St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
cnr Burelli and Kembla Streets, Wollongong

1937 Hill, Norman & Beard., 2m., 20 sp. st., 6c., el. pn.

From SOJ Autumn 1998 and Winter 2007:

The organ in St Andrew's Presbyterian Church was built in 1937 by Hill, Norman & Beard (Aust) Pty Ltd. The console was refurbished and new electrics were installed in 1977 by Brown & Arkley. Further work (new manual soundboards) was undertaken by Roger Pogson in 1983 and 1987. The Pedal Violone is quite unique.

The church was opened in 1937 and replaced an earlier church built in 1837-1841. It is moderately large and more or less cruciform in shape. The organ pipes are situated in a chamber well above the floor level and which has openings into the crossing and into the nave adjacent to and on the ecclesiastical west of the crossing. In consequence the sound spreads more or less uniformly through the building. The console is on floor level in the crossing adjacent to the opening to the organ chamber.

Photo: MQ

The specification is:

Great Open Diapason Clarabel Flute Dulciana Principal Wald Flute Twelfth Fifteenth Swell Violin Diapason Viol d'Orchestre Voix Celeste Rohr Flute Principal Mixture Cornopean Oboe Pedal Violone Bourdon Violon Cello Bass Flute Flute Couplers Swell to Great Swell to Pedal Great to Pedal Swell Octave Swell Sub Octave Swell Unison Off Tremulant

8 8 8 4 4 2-2/3 2 8 8 8 8 4 III 8 8 16 16 8 8 4

4 thumb pistons to each manual
9 toe pistons
Great to Pedal Reversible

Photo: MQ April 2007

Great pipework

Photos: Trevor Bunning, April 2007