2.III.8.8. Ch: 8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.16.8.16.
Present organ, B 1974 Geo Fincham & Sons. 2m, 27spst, 3c, tr.
Gt: 8.8.4.4.2- 2/3.2.2.1-3/5.IV.8.4. RP: 8.8.4.2.1-1/3.III.II.16.8. Ped: 16.8.4.III.16.8.4.

Located in private residence
Barrel Organ

Located in private residence
Barrel Organ

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Armadale Baptist Church, Kooyong Road
B 1877 George Fincham for Baptist Church, Albert Street, Eastern Hill, Melbourne;
installed present location 1904. Restored 1971 Laurie Pipe Organs.
2 manuals, 22 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tracker & electro-pneumatic action.

Uniting (formerly Presbyterian) Church, Ascot Vale Road
B 1904 Geo Fincham & Son;
restored with tonal additions 1984-85 Geo Fincham & Sons.
2 manuls, 16 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action
Gt: 8.8.8.8.4.4.2. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.III.8.8. Ped: 16.
Organ destroyed by fire (arson attack) 29 August 2004.

The Avenue Uniting Church
B 1879 William Stone for Congregational Church, St Kilda;
res & inst present loc 1973 members of congregation
2 manuals, 13 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action
Gt: 8.8 divided.8.8.4.4.2. Sw: 8.8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.

Uniting (Methodist) Church
1877 Henry Willis, London; inst.W.L. Roberts 1929 from "Findon", Kew .
Res. 1969 Hill, Norman & Beard, and later by John Parker, Melbourne.
2 manuals, 17 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action

Trinity Uniting Church
George Fincham, 1884
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored 1995-1996 South Island Organ Company, Timaru, New Zealand

Uniting (Wesleyan) Church, New Street
(later 'Girrawheen' and now part of Brighton Grammar School)
Alfred Fuller 1884
Awaiting restoration. 2m., 16 sp. st., el.pn.

Christ Church Anglican Church
1971 Roger H Pogson, 2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action

St Ambrose's Catholic Church, Sydney Road.
B c1880s William Anderson; res 1982 Knud Smenge.
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tracker action
Gt: 8.8 divided.8.4.4.2-2/3.2. Sw: 16 divided.8.8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.16.

St Andrew’s Uniting (formerly Presbyterian) Church, Sydney Road
Present organ B. 1906 Frederick Taylorfor Presbyterian Church, Kew
Reb. 1960 Hill, Norman & Beard (o/n V464)
Inst. present location Vernon Cressell 1996
2m, 12spst, 7c, elpn. Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.2. Sw: 8.8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.

Congregational Church, Burnley Street
George Fincham c1860s; inst 1892 from previous unknown loc.
1 manual, 6 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical action
Man: 8.8 divided.4.4.2. Ped: 16 perm on.

Basilica of Our Lady of Victories
T.W. Magahy & Son, of Cork, Ireland 1920
3 manuals, 38 speaking stops, el. pn.

Grand Organ, Exhibition Building
George Fincham 1880
4 manuals, 70 speaking stops, barker lever action
Destroyed 1948/1965
Fincham's magnum opus, the instrument incorporated a 32ft facade and detached terraced console

Church of All Nations (formerly Methodist)
George Fincham 1977; Swell added 1886; restored 1991-92 by South Island Organ Company
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action

Robert Blackwood Hall
Monash University, Wellington Road
B 1978-80 Jurgen Ahrend, Leer, Germany.
4 manuals, 45 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action

St John-the-Baptist Catholic Church
B 1924 George Fincham & Sons.
2 manuals, 24 speaking stops, 8 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action
Reeds by Alfred Palmer & Son.
Gt: 8.8.8.8.4.4.2.8. Sw: 16.8.8.8.8.4.4.2.8.8.8. Ped: 16.16.16.8.8.

St Joseph's Catholic Church, Otter Street 
B c1880s William Anderson.1m, 6 sp. st, 1c, tr. Man: 8.8 divided.4.4.2. Ped: 16.
Church completely destroyed by fire 2 April, 2007

St Mark's Catholic Church
Alfred Fuller, Kew, 1888 for the Congregational Church, Ballarat
2 manuals, 17 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored 1985 Marc Nobel, Melbourne

St Mark's Anglican Church
Harrison & Harrison, Durham, 1938; built for St Luke's Church, Cowley, Oxford, UK
2 manuals, 14 speaking stops, 4 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action
Restored & installed 1999 Peter D.G. Jewkes Pty Ltd [PJ]

St Brigid's Catholic Church (North Fitzroy)
1886 Alfred Fuller
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action

St John's Anglican Church, Paisley Street
B c1890 William Anderson; res 1969 Hill, Norman & Beard (o/n V764).
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tracker
Gt: 8.8 divided.4.4.2-2/3.2.1-3/5. Sw: 8.8.8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.16.

