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