St Paul's Anglican Church
 Clifton Street, Euroa

First organ, B c.1933 possibly by John W. Sherwood,
45 Arundel Street, Benalla and 144 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne,
to whom pipework was supplied by George Fincham & Sons Pty Ltd in 1933.
1m, 4spst.

Present organ, B 1958 Stephen Laurie
incorporating some pipework from earlier organ. 2m, 5rks ext, elpn.



The Nave of St Paul's Anglican Church, Euroa was designed by Terry & Oakden, built by Brewer Bros. and opened in 1885. The central tower, crossing and sanctuary, designed by Louis R Williams, were built 1929-1930, with transepts and chapel added in 1962 and 1978, the latter work designed by Blyth & Josephine Johnson.




The pipe organ in St Paul's Anglican Church, Euroa was built in 1958-59 by Stephen Laurie. Trained in England with the noted firm of John Compton, Steve Laurie went on to build or rebuild a large number of instruments in five Australian states. This, the first new instrument that he built, used the extension principle, of which Compton was a great exponent, and the earliest example by its builder of a genre that became popular in the 1960s. [1]

Facing north across the crossing, the pipework is located on a platform with Gothic screenwork. The screen consists of two outer round towers of six zinc pipes and a central flat of seven smaller zinc pipes, separated by arcades of four trefoil headed Gothic arches. The swell pipework is located behind, within a masonry arch.

With bold tonal quality and a fine Trumpet stop, the instrument remains in original condition exhibiting fine and durable workmanship.




Specification ("Steve Laurie Organ Builder", page 65):

GREAT
Open Diapason
Rohr Flute
Dulciana
Octave
Flute
Twelfth
Super Octave
Trumpet

SWELL
Geigen Diapason
Rohr Flute
Geigen Principal 
Flute
Nazard
Fifteenth
Tierce
Trumpet
Clarion

PEDAL
Sub Bass
Octave
Flute
Octave Quint
Fifteenth
Trumpet

8
8
8
4
4
2-2/3
2
8


8
8
4
4
2-2/3
2
1-3/5
8
4


16
8
8
5-1/3
4
8






























The ranks consist of Open Diapason and Dulciana (unenclosed); Geigen Principal, Rohr Flute, Trumpet (enclosed in swell box). The bottom octave of the wooden Subbass 16ft consists of six ‘duophonic’ wooden pipes, each of which plays two notes, a semitone apart. A detached stopkey console is located on floor in the opposite transept. The Geigen Principal (and maybe Rohr Flute) come from a previous pipe organ in the church supplied in 1933, built by John W. Sherwood, 45 Arundel Street, Benalla and 144 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, to whom pipework was supplied by George Fincham & Sons Pty Ltd in 1933.

 




Photos: Trevor Bunning (October 2008)









Four photos above: Simon Colvin (2008)


[1] National Trust Citation