Baptist Church, Paisley Street
B 1948 Hill, Norman & Beard (o/n V206).
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, 8 couplers, electro-pneumatic action

St Peter’s Lutheran, Frankston, 84 Karingal Drive (shared building).
B c1885 Daniel Lemke for Immanuel Lutheran Church, Light Pass, SA;
res & inst 1963 Davis & Laurie St Peter's Anglican Church, Murrumbeena;
inst 1971 St Peter's Lutheran Church, Derna Crescent, Frankston, Laurie Pipe Organs.
Inst. present loc 2002 Laurie Pipe Organs.
1 manuals, 4 speaking stops, no pedals, foot-blown, tracker action, Man: 8.4.4.2.

St James' Catholic Church
Anderson 1902, restored Stewart Organs 2001
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical

Sacre Coeur Convent Chapel
Merklin & Cie, Paris & Lyon 1889, built for St Joseph's Convent,
Marseilles, France and installed at Glen Iris in 1905 by George Fincham & Son.
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, tracker action, reversed console.

Scotch College, Assembly Hall
Organ removed from Assembly Hall (Scots Church), Sydney.
Hill, Norman & Beard 1929-30. Restored South Island Organ Co. and Peter D G Jewkes (Sydney) 2004.
3m, 50 speaking stops, 18 couplers, el.pn.[MQ]

Presbyterian Church
1892 Fincham & Hobday, reb. & enl. 1923 Frederick Taylor
Res. 2001 - 2004 Wakeley Pipe Organs Pty Ltd
3m., 26 sp.st., tub. pn.

St Columb’s Anglican Church
First organ, see: St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Murwillumbah, NSW
Present organ, B 1923 Roberts Ltd; reb 1954 George Fincham & Sons.
2m, 24spst, 7c, elpn. Gt: 8.8.8.8.4.4.2.8. Sw: 16.8.8.8.8.8.4.4.III.8.8. Ped: 16.16.16.8.8.

St John's Catholic Church
1890 Alfred Fuller, res. and rem. 2000 Wakeley Pipe Organs Pty Ltd
from St Mary's Redemptorist Monastery, Ballarat
2m., 10 sp. st., 3c., mech. and tub.pn.

St Patrick's Catholic Church
Frederick W. Nicholson, Bradford, 1862; built for Independent Church, Prahran, Victoria
Rebuilt & installed 1999 Pipe Organ Reconstructions with second duplicate case and new console
2 manuals, 24 speaking stops, 5 couplers, electro-pneumatic action [JM]

St Linus' Anglican Church
James Moyle, Prahran, ca.1855
1 manual, 4 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored 1985 George Fincham & Sons, Melbourne
The first organ built in Victoria to survive

St Fidelis’ Catholic Church
Fincham & Hobday 1891,
1 manual, 10 speaking stops, mechanical action.

Ormond College Chapel, University of Melbourne
Ronald Sharp 1972-3; rebuilt 1992-3 Knud Smenge
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action

Trinity College Chapel, Royal Parade, Parkville. University of Melbourne
First organ: B 1923 J.E. Dodd, Adelaide; reb 1959 Hill, Norman & Beard (o/n V435);
reb & enl 1989 S.J. Laurie. 2 manuals, 24 speaking stops, 9 couplers, electro-pneumatic
Gt: 8.8.8.4.2.III.III.8. Sw: 8.8.8.4.2-2/3.2.III.16.8. Ped: 16.16.10-2/3.8.8.4.16.
Rem. 1997; parts currently in storage at Camberwell Grammar School, Canterbury

Present organs:

(1) B 1997-98 Kenneth Jones & Associates, Bray, Ireland.
3 manuals, 33 speaking stops, 6 couplers, tracker & electric stop action.

(2) Chamber organ, B 1983 Knud Smenge.
1 manual, 4 speaking stops, no pedals, tracker. Man: 8.4.2.II.

Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne
B 1890 Fincham & Hobday for the Australian Church, Flinders Street, Melbourne;
organ reb & re-erected 1922 at Russell Street church;
reb & inst Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 1956 George Fincham & Sons
4m, 74spst, 19c, elpn.
Gt: 16.8.8.8.8.8.4.4.4.2-2/3.2.2.V.8.4.
Sw: 16.8.8.8.8.4.4.2.V.16.8.8.4.
Ch: 8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.1- 3/5.1-1/3.1.16.
Solo: 8.8.8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.8.8.8.8. 8.4.
Ped: 32.16.16.16.16.8.8.8.5-1/3.4.32 (VII).16 (VII).16.8.4.

Mar Thoma Church
(former College Presbyterian/Uniting Church)
B 1903 George Fincham & Son;
relocated in building 1941 George Fincham & Sons.
2m, 16spst, 4c, tubpn.
Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.2.8. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.8.

St Ignatius' Catholic Church
George Fincham, 1874
2 manuals, 20 speaking stops, mechanical action
Organ exhibited in 1875 Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition

St Stephen's Anglican Church
J.W. Walker & Sons, 1865
3 manuals, 29 speaking stops, mechanical action

Uniting (Methodist) Church
B 1888 George Fincham; res 1966 Hill, Norman & Beard.
2 manuals, 14 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tracker action

St Kilda Town Hall
Fincham & Hobday, 1892
3 manuals, 37 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
rebuilt 1961 George Fincham & Sons;
3 manuals, 49 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Destroyed by fire 7 April 1991

Christ Church Anglican Church
Hill & Son 1859, reb. Meadway & Slatterie 1916
3 manuals, 26 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action

Presbyterian Church
B 1892 Fincham & Hobday; reb 1955 George Fincham & Sons.
3 manuals, 31 speaking stops, 10 couplers, electro-pneumatic action

St James-the-Great Anglican Church
Samuel Joscelyne mid-1860s
1 manual, 8 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical action

Hamer Hall (formerly Melbourne Concert Hall)
B. 1979-81 Casavant Freres (opus 3434);
opened 1982. 4 manuals, 60 speaking stops, 4 couplers, tracker action

St John's Lutheran Church, Southgate
Knud Smenge 1992, 2 manuals, 23 speaking stops, mechanical action

First Church of Christ Scientist, St Kilda Road.
B 1927 Henry Willis & Sons, London.
3 manuals, 33 speaking stops, 20 couplers, electro-pneumatic.

South Port Parks Uniting (formerly Presbyterian) Church
1891 Fincham & Hobday
Res. S.J. Laurie Pty Ltd 1996
2 manuals, 23 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical and tubular pneumatic action

SS Peter & Paul's Catholic Church, Montague Street.
First organ, inst 1850s-1860s in old church,
moved into new church 1869; present loc unknown;
Second organ B William Anderson, inst 1875.
2 manuals, 16 stops; rem 1884, present loc unknown;
Third organ, B 1884 William Anderson; broken up c1970.
2 manuals, 21 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tracker.
Gt: 16.8.8 divided.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.8. Sw: 16 divided.8.8.4.2.8.8. Ped: 16.16.8
This organ has been destroyed.
Present organ, B 1971 Myles R. Browne, incorporating façade pipes and other parts from first organ.
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, 6 couplers, electro-magnetic action.
Gt: 8.8.8.4.2. Sw: 8.8.4.III. Ped: 16.

St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Fitzgerald Street
B 1894 William Anderson; restored 1985 Geo. Fincham & Sons.
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tracker action
Gt: 8.8 divided.8.4.4.2. Sw: 8.8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.

St John's Anglican Church
Hill and Son, London, 1913
3 manuals, 37 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action (originally tubular-pneumatic)
Restored 1994-1996 Peter D.G. Jewkes, Sydney
Facade pipe decoration by Marc Nobel

St Mary Star-of-the-Sea Catholic Church
George Fincham, 1898-1900
3 manuals, 38 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Restored 1992-1993 South Island Organ Company, Timaru, New Zealand
This is the largest indigenously built organ to survive intact

St John's (Methodist) Uniting Church
Fincham & Hobday 1893
2 manuals, 20 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action

Holy Trinity Anglican Church
First organ, possibly imported from England together
with the first iron church; rem c1896; present location unknown.
1 manual, 4 speaking stops;
Present organ, B c1895-96 William Anderson
2 manuals, 14 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tracker action
Gt: 8.8 divided.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.8. Sw: 8.8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
First organ: Rem to St John’s Anglican Church, Flinders
Present organ, B 1882 George Fincham; reb 1956 Geo Fincham & Sons; reb 1983 S.J. Laurie.
2 manuals, 24 speaking stops, 7 couplers, electro-pneumatic action
Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.II.8.8. Sw: 16.8.8.8.4.4.2.8.8. Ped: 16.16.8.8.8.

