Goulburn Masonic

From SOJ Summer 2002-2003:

The Masonic Centre was built in 1890 to a design by E.C. Manfred, a priminent Goulburn architect. The first floor was added in 1929, again to a design by E.C. Manfred. Work on this floor was held up while plans were altered to raise the ceiling 3 feet. This was necessary to make room for the pipes of an organ W.J. Bartlett had purchased for £1,000 with the intention of donating it to the Masonic Fraternity of Gouburn. W.J. Bartlett was the founder of the Goulburn Brewery, Bungonia Road, which is still operating as is the pipe organ. The instrument was installed in the Lodge Room by S.W. Leggo, organbuilder of Manly. The excellence of workmanship and beauty has evoked many a flattering comment. The cost of the installation was £48/6/2. The metal pipes and keyboards were imported from London. Apart from these items, the whole instrument was constructed at Manly, the design and tonal specifications being by C.W. Leggo. The case work is of polished Queensland Maple to match the woodwork of the Lodge Room. The front pipes are silvered, it adds much to the beauty of the room and is the only pipe organ in any Lodge Room in NSW with the exception of the Grand Lodge in Sydney. His Excellency, the Governor General, Lord Stonehaven, as Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in NSW performed the official opening and dedication of the new building on 27 March, 1929.

About 1982 the organ was refurbished by volunteers from the Masonic Lodge in Goulburn under the guidance of one of their number, who had been a telephone technician (but supervised by Ken Noad). The work was painstakingly and skillfully completed. The organ was rededicated to the memory of the donor W.J. Bartlett on 10 July, 1982.

The specification is:

Great
Open Diapason
Dulciana
Harmonic Flute

Swell
LieblichGedackt
Voix Celeste
Viol da Gamba
Gemshorn
Oboe

Pedal
Bourdon
Bass Flute

Couplers
Swell Superoctave
Swell to Great
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal

8
8
4

8
8
8
4
8

16
8