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Bathurst, Australia (New South Wales) - William Street Uniting Church
Municipal: Bathurst
Address: William Street, 2795, Bathurst NSW

Description nr.: 2062834.

Built by: William Davidson (1874)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1874 William Davidson  new organ
1887 William Davidson  enlargement
1919 John B. Holroyd  restoration
ca. 1955 S.T. Noad & Sons  maintenance/reparations
1991 Roger H. Pogson  restoration

  • Thomas Rowe designed the new church for the Wesleyan Methodists in Bathurst. It was completed in 1860 and is located on William Street, just next to the old chapel from 1837, that is also still standing on the location. The pipe organ in the church was dedicated on March 13, 1874, and was built by William Davidson. In 1887 he enlarged the instrument with some new stops and a free pedal with pneumatic action. Not long after 1887 the organ was relocated to the apse of the church, where it still stands.
  • In 1919 a renovation was carried out by John B. Holroyd, who renewed the pneumatic action of the pedal organ and manufactured new knobs for the stops. Later changes were the removal of a rank of the Mixture on Great (not known when or by whom) and the addition of a Tremulant by S.T. Noad in the fifties.
  • Roger H. Pogson restored the organ completely in 1990-1991 und supervision of Kelvin Hastie. The organ could be re-opened on October 20, 1991 with a concert by Christopher (organ) and Bridger (cello) Dearnley.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ8
- Swell Organ6
- Pedal Organ2
Total number of stops16
Key actionMechanical, Tubular-Pneumatic (Pedal)
Stop actionMechanical, Tubular-Pneumatic (Pedal)
Windchest(s)Slider chest, Cone chest (Pedal)
Pitcha' = 445,6 Hz
TemperamentEqual Temperament

Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stop Diapason 8', Dulciana 8' - C-B from Stop Diapason, Principal 4', Wald Flute 4' (TC), Fifteenth 2', Mixture 2 ranks (19.22).
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8' - C-G from Lieblich Gedackt, Lieblich Gedacht 8', Voix Celeste 8' - C-G from Lieblich Gedackt, Gemshorn 4', Flautina 2', Oboe 8' - 1887.
Pedal Organ (C-e'): Open Diapason 16' - 1887, Bourdon 16' - 1887.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Accessories: Tremulant, 3 Composition Pedals for Great.

Compound stopComposition
Mixture 2 ranks C: 1 1/3' - 1'. c': 2 2/3' - 2'.
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.