New South Wales organs

Hunter Valley


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Index of the Hunter Valley

Brandy Hill Newcastle - City
Branxton Newcastle - Suburbs
Denman Paterson
Dungog Port Stephens
Gresford Raymond Terrace
Lochinvar Rutherford
Maitland Scone
East Maitland Singleton
Morpeth Tocal
Murrurundi Wollombi
Muswellbrook Woodville



Brandy Hill
Residence of Bob Reynolds
B. 1962 S.T. Noad & Son., Enl. 1990s 2m., ? sp.st., 4 rks.ext., el. mag.
Sold to Bob Reynolds 1993 from Uniting (Methodist) Church, Waratah South,
Installed Brandy Hill, after being at Mayfield and Medowie in residences.
Branxton
RESIDENCE OF TRISTAN FURNER,
B. 1969 Watson, 2m., 13 sp.st., 3 rks extension
Denman
St Matthias' Anglican Church.
B. 1876 J.W. Walker & Sons, London (job no.1060). (1m., 2sp.st.).
Enl. T.C. Edwards on additional exhaust pneumatic chests
(Dulciana, Principal, Flute & pedal Bourdon). Original stops left on tr.
Pneumatics electrified 1979 Brown & Arkley.
1m., 6 sp.st., 2c., tr. & el.pn. Man: 8.8 divided.8.4.4. Ped: 16.
Dungog
Christ Church Anglican.
B. 1918 Griffin & Leggo. Reb. 1965 S.T. Noad & Son.
2m., 12 sp.st., 6c., el.pn. Gt: 8.8.8.4. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.8.
Sited on rood screen, the organ filling the chancel arch.
East Maitland
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Gresford
St Anne's Anglican Church.
B. 1954 Whitehouse Bros.: Brisbane. Res. Ian Brown & Assoc. 2003
1m., 5 sp.st., 2c., tub.pn. Man: 8.8.8.4. Ped: 16.
Lochinvar
St Joseph's Convent. Chapel.
First Organ, B. 1933 C.W. Leggo. Rem. c.1974;
Parts to Richard Simpson. 2m., 11 sp.st., (?)c., tub.pn.
Gt: 8.8.8.4. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.
Present organ, B. 1974 Roger H. Pogson. 2m., 7 sp. st., 3c., tr.
Gt: 8.4.III Pos: 8.4.1-1/3. Ped: 16.
St Mary's Anglican Church, Church Street.
B. c.1880 Henry Willis & Sons, London. Trumpet and Clarinet stops supplied 1883 Henry Willis & Sons.
Reb. 1950's S.T. Noad & Son (new action, console, divided and placed in loft at west end).
Cleaned and overhauled 1981 Peter Jewkes. 1996 New console Ian D. Brown.
2m., 20 sp.st., 6c., el.pn.
Gt: 16.8.8.8.4.4.2.8.8. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.16.8.5-1/3.
St Paul's Anglican Church, cnr. Cross & Devonshire Streets.
First organ, B. J.W. Walker, London.
Present location uncertain (St Luke's Church, Wallsend, Newcastle?).
Present organ, B. 1867 Henry Willis, London. Reb. 1914 [Charles Richardson?].
2m., 15 sp.st., 3c., tr. & tub.pn. Gt: 16.8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.8. Sw: 8.8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.
St Paul's Anglican Church Hall
 Early 1m. tr. purchased from St John's Anglican Church, Parramatta.
Details of specification and builder unavailable. Subsequently destroyed by fire.
St Mary's Dominican Convent. Chapel.
B. 1883 Bishop & Son, London.
2m., 10 sp.st., 3c., tr. Gt: 8.8.8.4.2. Sw: 8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.
Scots Presbyterian Church, Freechurch Street.
B. 1906 Charles Richardson. Severely damaged by floods 1955 and unplayable for many years.
2m., 15 sp.st., 3c., tub. pn. Gt: 8.8.8.8.4.2. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.8.
Reb. Ian Brown & Assoc. 1995.
Uniting (Methodist) Church, High Street.
B. 1881 Henry Willis & Sons, London.
Reb. with a change to front of church 1959 S.T. Noad & Son.
Reb. Ian D Brown & Assoc. 1994.