St Mary's Catholic Church
B unknown: possibly William Anderson, using components from earlier organs
Ren and moved to side chapel 1980 Geo Fincham & Sons
1 manual, 6 speaking stops, 1 couplers, tracker action
(provision made in organ for addition of second manual)
Man: 8.8 divided.4.4.2. Ped: 16.

Uniting (Congregational) Church (now closed)
B 1885 George Fincham.
2 manuals, 11 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tracker action.
Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.2. Sw: 8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.
Organ dismantled November 2006 for restoration and
installation at St Carthage's Catholic Church, Parkville.

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St John's Anglican Church
Builder unknown
1 manual, 4 speaking stops, pedal pulldowns, mechanical action

St Patrick's Cathedral
George Fincham & Sons 1930.
3 manuals, 34 speaking stops, 12 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action. Unaltered.
Image from Organs of the Catholic Church (George Fincham & Sons).

St Peter's Anglican Church
Hill, Norman & Beard 1929
3 manuals, 26 speaking stops, 10 couplers, el. pn.
Res. Goldfields Pipe Organs

Loreto Abbey Chapel
George Fincham & Son 1903
3 manuals, 20 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action

Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church
Fincham & Hobday 1889
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, mechanical and tubular-pneumatic actions

St Andrew's Uniting (Presbyterian) Kirk, Sturt Street
First organ, moved to Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Kew
Present organ, B 1891 Fincham & Hobday. 3m, 24spst, 5c, tr.
Gt: 16.8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2. Sw: 16.8.8.8.4.2.III.8.8. Ch: 8.8.8.4.2. Ped: 16.16.
Reb & enl 1926 Geo Fincham & Sons. 3m, 40spst, 10c, tubpn.
Console disconnected and organ out of use 1991.
Gt: 16.8.8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.8. Sw: 16.8.8.8.8.4.2.III.8.8.8.
Ch: 8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.8.8. 8.8. Ped: 32.16.16.16.8.8.8. 8.

Christ Church Anglican Church
William Anderson; inst 1882 St George's RC Church, Carlton; inst 1887 present loc.
1 manual, 8 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical action

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
B 1914 & reb 1966 Geo Fincham & Sons.
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, 8 couplers, electro-pneumatic action
Gt: 8.8.8.4.2. Sw: 8.8.8.4.III.8. Ped: 16.8.5-1/3.4.

Uniting (Methodist) Church
B 1898 J.E. Dodd for Primitive Methodist Church, Wellington Square, North Adelaide;
inst 1930 present loc. Reb 1975 Geo Fincham & Sons (new mechanical action).
2 manuals, 13 speaking stops, 4 couplers, tracker action
Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.2. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.

Uniting Church, Long Gully
Alfred Fuller, Kew, 1882
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored 1982 S.J. Laurie [SC]

Sacred Heart Cathedral
Bishop & Son, London, 1904.
Rebuilt 1986-87 Australian Pipe Organs. 4 manuals, 51 speaking stops.

St Kilian's Catholic Church
R.A. Randebrock., of Paderborn, Germany, 1872
2 manuals, 25 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored Bellsham Pipe Organs, of Perth, 1981-2

Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church, Golden Square, Bendigo
B 1873 Robert Mackenzie; reb 1951 Hill, Norman & Beard (o/n V244). 2m, 22spst, 8c, elpn.
Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.II.8. Sw: 16.8.8.8.4.2.8.8. Ped: 16.16.8.8.4.
Reb & enl 1990 Vernon Cresswell. 2m, 23spst, 7c, elpn.
Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.IV.8. Sw: 8.8.8.4.2.III.8.8. Ped: 16.16.8.8.4.16.

St Peter's Anglican Church, High Street, Eaglehawk.
B 1886 Alfred Crook for his residence in Brunswick;
later installed in a residence at Lockwood and the Congregational
Churches in Forest Street and Olinda Street, Bendigo.
Res & inst present loc 1971 R.A. Anderson and others.
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, 4 couplers, tracker action
Gt: 8.8.4. Sw: 8.8 divided.8.4.2-2/3.2. Ped: 16.

