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Sydney, Australia (New South Wales) - Saint Benedict's Roman Catholic Church (Chippendale)
Municipal: Sydney
Address: 104 Broadway, 2008, Sydney
Website: https://stbenedicts.org.au/
Description nr.: 2062780.
Built by: Frederick Haydon Baker (1882)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-f'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Stop'd Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (C-f'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Stop'd Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Wald Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Cornopean 8', Hautbois 8', Clarion 4' - 2010.
Pedal (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Violoncello 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedals, Swell to Pedals.
Accessories: Tremulant, 2 Composition Pedals to Great, 3 Composition Pedals to Swell.
Sydney, Australia (New South Wales) - Saint Benedict's Roman Catholic Church (Chippendale)
Municipal: Sydney
Address: 104 Broadway, 2008, Sydney
Website: https://stbenedicts.org.au/
Description nr.: 2062780.
Built by: Frederick Haydon Baker (1882)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1882 | Frederick Haydon Baker | new organ | 1978 | Pitchford & Garside | restoration | 2006 | Peter Jewkes | maintenance/reparations | 2010 | Peter Jewkes | enlargement |
- Saint Benedict's Church is the Roman Catholic parish church of Chippendale, a neighbourhood near the centre of Sydney. The church was built in the years 1845-1856 on Broadway. In 1892 a pipe organ was placed in the church, built in 1882 by Frederick Haydon Baker. It's almost certain that Baker used large parts of older organs to create his own work. The old Bishop-organ of Saint Benedict's Church was sold to Saint Patrick's Church in Parramatta. The new organ was inaugurated on October 7, 1892, with a concert by Auguste Wiegand. The instrument was located on the gallery above the entrance of the church.
- The church had to be partly reconstructed because of widining works on Broadway about 1940. The organ was dismantled and rebuild on the southside of the nave. Om 1978 Pitchford & Garside restored the organ. In 2005-2006 Peter Jewkes relocated it on the west gallery, where it could be played in February 2006. In 2010 a new Clarion 4' was placed on Swell, thanks to a donation by the City of Sydney.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 7 |
| - Swell Organ | 10 |
| - Pedal | 3 |
| Total number of stops | 20 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-f'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Stop'd Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (C-f'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Stop'd Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Wald Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Cornopean 8', Hautbois 8', Clarion 4' - 2010.
Pedal (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Violoncello 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedals, Swell to Pedals.
Accessories: Tremulant, 2 Composition Pedals to Great, 3 Composition Pedals to Swell.
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https://stbenedicts.org.au/index.php/more/our-history/organ https://www.sydneyorgan.com/StBenedictsBroadway.html |