33rd Annual Conference
Sydney and the Central West of New South Wales
Easter Monday 5th April - Sunday 11th April, 2010
2010 OHTA Conference participants outside St Mary's Catholic Church, Mudgee
Photo: Hugh Knight,
8th April, 2010
Monday 5th April
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All Saints' Anglican Church, 85 Ocean Street, Woollahra Forster & Andrews (1882) (3/30 mechanical with Barker lever) |
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St Joseph's Catholic Church, Albert Street, Edgecliff First organ: B. 1912 Norman & Beard, London & Norwich Reb. 1973 Geo. Fincham & Sons. 2m., 14 sp. st., 3c., el. pn. Gt: 8.8.4.2.III. Sw: 8.4.4.2.1-1/3.8. Ped: 16.8.4. Present organ: Geo. Fincham & Sons 1901 (2/15 mechanical) |
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St Andrew's Scots Church, cnr Dover Road and Carlisle Street, Rose Bay |
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Wentworth Memorial Anglican Church, Fitzwilliam Road, Vaucluse Roger H Pogson 1965 (2/5 extension, electro-pneumatic) |
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Vaucluse Uniting Church (formerly Congregational), Russell Street, Vaucluse |
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Mary Immaculate & St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Victoria Street, Waverley George Fincham & Sons 1979 (2/23 mechanical) |
Tuesday 6th April |
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Sydney Cheil Uniting Church formerly Wesley Uniting (Methodist) Church cnr. Concord Road & Sydney Street, Concord B. c.1915 Aeolian Co., New York. Reb. & inst. 1935 S.T. Noad from residence of Mr Westbrook, Vaucluse 2m., 22 sp.st., 7c., el.pn. Gt: 8.8.8.8.8.4.8.8.8.8. Sw (duplexed): 8.8.8.8.8.4.8.8.8.8. Ped: 16.16. |
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St James' Anglican Church, Edwin Street, Croydon |
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St Luke's Anglican Church, 17 Burton Street, Concord |
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Uniting Church (formerly Congregational), 134 Burwood Road, Burwood 1st organ: J.W. Walker & Sons of London 1880. It was removed and broken up in 1958 2nd organ: B. Wurlitzer Co., Tonawanda. NY for Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross., Inst. 1958 from Savoy Theatre, Hurstville. 2m., 10 rks. etx., el.pn. Present organ: Gray & Davison 1887, inst 1992 Pitchford & Garside from Wales (2/21 mechanical and tubular-pneumatic) |
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Trinity Uniting Church (formerly Congregational), |
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Sydney Town Hall cnr George & Druitt Streets, Sydney |
Wednesday 7th April |
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St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral, cnr Victoria Street & Marist Place, Parramatta |
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St Thomas' Anglican Church, St Thomas Road, Mulgoa |
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St Finbar's Catholic Church, |
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Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney Road, Kelso |
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All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, Church Street, Bathurst Present organ, B. 1886 Brindley & Foster, Sheffield. Reb. 1922 C.W. Leggo. Reb. 1964 S.T. Noad & Son and later re-erected in new cathedral. Tonal alterations 1973 G. Kendall (substitution of Norman & Beard pipework from St Peter's Anglican Church Eastern Hill, Melbourne for much Brindley & Foster material). 3m., 36 sp. st., 13c., el.pn. Gt: 16.8.8.8.8.4.4.4.2-2/3.2.III.8. Sw: 16.8.8.4.2.III.8.8. Ch: 8.8.4.4.2.8. Ped: 16.16.16.8.8.8. 5-1/3.4.16.8. |
Thursday 8th April |
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Uniting (Methodist) Church, William Street, Bathurst |
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St John-the-Baptist Anglican Church, Mudgee Present organ, B. 1881 Brindley & Foster, Sheffield (gift of R.H.D. White, Esq.) . Res. 1966 S.T. Noad & Son. 3m., 24 sp.st., 5c., tr. Gt: 16.8.8.4.2-2/3.2.III.8. Sw: 16.8.8.8.4.III.8.8. Ch: 8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.16.8.8. |
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St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Mortimer Street, Mudgee |
