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Adelaide, Australia (South Australia) - Saint Peter's College (Hackney), War Memorial Hall
Municipal: Adelaide
Address: 55 Hackney Road, 5069, Adelaide
Website: https://www.stpeters.sa.edu.au/
Description nr.: 2066360.
Built by: Wurlitzer Organ Company (1928) - opus 1896
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Main Chamber (C-c''''): Diaphone - Diaphonic Diapason 16', Bourdon - Flute 16', Viol d'Orchestre 8', Viol Celeste 8', Mixtur 4 ranks (1988), Ophicleide - Tuba Horn 16', Clarinet 8', Vox Humana 8', Chrysoglott.
Solo Chamber (C-c''''): Tibia Clausa 16', String 8', Quintadena 8', Kinura 8', Trumpet 8', Saxophone 8', Oboe Horn 8', Orchestral Oboe 8'.
Other stops: Piano, Marimba, Harp, Mandolin, Cathedral Chimes, Xylophone, Sleigh Bells, Glockenspiel, Snare Drum, Tambourine, Castanets, Chinese Block, Tom Tom, Sand Block.
Adelaide, Australia (South Australia) - Saint Peter's College (Hackney), War Memorial Hall
Municipal: Adelaide
Address: 55 Hackney Road, 5069, Adelaide
Website: https://www.stpeters.sa.edu.au/
Description nr.: 2066360.
Built by: Wurlitzer Organ Company (1928) - opus 1896
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1928 | Wurlitzer Organ Company | 1896 | new organ | 1968 | J.E. Dodd & Sons | transfer/relocate | 1986 | J.E. Dodd & Sons | new organ | 1988 | George Stephens | enlargement |
- In 1928 a theatre organ was built by Wurlitzer for the Regent Theatre in Adelaide. The instrument was installed in the theatre in September en the first concert was given on September 22, 1928. In 1968, the organ was reloacted to the War Memorial Hall of Saint Peter's College in Hackney by the company J.E. Dodd Gunstar Organ Works. This hall dates from the same period of the organ, and was opened on September 22, 1929.
- After a fire in the hall, the organ was restored in 1985. In 1988, George Stephens enlarged the organ with a new Mixture. The organ has three manuals and pedal and sixteen ranks.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1928 | Adelaide | Regent Theatre |
| 1968 | Adelaide | Saint Peter's College (Hackney), War Memorial Hall |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Main Chamber | 9 |
| - Solo Chamber | 8 |
| Total number of stops | 17 |
| Key action | Electrical |
| Stop action | Electrical |
| Windchest(s) | Multiplex chests |
Specification
Main Chamber (C-c''''): Diaphone - Diaphonic Diapason 16', Bourdon - Flute 16', Viol d'Orchestre 8', Viol Celeste 8', Mixtur 4 ranks (1988), Ophicleide - Tuba Horn 16', Clarinet 8', Vox Humana 8', Chrysoglott.
Solo Chamber (C-c''''): Tibia Clausa 16', String 8', Quintadena 8', Kinura 8', Trumpet 8', Saxophone 8', Oboe Horn 8', Orchestral Oboe 8'.
Other stops: Piano, Marimba, Harp, Mandolin, Cathedral Chimes, Xylophone, Sleigh Bells, Glockenspiel, Snare Drum, Tambourine, Castanets, Chinese Block, Tom Tom, Sand Block.
| Literature |
Restoration rebuilding reconstruction : 42nd Annual Conference Organ Historical Trust of Australia : 30 September - 4 October 2019 : Adelaide and Tanunda South Australia : Conference Book. - Camberwell Victoria : OHTA, 2019. |