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Burwood NSW, Australia (New South Wales) - Burwood Croydon Uniting Church
Commune: Burwood
Adresse: 134A Burwood Road, 2134, Burdwood NSW

Description no.: 2062741.

Bâti par: Gray & Davison (1887)

AnnéeFacteurOpusActivité
1887 Gray & Davison  orgue neuf
1992 Pitchford & Garside  restauration

  • Burwood Uniting Church is a church in the suburb Burwood of Sydney, which also serves as Uniting Church for the suburb Croydon. The building is designed in neogothic style and was build in 1880. First they acquired a pipe organ from the firm J.W. Walker & Sons in London. This organ was sold in 1958 en replaced by a second hand Wurlitzer theatre organ from King's Cross Theatre.
  • The Wurlitzer Organ served the church for about 30 years. In 1990 is was replace by a Gray & Davison organ from 1887, which had originally been built for Saint Deniol's Church in Criccieth, Wales. Pitchford & Garside restored the organ and it could be inaugurated on October 25, 1992. Mark Quarmby played the organ at this occasion, in corporation with the Newington College Trebles Choir, conducted by Elizabeth Swain.

Court sommaire des endroits où l'orgue s'est trouvé
1887CricciethSaint Deniol's Church
1992Burwood NSWBurwood Croydon Uniting Church

Données techniques
Nombre de registres par manuel
- Great Organ8
- Swell Organ11
- Pedal Organ2
Nombre de jeux total21
Transmission des clésMechanical, Pneumatisch (pedals)
Transmission des jeuxMechanical, Pneumatisch (pedals)
Sommier(s)Slider chests

Composition
Great Organ (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8', Clarabella 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Wald Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (12.19.22), Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Lieblich Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Rohr Flôte 8', Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8' (TC), Gemshorn 4', Piccolo 2', Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22), Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16'.
Accouplements: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Jouer conseils: Composition pedals for Great and Swell.

Références
  • A Gray & Davison Organ for Burwood Uniting Church : Some further notes / Kelvin Hastie. - In: Sydney Organ Journal, Volume 24 no. 1, February/March 1993.
  • 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.