St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral
Macarthur Street, Melbourne

1964 George Fincham & Sons, 4m, 81 sp. st., el. pn.



The organ was built by George Fincham & Sons, Melbourne in 1962-64 and was refurbished with additions by Australian Pipe Organs, Melbourne in 1996-97. The organ incorporates a substantial part of the instrument built in the West gallery of the Cathedral in the late 1870s by Robert Mackenzie and completed in 1880 by George Fincham.



Specification of the Organ, St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne  

All stops not marked with a date were new when the organ was installed in 1964.

 
Great Organ

1.

 Gemshorn
16

2.

Open Diapason 
8

[1880]

3.

Gemshorn 
8
 from No.1

4.

Stopped Diapason 
8

[1880]

5.

Harmonic Flute 
8

[1997]

6.

Dulciana
8

[1896]

7.

Principal
4

[1880]

8.

Gemshorn
4
 from No.1

9.

Suabe Flute
4

[1880]

 Höhl Flute 8

10.

Twelfth
2-2/3

[1880]

11.

Fifteenth
2

[1880]

12.

Fourniture

V
 12.15.19.22.26

13.

Mixture

V
 15.19.22.26.29

14.

Grand Cymbel

V
 22.26.29.33.36

15.

Trumpet
8

16.

Clarion
4

(a) Swell to Great

(b) Positiv to Great

(c)  Solo to Great
 
Swell Organ [enclosed]

17.

Gedeckt

16

[1880?]

18.

Open Diapason

8

[1880]

19.

Stopped Diapason

8

[1880]

20.

Viola da Gamba

8

[1880]

21.

Salicional

8

[1896]

22.

Voix Céleste

8

[1896]

23.

Principal

4

[1880]

24.

Stopped Flute

4

[1880]

25.

Twelfth

2-2/3

[1880]

26.

Fifteenth

2

[1880]

27.

Piccolo 

2

  

28.

Cornet

III

[1896]

 17.19.22

29.

Mixture

V

 19.22.26.29.33

30.

Double Trumpet 

16

31.

Cornopean 

8

32.

Trompette Harmonique 

8

33.

Oboe 

8

34.

Clarion 

4
(d) Swell Sub Octave 
(e) Swell Unison Off 
(f) Swell Super Octave 
(g) Solo to Swell 
(h) Tremulant 
 
Solo Organ [enclosed] 

35.

Harmonic Flute
8

36.

Viola
8

37.

Viola Céleste
8

[1997]

38.

Concert Flute
4
  

39.

Flageolet
2
  

40.

Double Clarinet
16

[1997]

41.

Clarinet 
8

[1997]

 from No.40

42.

Orchestral Oboe 
8
  

43.

Cor Anglais 
8
  

44.

Posaune 
8
  

45.

Clarion 
4

from No.44

46.

Tuba
8
 [1997] ex St George’s Anglican Cathedral, Perth

47.

Trompette en Chamade
8
  
(i) Solo Sub Octave 
(j) Solo Unison Off 
(k) Solo Super Octave 
(l) Great to Solo 
(m) Swell to Solo 
(n) Tremulant 
 
Positiv Organ

48.

Principal 
8

from No.50

49.

Gedeckt 
8
  

50.

Principal
4
  

51.

Quintadena
4
  

52.

Nazard
2-2/3
  

53.

Waldflöte
2
  

54.

Tièrce
1-3/5
  

55.

Larigot
1-1/3
  

56.

Sifflöte 
1

from No.53

57.

Zymbel

IV
 26.29.33.36

58.

Cromorne 
8
(o) Positiv Sub Octave 
(p) Positiv Unison Off 
(q) Positiv Super Octave
(r) Swell to Positiv 
(s) Solo to Positiv
(t) Tremulant 
       
Pedal Organ

59.

Acoustic Bass 
32
  

from No.63

60.

Open Diapason-Wood 
16
    

61.

Gemshorn 
16
  

from No.1

62.

Violone 
16
    

63.

Bourdon 
16

[1896]

  

64.

Gedeckt 
16
  

from No.17

65.

Octave -Wood 
8
  

from No.60

66.

Principal 
8

[1997]

  

67.

Bass Flute 
8
  

from No.63

68.

Gemshorn 
8
  

from No.1

69.

Violoncello 
8
  

from No.62

70.

Twelfth 
5-1/3
 [1997]

from No.1

71.

Fifteenth 
4

[1997]

from No.66

72.

Flute Dolce 
4
  

from No.63

73.

Mixture

IV
  

19.22.26.29 from No.1

74.

Contra Bombarde 
32

[1997]

from No.75

75.

Bombarde 
16
    

76.

Double Trumpet 
16
  

from No.30

77.

Double Clarinet 
16

[1997]

from No.40

78.

Bombarde 
8

[1997]

from No.75

79.

Trumpet 
8
  

from No.30

80.

Clarion 
4

from No.15

81.

Trumpet 
4

from No.30

(u) Great to Pedal 

(v) Great to Pedal Super 

(w) Swell to Pedal

(x) Swell to Pedal Super

(y) Solo to Pedal

(z) Solo to Pedal Super
(aa) Positiv to Pedal
 

Accessories

8 adjustable thumb pistons to Positiv
8 adjustable thumb pistons to Great
8 adjustable thumb pistons to Swell
8 adjustable thumb pistons to Solo
8 adjustable toe pistons to Pedal
8 adjustable toe pistons to Swell / Generals
12 General thumb pistons
Positiv to Pedal reversible thumb & toe pistons
Great to Pedal reversible thumb & toe pistons
Swell to Pedal reversible thumb & toe pistons
Solo to Pedal reversible thumb & toe pistons
Swell to Great reversible thumb & toe pistons 
Positiv to Great reversible thumb & toe pistons
Solo to Great reversible thumb & toe pistons
Swell to Positiv reversible thumb & toe pistons
Solo to Positiv reversible thumb & toe pistons 
Solo to Swell reversible thumb piston
Great to Solo reversible thumb piston
Swell to Solo reversible thumb piston
‘Bombarde 32’ reversible toe piston
‘General Cancel’ thumb piston
‘Setter’ thumb piston
‘Neutral Set’ thumb piston
Balanced expression pedals to Swell & Solo

(bb) Great to Pedal Toe Pistons
(cc) Pedal to Great Thumb Pistons
(dd) Swell / Generals on Toe Pistons
(ee) Couplers on Pistons - On / Off

Combination pistons - adjustable on 40 levels.


Photo above: Simon Colvin
Photo above: Simon Colvin




Photos: © PdL 2006



from the Australasian Sketcher
This is the 1880 George Fincham organ in the west gallery of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne.



Photo: Simon Colvin (2007)