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Woollahra, Australia (New South Wales) - All Saints' Anglican Church
Municipal: Woollahra
Address: 85 Ocean Street, 2025, Woollahra NSW
Website: http://www.allsaintschurch.org.au/
Description nr.: 2062681.
Built by: Forster & Andrews (1882)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Viola di Gamba 8', Gedact 8', Principal 4', Flute Harmonique 4', Twefth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 5 ranks (15.19.22.26.29), Posaune 8'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Lieblich Gedact 8', Dulciana 8', Flauto Traverso 4', Flautina Harmonique 2', Corno di Bassetto 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Voix Celestes 8' (TC), Principal 4', Gedact Flöte 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 4 ranks (15.19.22.26), Cornopean 8', Oboe 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedals, Choir to Pedals, Swell to Pedals, Swell to Swell Octave, Swell to Swell Suboctave.
Accessories: 4 composition pedals to Great 3', 3 composition pedals to Swell 4', Great to Pedal reversible pedal.
Woollahra, Australia (New South Wales) - All Saints' Anglican Church
Municipal: Woollahra
Address: 85 Ocean Street, 2025, Woollahra NSW
Website: http://www.allsaintschurch.org.au/
Description nr.: 2062681.
Built by: Forster & Andrews (1882)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1882 | Forster & Andrews | new organ | 1946 | S.T. Noad & Sons | restoration | 1970 | S.T. Noad & Sons | new organ | 1970 | Fincham & Son | maintenance/reparations | 1989 | Pitchford & Garside | restoration |
- Edmund Blacket designed All Saints' Church in Woollahra. The church was opened in 1876. The building was completed in 1882 except for the tower. The organ was installed in 1882 and was built by the company Forster & Andrews. The organ was put into use at the beginning of 1883. It was built in the church by the Layton firm. It was built with mechanical action and drawers. The Great Organ was equipped with a barker machine. An electric wind engine was installed in 1916.
- In the course of time the organ fell into poor condition. A restoration or reconstruction was postponed. In 1946 a fire broke out in the church, causing the roof of the nave to be lost. The organ was preserved, but was badly damaged by soot, smoke and water. The company Noad then repaired the organ without changing anything. In 1970 the organ was once again renovated by T.S. Noad. The Fincham company overhauled the reeds in that year.
- Despite this work, the organ has largely remained in its original state. It was restored in 1988-1989 by the company Pitchford & Garside. It was put back into use on April 30, 1989.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 10 |
| - Choir Organ | 5 |
| - Swell Organ | 11 |
| - Pedal Organ | 4 |
| Total number of stops | 30 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
| Pitch | a' = 436 Hz |
| Temperament | Equal temperament |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Viola di Gamba 8', Gedact 8', Principal 4', Flute Harmonique 4', Twefth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 5 ranks (15.19.22.26.29), Posaune 8'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Lieblich Gedact 8', Dulciana 8', Flauto Traverso 4', Flautina Harmonique 2', Corno di Bassetto 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Voix Celestes 8' (TC), Principal 4', Gedact Flöte 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 4 ranks (15.19.22.26), Cornopean 8', Oboe 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedals, Choir to Pedals, Swell to Pedals, Swell to Swell Octave, Swell to Swell Suboctave.
Accessories: 4 composition pedals to Great 3', 3 composition pedals to Swell 4', Great to Pedal reversible pedal.
| Compound stop | Composition |
| Mixture 5 ranks (Great) | C: 2' - 1 1/3' - 1' - 2/3' - 1/2'. c°: 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3' - 1' - 2/3'. c': 4' - 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3' - 1'. g': 8' - 5 1/3' - 4' - 2 2/3' - 2'. |
| Mixture 4 ranks (Swell) | C: 2' - 1 1/3' - 1' - 2/3'. c°: 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3' - 1'. c': 4' - 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3'. g': 8' - 5 1/3' - 4' - 2 2/3'. |
| Literature |
A Diverse Heritage : organs in historic urban and rural settings in New South Wales : 33rd Annual Conference 5 - 11 April 2010 : Conference Book. - Camberwell Victoria : OHTA, 2010. |