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Saint Kilda, Australia (Victoria) - Presbyterian Church
Municipal: Saint Kilda
Address: Alma Road, 3182, Saint Kilda
Description nr.: 2061711.
Built by: Fincham & Hobday (1892)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Horn Diapason 8', Claribel 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Quint 8va 3', Fifteenth 2', Posaune 8'.
Choir Organ (C-g'''): Hohl Flöte 8', Gamba 8', Dulciana 8', Rohr Flöte 4', Piccolo 2', Clarionet 8' (TC).
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Gedact 8', Gamba 8', Celeste 8' (TC), Octave 4', Super Octave 2', Mixture 3 ranks (17.19.22), Cornopean 8', Oboe 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8' - extension, Bass Flute 8' - extension, Octave Quint 5 1/3' - extension, Fifteenth 4' - extension.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell Octave to Great, Swell Suboctave to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Pedal Octave.
Accessories: 3 thumb pistons to Great 3', 3 thumb pistons to Swell 3'.
Saint Kilda, Australia (Victoria) - Presbyterian Church
Municipal: Saint Kilda
Address: Alma Road, 3182, Saint Kilda
Description nr.: 2061711.
Built by: Fincham & Hobday (1892)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1892 | Fincham & Hobday | new organ | 1907 | Fincham & Hobday | maintenance/reparations | 1955 | Fincham & Son | rebuild |
- De Presbyterian Church in Saint Kilda is gebouwd in de jaren 1885-1886 in neogotische stijl, ontworpen door Ralph Wilson en John
Beswicke. In eerste instantie plaatste men een klein orgel van George Fincham uit 1880 in de kerk, maar dit is in 1891-1892 vervangen door een groot nieuw orgel van de firma Fincham & Hobday. Op 29 april 1892 werd het orgel in gebruik genomen. Het had twee klavieren en pedaal en in totaal 27 stemmen.
- Het orgel had oorspronkelijk een hydraulische motor voor de winddruk. Deze is in 1907 vervangen door een electrische motor. De pneumatische tractuur is in 1955 geëlectrificeerd door de firma George Fincham & Sons. Zij plaatsten het Choir Organ in een zwelkast. Er werd een nieuwe speeltafel geplaatst. Het pedaal is verder uitgebreid met vier extensions.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 9 |
| - Choir Organ | 6 |
| - Swell Organ | 10 |
| - Pedal Organ | 6 (2) |
| Total number of stops | 31 (27) |
| Key action | Electro-pneumatisch |
| Stop action | Electro-pneumatisch |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Horn Diapason 8', Claribel 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Quint 8va 3', Fifteenth 2', Posaune 8'.
Choir Organ (C-g'''): Hohl Flöte 8', Gamba 8', Dulciana 8', Rohr Flöte 4', Piccolo 2', Clarionet 8' (TC).
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Gedact 8', Gamba 8', Celeste 8' (TC), Octave 4', Super Octave 2', Mixture 3 ranks (17.19.22), Cornopean 8', Oboe 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8' - extension, Bass Flute 8' - extension, Octave Quint 5 1/3' - extension, Fifteenth 4' - extension.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell Octave to Great, Swell Suboctave to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Pedal Octave.
Accessories: 3 thumb pistons to Great 3', 3 thumb pistons to Swell 3'.
| Literature |
Past Evidence Future Keys : Organ Documentation - Home and Abroad : Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula and the Victorian Goldfields Region : Victoria - Australia : 31st Annual Conference 29 September - 4 October 2008 : Conference Book. - OHTA, 2008. |