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Adelaide, Australia (South Australia) - North Adelaide Baptist Church
Municipal: Adelaide
Address: 154 Tynte Street, 5006, North Adelaide
Website: http://www.nabc.org.au/
Description nr.: 2014895.
Built by: Fincham & Hobday (1891)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Claribel 8', Gedact 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (19.22.26) - 1959, Mixture 2 ranks (29.33) - 1990, Tromba 8' - 1959.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Flute 8', Gamba 8', Wald Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3' (1959), Piccolo 2', Tierce 1 3/5' (1968), Larigot 1 1/3' (1968), Clarinet 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Hohl Flute 8', Gamba 8', Celeste 8' (from c°), Principal 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Fifteenth 2' - 1959, Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22) - 1891/1959, Doublet Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8' - extension, Orchestral Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4' - extension, Tremulant.
Bombarde (from Choir Manual) (C-c''''): Contra Tromba 8', Tromba 8' - extension, Octave Tromba 4' - extension.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason (wood) 16', Open Diapason (metal) 16' - from Great, Bourdon 16', Echo Bourdon 16' - from Swell, Quint 10 2/3' - extension, Principal 8' - from Great, Bass Flute 8', Octave Quint 5 1/3' - extension, Fifteenth 4' - from Great, Octave Flute 4' - extension, Contra Trombone 32' (from c°) - from Bombarde, Trombone 16' - from Bombarde, Double Trumpet 8' - from Swell, Trumpet 8' - from Swell, Clarion 4' - from Swell.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Choir to Great Super, Swell to Great, Swell to Great Sub, Swell to Great Super, Great to Choir, Swell to Choir, Swell to Choir Sub, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir Sub Octave, Choir Super Octave, Choir Unison Off, Swell Sub Octave, Swell Super Octave, Swell Unison Off.
Accessories: Electronic setter combinations, 8 General Combination, 8 Adjustable Combination Pistons to Great, 8 Adjustable Combination Pistons to Choir, 8 Adjustable Combination Pistons to Swell.
Adelaide, Australia (South Australia) - North Adelaide Baptist Church
Municipal: Adelaide
Address: 154 Tynte Street, 5006, North Adelaide
Website: http://www.nabc.org.au/
Description nr.: 2014895.
Built by: Fincham & Hobday (1891)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1891 | Fincham & Hobday | new organ | 1917 | Victor Weber | modify stoplist | 1959 | J.E. Dodd & Sons | rebuild | 1968 | J.E. Dodd & Sons | modify stoplist | 1990 | George Stephens | restoration and enlargement | 2013 | Builder unknown | rebuild |
- North Adelaide Baptist Church was built to a design by James Cumming. The church could be opened in November 1870. The organ builder J.W. Wolff placed an organ in the church in 1876. It was dedicated on July 4, 1876. This instrument was replaced in 1890 by the current organ, built by the firm Fincham & Hobday. Consultant for the new organ was Joshua Ives, organist of the church, who also played the opening concert on March 26, 1891. Some ranks of the previous organ were re-used by Fincham & Hobday. The bellows were operated by a hydro-powered motor. The action was tubular-pneumatic with a detached console. The instrument had three manuals and pedal with 32 stops at the time.
- In 1917 some improvements and disposition changes were made by Victor Weber, brother of the then organist Horace Weber. In 1929 the water motor was replaced by an electric one.
- The firm J. E. Dodd & Sons carried out a major renovation in 1958/1959. The electrified the pneumatic action, installed a new console, and modified the specification. In 1968 some more modifications were carried out. In 1990, the organ was enlarged by George Stephens with a second Mixture on Great. A last rebuilt took place in 2013, when the electric wiring has been renewed and a modern combination system was installed.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 13 |
| - Choir Organ | 8 |
| - Swell Organ | 14 (12) |
| - Bombarde (from Choir Manual) | 3 (1) |
| - Pedal Organ | 15 (3) |
| Total number of stops | 53 (37) |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Claribel 8', Gedact 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (19.22.26) - 1959, Mixture 2 ranks (29.33) - 1990, Tromba 8' - 1959.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Flute 8', Gamba 8', Wald Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3' (1959), Piccolo 2', Tierce 1 3/5' (1968), Larigot 1 1/3' (1968), Clarinet 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Hohl Flute 8', Gamba 8', Celeste 8' (from c°), Principal 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Fifteenth 2' - 1959, Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22) - 1891/1959, Doublet Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8' - extension, Orchestral Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4' - extension, Tremulant.
Bombarde (from Choir Manual) (C-c''''): Contra Tromba 8', Tromba 8' - extension, Octave Tromba 4' - extension.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason (wood) 16', Open Diapason (metal) 16' - from Great, Bourdon 16', Echo Bourdon 16' - from Swell, Quint 10 2/3' - extension, Principal 8' - from Great, Bass Flute 8', Octave Quint 5 1/3' - extension, Fifteenth 4' - from Great, Octave Flute 4' - extension, Contra Trombone 32' (from c°) - from Bombarde, Trombone 16' - from Bombarde, Double Trumpet 8' - from Swell, Trumpet 8' - from Swell, Clarion 4' - from Swell.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Choir to Great Super, Swell to Great, Swell to Great Sub, Swell to Great Super, Great to Choir, Swell to Choir, Swell to Choir Sub, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir Sub Octave, Choir Super Octave, Choir Unison Off, Swell Sub Octave, Swell Super Octave, Swell Unison Off.
Accessories: Electronic setter combinations, 8 General Combination, 8 Adjustable Combination Pistons to Great, 8 Adjustable Combination Pistons to Choir, 8 Adjustable Combination Pistons to Swell.
| Literature |
Restoration rebuilding reconstruction : 42nd Annual Conference Organ Historical Trust of Australia : 30 September - 4 October 2019 : Adelaide and Tanunda South Australia : Conference Book. - Camberwell Victoria : OHTA, 2019. |