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Auckland, New-Zealand (Auckland) - Ponsonby Unitarian Church
Municipal: Auckland
Region:North Island
Address: 1A Ponsonby Road, 1011, Auckland (Grey Lynn)
Website: https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/

Description nr.: 2062478.

Built by: George Croft & Son (1904)

he Unitarian Church was erected over a period of four months in 1901 to the design of
T.H. White, an architect who had studied in Birmingham and Paris. The striking design
was based upon a church that White had built for South Africa and is constructed in
timber, with a steeply angled roof, windows with glazing bars and a half-timbered main gable.
The organ is a substantial and intact example of the early work of George Croft dating from
1904, retaining its original action, pipework and unusual double pipe facades divided on either
side of the building facing across and down the church. The casework

Technical data

Number of stops per division
- Great Organ	6
- Swell Organ	9
- Pedal Organ	2
Total number of stops	17
Key action	Pneumatic
Stop action	Pneumatic
Windchest(s)	Cone chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Flute Harmonic 4', Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Double Diapason 16', Violin Diapason 8', Clarabella 8', Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8' (TC), Principal 4', Piccolo 2', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.

Literature	Indigenous and Exotic : some organs of the Upper North Island - New Zealand : Auckland and Waikato regions New Zealand : 29th Annual Conference 30 September - 5 October 2006 : Conference Book. - OHTA, 2006.
Links	https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/about/our-organ/

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