2m., 20 sp. st., 7c., el.pn. Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.2.8. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.8 Ped: 16.16.8
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, High Street.
see: Morpeth. St John's Theological College and
see: Singleton: Residence of Gordon Hamilton
St John's Catholic Pro-Cathedral, High Street.
B. c.1880's Henry Willis & Sons, London for former church, now Marist Brothers School Hall.
Later inst. present location. 2m., 8 sp.st., 3c., tr.
Gt: 8.8.4.2. Sw: 8.4.8. Ped: 16.
Rem. and placed in storage (2003)
East Maitland
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St Peter's Anglican Church
Henry Willis 1876
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action
St Stephen's Presbyterian Church
B. 1897 Charles Richardson for Presbyterian Church, Fitzroy Street, East Maitland.
Inst. present location 1938. 2m., 10 sp.st., 4c., tr. Gt: 8.8.8.4.2. Sw: 8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.
Morpeth
St James' Anglican Church
William Davidson 1877
1 manual, 8 speaking stops, mechanical action
St John's Theological College, Morpeth Road. Chapel.
B. 1912 Norman & Beard, London & Norwich, for congregational church, Maitland.
Reb. & inst. present location 1965 S.I. Sakac's Melbourne.
2m., 11 sp.st., 3c., el.pn. Gt: 8.8.4.2. Sw: 8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.8.4.
Rem. and now in Residence of Gordon Hamilton, Singleton
Present organ: 1982 Hamer-Howorth, 1m., 7sp.st.
Murrurundi
St Paul's Anglican Church
B. known [William Davidson?] Largely destroyed by fire 23.3.1921.
Res. & swell added c. 1923 C.W. Leggo Res. 1963 S.T. Noad & Son.
2m., 13 sp.st., 2c., tr. Gt: 16.8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2. Sw: 8.8.8.4. Ped: 16.
Muswellbrook
St Alban's Anglican Church.
B. 1868 J.W. Walker, London (job no. 886).
Sw. added later [ Charles Richardson?]. Ped. action electrified 1970's Ian D. Brown.
2m., 13 sp. st., 3c., tr. & el.pn. Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.2-02/3.2. Sw: 8.8 divided.8.4.2. Ped: 16.
New organ: (using some old pipework from prev. organ) 2005 Ian D Brown & Associates,
2m., 12 sp.st., (4 prep. for) 3 c., tr.
St John's Presbyterian Church
B. 1914 Geo. Fincham & Son. 2m., 9 sp. st., 4c., tub. pn. Gt: 8.8.8.4. Sw: 8.8.8.4. Ped: 16.
St James' Catholic Church, Brook Street.
B. 1908 Ernest Ladegast. 2m., 9 sp.st., 3c., tub. pn. Gt: 16.8.8.4.III. Sw: 8.8.4. Ped: 16.
Reb. 1976 Michael O'Dea. 2m., 20 sp. st. (part extension), 1c., el. mag.
Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.2.II.III. Sw: 8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.1-1/3.1. Ped: 16.8.8.4.
Newcastle
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Paterson
Tocal Agricultural College C.B. Alexander Chapel.
B. 1969 E.F. Walcker & Cie., Ludwigsburg, Germany. 1m., 3 sp. st., no pedals, tr. Man: 8.4.2.
Port Stephens
"TAHLEE HOUSE", RESIDENCE OF R.H.D. WHITE
see Mannering Park, Residence of Geoff Bock.
Raymond Terrace
St John's Anglican Church, Sturgeon Street.
B. 1862 J.W. Walker, London (job no. 692).
Res. 1974 Fr John Hamer-Howarth, Caloundra, Queensland.
Cleaned and overhauled 1978 Peter Jewkes, 2004 Peter Jewkes.
1m., 5 sp. st., pedal pulldowns, tr. Man: 8.8 divided.8.4.2.
Rutherford
MACKAY MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
B. c. 1965 J.W. Walker & Sons, Ruislip, Middlesex.
Res. Ian Brown & Assoc. 2004
Damaged in fire and repaired 2005
1m., 11 sp. st., 2 rks. ext., 2 melodic c., el. mag.

