Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church

Station Road, Indooroopilly

H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane, 1962, for the Methodist Church, Indooroopilly
1 manual, 4 speaking stops, electric action
Rebuilt and enlarged 1976 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane, in present church
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, electric action
Removed 2009 and broken up




The Uniting Church, Indooroopilly
[Photograph by David Vann (May 2012)]

Historical and Technical Documentation by Geoffrey Cox
© OHTA 2012 (last updated May 2012)

In anticipation of the formation of the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, the present church building was constructed alongside the earlier Methodist church to accommodate the combined Methodist and Presbyterian congregations, who had worshipped for more than fifty years on opposite sides of Station Road. It was known initially as the Indooroopilly Co-operative Church.

 



The Uniting Church, Indooroopilly
alongside the former Methodist Church, Indooroopilly
[Photograph by David Vann (May 2012)]

The organ was built by H.W. Jarrott of Brisbane originally for the old Methodist Church building in Indooroopilly in 1962. It comprised just one manual and pedals, as follows:

MANUAL
Lieblich Gedackt
Dulciana
Principal

PEDAL
Bourdon

COUPLERS
Manual to Pedal
Sub Octave
Super Octave

8
8
4


16





 (enclosed)

[gvd bass]









  

Tremulant
Compass: 61/30
Direct electric action.1

The pipework and console of the original Methodist organ were incorporated into a larger organ by H.W. Jarrott, designed as a completely new instrument for the combined church. To the existing four stops, four new ranks were added, two of these being used for extensive 'extension' on the Great and Pedals. The organ was completed in 1976 and officially dedicated on Thursday 12 August that year. The guest organist and choir for the Service of Dedication and recital following were Mr Graeme Morton and the choir of Toowong Methodist Church.2






The rebuilt and enlarged organ in the Uniting Church, Indooroopilly
[Photographs by David Vann (2005)]


GREAT
Open Diapason
Flute
Dulciana
Octave
Open Flute
Nasard
Fifteenth

SWELL
Lieblich Gedackt
Principal
Block Flute
Larigot

PEDAL
Harmonic Bass
Bourdon
Principal
Bass Flute
Fifteenth

COUPLERS
Swell to Great
Swell to Pedal
Swell Super to Great
Swell Sub to Great
Swell Super Octave
[Swell] Unison Off
Swell Sub Octave

8
8
8
4
4
2-2/3
2


8
4
2
1-1/3


32
16
8
8
4

A
B

A
B
B
A








B
B
A
B
A



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[1962]

Tremulant
Compass: 61/32
1 full-organ toe piston
1 adjustable general toe piston
Direct electric action.3

The instrument was sold to David Cahill of Warwick in 2009,4 and subsequently broken up. Some pipework has been sold to Darryl Skerman with a view to incorporation in the organ at Windsor Road Baptist Church, Red Hill.5

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1 Details supplied H.W. Jarrott, c.1974. Date from the Organ Dedication Order of Service, 12 August 1976.

2 Details from the Organ Dedication Order of Service, 12 August 1976.

3 Specification supplied by H.W. Jarrott, per Owen Fletcher and David Vann.

4 Personal communication to G. Cox from David Vann, July 2009.

5 Personal communication to G. Cox from David Cahill, April 2010.