Complete description of the selected organ
Photo: Kat Cameron
Tanunda, Australia (South Australia) - Barossa Regional Gallery, Soldiers Memorial Hall
Municipal: Tanunda
Address: 3 Basedow Road, 5352, Tanunda
Website: https://www.barossagallery.com/
Description nr.: 2064061.
Built by: William Hill & Sons (1877) - opus 1564
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason no. 1 8', Open Diapason no. 2 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Full Mixture 3 ranks (1 1/3'), Sharp Mixture 2 ranks (2/3'), Posaune 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Cone Gamba 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Dulciana 8', Voix Céleste 8', Gemshorn 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Flageolet 2', Clarionet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Lieblich Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Hohl Flute 8', Pierced Gamba 8', Principal 4', Rohr Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (1 3/5'), Double Trumpet 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Violoncello 8', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Great Sub Octave, Swell to Great Octave, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Accessories: Barker Lever to Great 4', 4 composition pedals to Great 3', 3 composition pedals to Swell 2', 2 composition pedals to Pedal.
Photo: Kat Cameron
Tanunda, Australia (South Australia) - Barossa Regional Gallery, Soldiers Memorial Hall
Municipal: Tanunda
Address: 3 Basedow Road, 5352, Tanunda
Website: https://www.barossagallery.com/
Description nr.: 2064061.
Built by: William Hill & Sons (1877) - opus 1564
- On October 2nd, 1877, a large new organ was inaugurated in Adelaide Town Hall. The instrument was played by David Lee, organist in Melbourne. The organ was built by the company Hill & Son and installed in Adelaide by Robert Mackenzie.
- In 1988 or 1989 the instrument was removed from the Town Hall and put into storage. After a reconstruction of the original instrument of 1877, it was installed in 2014 in the Barossa Regional Gallery in Tanunda. Dominic Perissinotto played the opening concerts on August 30 and 31, 2014.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
1877 | Adelaide | Town Hall |
2014 | Tanunda | Barossa Regional Gallery |
Technical data
Number of stops per division | |
- Great Organ | 12 |
- Choir Organ | 8 |
- Swell Organ | 12 |
- Pedal Organ | 5 |
Total number of stops | 37 |
Key action | Mechanical |
Stop action | Mechanical |
Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason no. 1 8', Open Diapason no. 2 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Full Mixture 3 ranks (1 1/3'), Sharp Mixture 2 ranks (2/3'), Posaune 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Cone Gamba 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Dulciana 8', Voix Céleste 8', Gemshorn 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Flageolet 2', Clarionet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Lieblich Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Hohl Flute 8', Pierced Gamba 8', Principal 4', Rohr Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (1 3/5'), Double Trumpet 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Violoncello 8', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Great Sub Octave, Swell to Great Octave, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Accessories: Barker Lever to Great 4', 4 composition pedals to Great 3', 3 composition pedals to Swell 2', 2 composition pedals to Pedal.
Recordings |
Soaring Sounds : David Tagg explorer the splendour of the restored 1877 Hill & Son concert organ at the Barossa Regional Gallery, Tanunda, South Australia / David Tagg. - Organ Historical Trust of Australia (CD). - 2017. |
Links |
http://www.barossaorgan.com/ http://www.ohta.org.au/organs/organs/TanundaHill.html |
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