St Pauls' Anglican Church
The organ was built by Hamlin & Son, 8 Brook Street, Euston Road, London, around 1866.
2 manuals, 11 speaking stops, mechanical action

Wesley College, Clunes Campus (form. Clunes Wesleyan Church)
Unknown builder, possibly F. Nicholson 1860s
1 man, 6 speaking stops, pedal pulldowns, mechanical action
Restored South Island Organ Co. 2004
Currently housed in Sacred Heart Catholic Cathedral, Bendigo until Clunes Church has been restored.
See also Glen Waverley Campus

Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Meadway & Slatterie, 1921
2 manuals, 12 speaking Stops, 3 couplers, mechanical & tubular-pneumatic action

St Andrew's Uniting (Presbyterian) Church
B 1947 Geo Fincham & Sons. Renovated 2006 Wakeley Pipe Organs
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, 5 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action
Gt: 8.8.8.8.4. Sw: 8.8.8.8.8. Ped: 16.16.

Uniting (Methodist) Church
First organ, see: Clunes. Wesley College; second organ, see: Clunes. St Paul's Anglican Church.
Present organ, B 1888 William Anderson; ren 1979-80 Leighton Turner.
2 manuals, 14 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tracker action

Christ Church Anglican Church, Daylesford
George Fincham 1871; renovated 1979 Leighton Turner.
2 manual, 12 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tracker action

St John’s Anglican Church
B. 1879 George Fincham, renovated 1979 Leighton Turner
2 manuals, 9 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tracker action

St Joseph's College Chapel (former Brigidine Convent)
Chappell & Co, London?, 1870s
1 manual, 3 speaking stops, no pedals, tracker action.

Christ Church Anglican Church
George Fincham 1873 for St Giles' Presbyterian Church (High Church), Geelong;
inst present loc. 1919 Frederick Taylor with replacement pipework;
renovated 1982 Geo Fincham & Sons.
2 manual, 13 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action

St John-the-Evangelist Anglican Church
Unknown builder (poss. William Anderson 1874)
inst present loc. 2005 from Elsternwick Baptist Church
1 manual, 9 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical action

Geelong Grammar School, Corio.
All Saints' Chapel
B 1909 Hill & Son, London for 'Dalvui', residence of Niel W.Black, Noorat (job no 2371);
rem 1911 & inst present loc 1915. Case designed by H.H. Kemp, architect.
Case partially remade for Chapel 1915 Geo Fincham & Son (parts of
lower casework and corbels remain at Noorat).
3m, 25spst, 8c, tubpn. Gt: 16.8.8.8.4.4.2. Sw: 16.8.8.8.8.4.III.8.8. Ch: 8.8.8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.16.8.
Reb & enl 1958 J.W. Walker & Sons, Ruislip, Mx.
3m, 48spst, 9c, elpn. Gt: 16.8.8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.III.8. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.2.III.8.16.8.4.
Ch: 16.8.8.8.8.8.4.4.4.2-2/3.2.1-3/5.8. 8.4. Ped: 16.16.16.16.10-2/3.8.8.4.16.16.8.

Geelong College, Aphrasia Street, Newtown

(1) Chapel
B 1991-92 Roger Pogson. 2m, 11spst, 3c, tr.
Gt: 8.8.4.2.III. Pos: 8.4.2.II. Ped: 16.8.

(2) Keith Humble Music School
B 1921 Wurlitzer Company, North Tonawanda, NY (opus 388)
for residence of W.A.. Crowle, Rose Bay, NSW;
inst 1928 "Montana‟, residence of Oswald C. Hearne, The Esplanade, Geelong
Reb, enl & inst 2006-10 present loc Theatre Organ Society of Australia (Victorian Division)
2m, 10rks ext, elpn.

Convent of Mercy (Sacred Heart College), Newtown
George Fincham 1884, 2m, 13 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action

Church of Christ, LaTrobe Terrace
B 1858 John Courcelle, London
(soundboard and reservoir inscribed "Hunter & Webb 1858").
Res 1998 Geo Fincham & Sons.
1 manual, 6 speaking stops, pedal pulldowns, tracker action. Man: 8.8.8.8.4.2.

Christ Church Anglican Church
Casson's Patent Organ Co, London, 1892 for the residence of The Hon. William Winter-Irving, Armadale
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, mechanical action.
rebuilt 1957, Hill, Norman & Beard, Melbourne; 2 manuals, 24 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Incorporates Australia's first narrow-scaled string stops

'Brightwell' residence of Howard Terrill, Heathcote

 

(2) Wurlitzer Company 1928, North Tonawanda, NY (model H)
for Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross, NSW;
inst 1930s Savoy Theatre, Hurstville, NSW;
inst 1958 Congregational Church, Burwood.
Ren & inst present loc 2002-3 Wakeley Pipe Organs.
2 manuals, 12 ranks extension, electro-pneumatic action.