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St Mary's Catholic Church, cnr. Church & Market Streets, Mudgee |
Friday 9th April |
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St Paul's Anglican Church, cnr. Belubula & Collins Streets, Carcoar |
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Church of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church |
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St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Young B. 1924 Geo Fincham & Sons. 2m., 7 sp.st., 3c., tub.pn. Gt: 8.8.4. Sw: 8.8.4. Ped: l6. |
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St John's Anglican Church, Young First organ, B. c.1897 Hardy & Son, Stockport, England. Reb. 1925 Geo. Fincham & Sons. Disused 1959-74. Reb. 1975 G. Kendall. Rem. 1979 & broken up. 2m., 15 sp.st., 5c., el.pn. Gt: 8.8.4.4.2. Sw: 8.8.4.4.2.8. Ped: 16.8.8.4. Present organ, B. 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. Gt: 8.8.8.4.2-2/3.2.III. Sw: 8.4.2.8 prep. for. Ped: 16.8. |
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Ross Memorial Uniting (Presbyterian) Church, Harden |
Saturday 10th April |
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St Clement's Anglican Church, cnr. Church & Rossi Streets, Yass |
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St Edmund's Anglican Church, Gunning |
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St John-the-Baptist Catholic Church, |
Sunday 11th April |
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Pitt St Uniting Church, Sydney 264 Pitt Street (formerly Congregational) First organ: B. 1845 W. J. Johnson Second organ: B. c. 1906 W.G Rendall: rem. 1910 Present location uncertain. 3m., 38 sp. st., tub. pn. Gt: 16.8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.[Mixture prep. for].8.4. Sw: 16.8.8.8.8.8.4.2.Mixture.8.8.8.4. Ch: 8.8.8.4.4.2.8. Ped: 16.16.16.10-2/3.8.32.16. Present organ: Hill & Son 1910 (3/31 tubular pneumatic |
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Please download the conference brochure by clicking here.
With the theme “A Diverse Heritage: organs in historic urban and rural settings in New South Wales” the 2010 OHTA conference, took place in Sydney and the Central West of NSW, 5 - 11 April 2010. The post-Easter time was designed to attract students to the conference, for whom attendance at other times has proven difficult in recent years, owing to changes in the University calendar. The conference featured about 29 organs, including instruments by Hill & Son, Forster & Andrews, Fincham, Puget, Pogson, Norman & Beard, Leggo, Walker, Davidson, Hunter, Brindley & Foster, Richardson and Dodd.
Accommodation in Sydney. OHTA negotiated a special rate at the Mercure Hotel, Railway Square, Sydney. Owing to the Easter weekend, the rates were regrettably variable, but it was possible also to get a reduced rate for the three days prior to the conference and the two following the end of the conference. The rates were:
1 & 2 April: $145 per room per night, room only
3 & 4 April: $165 per room per night, room only
5 & 6 April: $145 per room per night, room only
10 & 11 April: $145 per room per night, room only
Participants must call the hotel and book directly by quoting the group reference “OHTA 0404”. They can call the hotel’s reservations department on 02 9217 6777 or email Natasha Leal directly on [email protected] Participants will need a credit card number to secure their booking and will be settling their own account directly at the hotel on check out. No rooms are currently being held, so all bookings will be on a request basis. Any cancellation within 24 hours before arrival will incur a penalty charge of one night accommodation fee per room for the guest.
Two nights were spent in Bathurst and one in Yass – the cost of these was included in the conference registration fee.
The event started on Easter Monday, 5 April and concluded on Sunday 11 April.
The programme was as follows:
Monday 5 April: Organs in Sydney’s East – a joint function with the Organ Music Society of Sydney
Tuesday 6 April: Organs in the inner Western Suburbs – Concord and Strathfield
Wednesday 7 April: Sydney to Bathurst via Parramatta and the Blue Mountains
Thursday 8 April: Bathurst and Mudgee
Friday 9 April: Bathurst to Yass via Carcoar
Saturday 10 April: Return to Sydney
Sunday 11 April (from 2.00 pm): Central Sydney
The conference brochure is available by clicking here.