Almost identical in appearance and specification to St Mark's Anglican Church, Islington
Scone
St Luke's Anglican Church, cnr. Hill & Liverpool Streets.
B. 1887 Halmshaw & Sons, Birmingham; inst. 1888.
Res. 1980 Brown Arkley. 2m., 11 sp. st., 3c., tr. Gt: 8.8.8.4.2. Sw: 8.8.8.4.8. Ped. 16.
Uniting (Presbyterian) Church
B. Estey Organ Co., Brattleboro, Vt., USA.
Inst. 1918. Reb. 1974 Fr John Hamer-Howarth, Caloundra, Queensland.
Res. Brown & Arkley 1984
2m., 9 sp. st., 7c., tub. pn. Gt: 8.8.8.4. Sw: 8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.
Singleton
All Saints' Anglican Church,
First Organ , see : Mittagong . St Stephen's Anglican Church.
Second organ, see: Newcastle. St Paul's Anglican Church, Stockton.
Present organ, B. 1912 Griffin & Leggo. Reb. 1969 S.T. Noad & Son, 1995 Ian Brown & Assoc.
2m., 14 sp. st., 11c., el.pn. Gt: 8.8.8.4. Sw: 8.8.8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.16.8.5-1/3.
Convent of Mercy
John Wheildon ca. 1850
1 manual, 5 speaking stops, mechanical action
Restored Pipe Organ Reconstructions Ltd 1998 [PdeL]
Residence of Gordon Hamilton, Dangar Street
B. 1912 Norman & Beard, London & Norwich, for Congregational Church, Maitland.
Reb. & inst. Morpeth Theological College 1965 S.I. Sakac's, Melbourne.
2m., 11 sp.st., 3c., el.pn. Gt: 8.8.4.2. Sw: 8.4.2.8. Ped: 16.8.4.
Rem. and inst. present location 1984 in double garage behind residence [DE April 2006]
St Andrew's Uniting (Presbyterian) Church.
B. 1891 Charles Richardson for residence of E.L. Sutton, Esq., Wollongong.
Inst. present location 1920 Charles Richardson.
3m., 15 sp.st. 5c., tub.pn.
Gt: 8.8.4.4. Sw: 8.8 divided.8.8.4.8. Ch: 8.8.8. Ped: 16.8.
Wesley Uniting (Methodist) Church.
B. 1920 C.W. Leggo. 2m., 12 sp.st., 1c., tub.pn. Gt: 8.8.8.4. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.8.
Rem. 1988 and inst. North Belconnen Uniting Church, Canberra
Tocal (also listed under Paterson)
Tocal Agricultural College C.B. Alexander Chapel, Paterson
B. 1969 E.F. Walcker & Cie., Ludwigsburg, Germany. 1m., 3 sp. st., no pedals, tr. Man: 8.4.2.
Wollombi
All Saints' Anglican Church,
B. unknown. Res. 1980, 1999 Brown & Arkley,
Mov. from All Saints' Anglican Church, Woodville and enl. 2004
1m., 4 sp.st., no pedals, foot-blown, tr. Man: 8.8.4.2.
Woodville
All Saints' Anglican Church.
B. unknown. Res. 1980 Brown & Arkley.
1m., 3 sp.st., no pedals, foot-blown, tr. Man: 8.8.4.
Moved to All Saint's Anglican Church, Wollombi 2004





Index of the Hunter Valley

Brandy Hill Newcastle - City
Branxton Newcastle - Suburbs
Denman Paterson
Dungog Port Stephens
Gresford Raymond Terrace
Lochinvar Rutherford
Maitland Scone
East Maitland Singleton
Morpeth Tocal
Murrurundi Wollombi
Muswellbrook Woodville






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