St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral
Macarthur Street, Melbourne

1964 George Fincham & Sons, 4m, 81 sp. st., el. pn.

The organ was built by George Fincham & Sons, Melbourne in 1962-64 and was refurbished with additions by Australian Pipe Organs, Melbourne in 1996-97. The organ incorporates a substantial part of the instrument built in the West gallery of the Cathedral in the late 1870s by Robert Mackenzie and completed in 1880 by George Fincham.

Specification of the Organ, St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne   All stops not marked with a date were new when the organ was installed in 1964.

Great Organ
1.	Gemshorn	16
2.	Open Diapason	8	[1880]
3.	Gemshorn	8		from No.1
4.	Stopped Diapason	8	[1880]
5.	Harmonic Flute	8	[1997]
6.	Dulciana	8	[1896]
7.	Principal	4	[1880]
8.	Gemshorn	4		from No.1
9.	Suabe Flute	4	[1880]	Höhl Flute 8
10.	Twelfth	2-2/3	[1880]
11.	Fifteenth	2	[1880]
12.	Fourniture	V		12.15.19.22.26
13.	Mixture	V		15.19.22.26.29
14.	Grand Cymbel	V		22.26.29.33.36
15.	Trumpet	8
16.	Clarion	4
	(a) Swell to Great
	(b) Positiv to Great
	(c)  Solo to Great
Swell Organ [enclosed]
17.	Gedeckt	16	[1880?]
18.	Open Diapason	8	[1880]
19.	Stopped Diapason	8	[1880]
20.	Viola da Gamba	8	[1880]
21.	Salicional	8	[1896]
22.	Voix Céleste	8	[1896]
23.	Principal	4	[1880]
24.	Stopped Flute	4	[1880]
25.	Twelfth	2-2/3	[1880]
26.	Fifteenth	2	[1880]
27.	Piccolo	2
28.	Cornet	III	[1896]	17.19.22
29.	Mixture	V		19.22.26.29.33
30.	Double Trumpet	16
31.	Cornopean	8
32.	Trompette Harmonique	8
33.	Oboe	8
34.	Clarion	4
	(d) Swell Sub Octave
	(e) Swell Unison Off
	(f) Swell Super Octave
	(g) Solo to Swell
	(h) Tremulant
Solo Organ [enclosed]
35.	Harmonic Flute	8
36.	Viola	8
37.	Viola Céleste	8	[1997]
38.	Concert Flute	4
39.	Flageolet	2
40.	Double Clarinet	16	[1997]
41.	Clarinet	8	[1997]	from No.40
42.	Orchestral Oboe	8
43.	Cor Anglais	8
44.	Posaune	8
45.	Clarion	4		from No.44
46.	Tuba	8	[1997]	ex St George’s Anglican Cathedral, Perth
47.	Trompette en Chamade	8
	(i) Solo Sub Octave
	(j) Solo Unison Off
	(k) Solo Super Octave
	(l) Great to Solo
	(m) Swell to Solo
	(n) Tremulant
Positiv Organ
48.	Principal	8		from No.50
49.	Gedeckt	8
50.	Principal	4
51.	Quintadena	4
52.	Nazard	2-2/3
53.	Waldflöte	2
54.	Tièrce	1-3/5
55.	Larigot	1-1/3
56.	Sifflöte	1		from No.53
57.	Zymbel	IV		26.29.33.36
58.	Cromorne	8
	(o) Positiv Sub Octave
	(p) Positiv Unison Off
	(q) Positiv Super Octave
	(r) Swell to Positiv
	(s) Solo to Positiv
	(t) Tremulant
Pedal Organ
59.	Acoustic Bass	32		from No.63
60.	Open Diapason-Wood	16
61.	Gemshorn	16		from No.1
62.	Violone	16
63.	Bourdon	16	[1896]
64.	Gedeckt	16		from No.17
65.	Octave -Wood	8		from No.60
66.	Principal	8	[1997]
67.	Bass Flute	8		from No.63
68.	Gemshorn	8		from No.1
69.	Violoncello	8		from No.62
70.	Twelfth	5-1/3	[1997]	from No.1
71.	Fifteenth	4	[1997]	from No.66
72.	Flute Dolce	4		from No.63
73.	Mixture	IV		19.22.26.29 from No.1
74.	Contra Bombarde	32	[1997]	from No.75
75.	Bombarde	16
76.	Double Trumpet	16		from No.30
77.	Double Clarinet	16	[1997]	from No.40
78.	Bombarde	8	[1997]	from No.75
79.	Trumpet	8		from No.30
80.	Clarion	4		from No.15
81.	Trumpet	4		from No.30
	(u) Great to Pedal
	(v) Great to Pedal Super
	(w) Swell to Pedal
	(x) Swell to Pedal Super
	(y) Solo to Pedal
	(z) Solo to Pedal Super
	(aa) Positiv to Pedal
Accessories 8 adjustable thumb pistons to Positiv 8 adjustable thumb pistons to Great 8 adjustable thumb pistons to Swell 8 adjustable thumb pistons to Solo 8 adjustable toe pistons to Pedal 8 adjustable toe pistons to Swell / Generals 12 General thumb pistons Positiv to Pedal reversible thumb & toe pistons Great to Pedal reversible thumb & toe pistons Swell to Pedal reversible thumb & toe pistons Solo to Pedal reversible thumb & toe pistons Swell to Great reversible thumb & toe pistons  Positiv to Great reversible thumb & toe pistons Solo to Great reversible thumb & toe pistons Swell to Positiv reversible thumb & toe pistons Solo to Positiv reversible thumb & toe pistons  Solo to Swell reversible thumb piston Great to Solo reversible thumb piston Swell to Solo reversible thumb piston ‘Bombarde 32’ reversible toe piston ‘General Cancel’ thumb piston ‘Setter’ thumb piston ‘Neutral Set’ thumb piston Balanced expression pedals to Swell & Solo (bb) Great to Pedal Toe Pistons (cc) Pedal to Great Thumb Pistons (dd) Swell / Generals on Toe Pistons (ee) Couplers on Pistons - On / Off Combination pistons - adjustable on 40 levels.

Photo above: Simon Colvin
Photo above: Simon Colvin

Photos: © PdL 2006



from the Australasian Sketcher
This is the 1880 George Fincham organ in the west gallery of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne.

Photo: Simon Colvin (2007)