Royal Military College
Duntroon
St Paul's Memorial Anzac Chapels
(1) Anglican & Protestant chapel.
1966 Hill, Norman & Beard, 2m., 21 sp.st. (6 rks. + mixture ext.), 3c., el.mag.
From OHTA News January 2002:
One of two organs built for the Anzac Memorial Chapel by Hill, Norman & Beard (Australia) Pty Ltd in 1966 (order number ACT646), the instrument consists of six extended ranks plus a three-rank Mixture.
Peter Jewkes writes (May 2013):
Our late 2010 restoration of the organs included "replacement of warn-out electrics with new English solid state systems (both for pistons and for all the complicated note switching) and renewal of their direct electric action. Great care was taken, however, to restore everything else "as is", especially the pipes, as their sound is highly distinctive, not unmusical, and shows a very clever use of borrowing. The only change we made was to the Protestant Trumpet, the pipes of which were really quite poor, and it had been revoiced several times without success, so we replaced it with a new spotted metal one from England, voiced very much in keeping with the organ."
| Great Principal Stopped Diapason Prestant Spitz Flute Block Flute Fourniture 22.26.29 Trumpet Positive to Great Positive Bourdon Spitz Flute Dulciana Nason Flute Dulcet Principal Larigot Octavin Trumpet Tremulant Pedal Sub Bass Octave Flute Choral Bass Octave Flute Trumpet Great to Pedal Positive to Pedal Positive to Great |
8 8 4 4 2 III 8 16 8 8 4 4 2 1-1/3 1 8 16 8 8 4 4 8 |
(added later) |
Compass 61/30
Electro-magnetic action
Detached stopkey console
3 Great toe pistons
3 Pedal toe pistons
Organist playing Bach is Matthew Fletcher. Matthew is in his first
year at ADFA, Duntroon. He was an organ student at the ACT Organ
School for the previous 2 years.
2 photos above: Peter Jewkes (May 2013)
Royal Military College
Duntroon
St Paul's Memorial Anzac Chapels
(2) Roman Catholic chapel
1966 Hill, Norman & Beard (o/n ACT 645).
2m., 3 rks. + mixture ext., el.mag.
From Australian Organ Quarterly, January 1967, following their installation in 1966. Notes are by Dr Neville Stephenson.
Two small, but interesting organs have been built this year (1966) by Messrs Hill, Norman and Beard of Melbourne for Anzac Memorial Chapel, RMC Duntroon. They were dedicated recently, and later in the year recitals will be given on them by Sergio de Pieri, Organist of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL
The objective here was to design and build an instrument conceived primarily for the accompaniment of the Catholic liturgy whilst having the potential for the interpretation of organ music of most schools and periods.
The organ has two manuals and pedals consisting of a Great Organ and a Choir/Positive Organ.
| GREAT Contra Salicional Spitz Principal Rohr Gedeckt Spitz Octave Nason Flute Doublette Sexte CHOIR/ POSITIVE Gedeckt Salicional Flute Salicet Block Flute Octavin Tertian PEDAL Sub Bass Octave Flute Fugara Octave Flute |
16 8 8 4 4 2 II 8 8 4 4 2 1 II 16 8 8 4 4 |
TC 12th & 17th 19th & 24th |
COUPLERS & ACCESSORIES
3 thumb pistons to Great
3 thumb pistons to Positive
3 toe pistons to Pedal.
General piston cancel.
Combinations adjustable at console.
Positive to Great.
Great to Pedal.
Tremulant.
"Wind on" indicator pilot light.
"On Off" push button control for blower rectifier.
Console voltmeter.
Total number of speaking stops: 23.
Total number of ranks: 3 plus 2 in mixture = 5.
The metals used throughout are Zinc, Burnished organ Metal and Spotted Metal.
Photo: Peter Jewkes (May 2013)
(1) Anglican & Protestant chapel
Photos and specification corrections supplied by Trevor Bunning (April 2006)