Kyneton Performing Arts Theatre (former Congregational Church),
B. 1879-80 George Fincham; res 1977 Geo Fincham & Sons.
2m, 15spst, 3c, tr.
Gt: 8.8 divided.8.4.4.2.III.
Sw: 16.8.8.8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.

Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Fincham & Hobday 1893
2 manuals, 9 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored 1991 Australian Pipe Organs

St John's Anglican Church
1965 E.F Walcker & Co. for St James Presbyterian Church, New Lambton, NSW
Rem. to present location 1990 Knud Smenge
1 manual, 6 speaking stops, mechanical action

Christ Church Anglican Church
B 1887 George Fincham; res 1967 Laurie Pipe Organs
2 manuals, 11 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tracker action

St James-the-less Anglican Church
1873 George Fincham
Moved to present location 2005 by Laurie Pipe Organs.
1 manual, 7 speaking stops, mechanical action

Niel Black Memorial Presbyterian Church
B. 1875 George Fincham for residence of George Peake, Melbourne;
inst present loc 1893 George Fincham;
reb & enl 1902 Geo Fincham & Son. 3m, 20spst, 6c, tr.
Reb 1966 George Fincham & Sons. 2m, 20spst, 7c, elpn.
Gt: 8.8.8.4.2-2/3.2. Sw: 8.8.8.4.4.2.II.8. Ped: 16.16.8.8.5-1/3.4.

St John's Anglican Church
Frederick Taylor 1909.
2 manuals, 17 speaking stops, 4 couplers, mechanical & tubular-pneumatic action
renovated 1986 Leighton Turner.

St Stephen's Anglican Church
First organ, B Henry Bevington, London;
inst 1842 St James's Church (Old Cathedral), Melbourne;
inst c1872 St Stephen's Church; broken up 1881.
Present organ, B 1881-82 George Fincham,
incorporating some pipework (and case?) from previous organ;
ren 1981 Leighton Turner.
2m, 13spst, 3c, tr. Gt: 8.8 divided.8.4.4.2. Sw: 8.8.8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.

St George-the-Martyr's Anglican Church
George Fincham 1871, from St Philip's, then St Saviour's, Collingwood,
then St George's, Bentleigh
1 manual, 6 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical action
Rest. 1999 Australian Pipe Organs

St John's Anglican Church
Builder unknown
1 manual, 8 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical action
Rest.1964 Davis & Laurie, 1980 R.J. Heatley

St Peter's Lutheran Church
Hill & Son 1858
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action

St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church
B 1868 George Fincham for Christ Church, Warrnambool;
inst 1891 Congregational Church, Warrnambool;
inst Congregational (later Uniting) Church, Hughesdale 1940.
Oboe later replaced by Gamba at unknown date.
Sold to St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Talbot 2007. Inst. Australian Pipe Organs 2008
1m, 8spst, 1c, tr. Man: 8 .8 divided.8.8.4.4.2. Ped: 16 perm on.

Thomson Memorial Presbyterian Church
William Anderson 1879; reb. & inst. 1902 George Fincham & Son from Holy Trinity, Kew.
2 manuals, 14 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action.

Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral
Henry Willis & Sons and Lewis & Co 1922, for Second Church of Christ Scientist, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland.
Res & inst present loc 1992-3 Kenneth Jones & Associates, Bray, Ireland.
3 manuals, 40 speaking stops, 13 couplers, electro-pneumatic action

Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, Lady Chapel
Bevington & Sons, London 1845
1 manual, 5 speaking stops, pedal pulldowns, mechanical action
restored by Wakeley Pipe Organs

St John's Presbyterian Church
F. Taylor 1925; reb. Hill, Norman & Beard 1949
2 manuals, 23 speaking stops, 8 couplers, electro-pneumatic action

St Joseph's Catholic Church
Fincham & Hobday 1892-93
3 manuals, 34 speaking stops, 7 couplers and tubular-pneumatic action.

St Luke's Anglican Church
Built c 1900 by the Positive Organ Company, London, opus 168,
1 manual, 6 speaking stops, mechanical action (some tubular-pneumatic)

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