St John's Anglican Hostel
Forbes

B. unknown. Inst. 1978 with additions Brown & Arkley from Methodist Church, Gladesville
1m., 5 sp. st., 1c., tr.

From SOJ February/March 1980:

The organ came from the Methodist Church, Gladesville. The builder is unknown but thought to be Australian from about 1890-1905. it is reputed to have contained cardboard pipes. The organ is almost entirely built of Red Cedar, the casework of Tasmanian Blackwood. It was restored by Brown & Arkley in 1978 with alterations to contain the following specification:

Manual Gedact Flute Principal Octave Pedal Sordun Manual to Pedal coupler

8 4 4 2 16

new 18th century unknown origin unused pipework from stock Carl Gieshike of Germany

Mechanical action