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Photo: René Troost
Watsons Bay, Australia (New South Wales) - Saint Peter's Anglican Church
Municipal: Watsons Bay
Address: 331 Old South Head Road, 2030, Watsons Bay NSW
Website: https://www.watsonsbayanglican.net/
Description nr.: 2061273.
Built by: Robert Gray and William Gray (1796)
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Manual (C-f'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8' (B/D), Principal Bass 4' (B/D), Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (B/D) - 1965.
Pedal (C-e'): Bourdon 16' - 1965.
Couplers: Pedal Coupler - 1965.
Photo: René Troost
Watsons Bay, Australia (New South Wales) - Saint Peter's Anglican Church
Municipal: Watsons Bay
Address: 331 Old South Head Road, 2030, Watsons Bay NSW
Website: https://www.watsonsbayanglican.net/
Description nr.: 2061273.
Built by: Robert Gray and William Gray (1796)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1796 | Robert Gray | new organ | 1796 | William Gray | new organ | 1965 | Roger H. Pogson | restoration and enlargement |
- The organ in the Church of Saint Peter in Watsons Bay is an old English Chamber Organ, built in 1796 by Robert and William Gray. They built it for Spencer Perceval (1762 - 1812), Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Prime Minister of Great Britain (from 1809 to 1812). Perceval was murdered on May 11, 1812. His widow Lady Jane Perceval sold the organ in 1817. It stood in the Congregational Church of Wiveliscombe in Somerset from 1829.
- Dr. C.A. Edwards from Sydney, born in Wiveliscombe, bought the organ in 1901, but it was not taken to Sydney until 1915. It was given a place here in the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music. In 1920 the organ was moved to its current location in Saint Peter's Anglican Church, Watsons Bay. The church building itself was built in 1864 according to a design by Edmund Blacket.
- The organ was restored in 1965 by Roger Pogson. In addition, it has been expanded with an independent pedal with a Bourdon 16' and a pedal coupler. The compass of the manual has been altered, it originally started on contra-G, and has been adjusted to 54 keys (C-f'''). The original Cornet-Sesquialtera had already been replaced by a Gamba 8' at some point in time. Pogson replaced this Gamba with a new Mixture.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1796 | London | Residence Organ of Spencer Perceval |
| 1829 | Wiveliscombe | Concregrational Church |
| 1915 | Sydney | New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music |
| 1920 | Watsons Bay | Saint Peter's Anglican Church |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Manual | 6 |
| - Pedal | 1 |
| Total number of stops | 7 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Manual (C-f'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8' (B/D), Principal Bass 4' (B/D), Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (B/D) - 1965.
Pedal (C-e'): Bourdon 16' - 1965.
Couplers: Pedal Coupler - 1965.
| Literature |
Historic Organs of Australia : October 31 - November 13, 2017 14 Days with J. Michael Barone. - [S.l.] : Pipedreams, 2017. |
| Links |
http://www.ohta.org.au/organs/organs/StPetersWatsonBay.html |
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