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Saint Kilda, Australia (Victoria) - Town Hall
Municipal: Saint Kilda
Address: 99A Carlisle Street, 3182, Saint Kilda VIC
Description nr.: 2076837.
Built by: Fincham & Hobday (1892)
Destroyed by fire (1991)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Loud Gamba 8', Claribel 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 5 ranks, Posaune 8'.
Choir & Solo Organ (C-a'''): Lieblich Gedact 8', Dulciana 8', Gamba 8', Celeste 8' - c°-a''', Flute Octaviante 4', Harmonic Piccolo 2', Clarionet 8', Orchestral Oboe 8' - c°-a''', Vox Humana 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Hohl Flote 8', Keraulophon 8' - c°-a''', Octave 4', Rohr Flote 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks, Doublet Trumpet 8' - c°-a''', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason Metal 16', Open Diapason Wood 16', Bourdon 16', Viola 8', Trombone 16' - prepared for.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Great Suboctave, Swell to Great Superoctave, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Great Sub Octave, Great Super Octave, Pedal Octave.
Accessories: 4 Thumb Pistons to Great, 4 Thumb Pistons to Choir, 4 Thumb Pistons to Swell.
Saint Kilda, Australia (Victoria) - Town Hall
Municipal: Saint Kilda
Address: 99A Carlisle Street, 3182, Saint Kilda VIC
Description nr.: 2076837.
Built by: Fincham & Hobday (1892)
Destroyed by fire (1991)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1892 | Fincham & Hobday | new organ | 1961 | George Fincham | rebuild |
- In 1892 George Fincham and Arthur Hobday completed a concert organ in the great hall of the Town Hall in Saint Kilda, Victoria. It was set up in two identical organ cases, on either side of the stage. Choir and Swell were set up in the left case, Great and Pedal in the right.
- The organ was restored and expanded by George Fincham & Sons in 1961. The original cases were removed. The organ was equipped with a new mobile console. The original pneumatic action was electrified.
- On Sunday, April 7, 1991, the instrument was destroyed by a raging fire, which reduced the large concert hall to ashes.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 10 |
| - Choir & Solo Organ | 9 |
| - Swell Organ | 13 |
| - Pedal Organ | 5 |
| Total number of stops | 37 |
| Key action | Pneumatic |
| Stop action | Pneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Loud Gamba 8', Claribel 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 5 ranks, Posaune 8'.
Choir & Solo Organ (C-a'''): Lieblich Gedact 8', Dulciana 8', Gamba 8', Celeste 8' - c°-a''', Flute Octaviante 4', Harmonic Piccolo 2', Clarionet 8', Orchestral Oboe 8' - c°-a''', Vox Humana 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Hohl Flote 8', Keraulophon 8' - c°-a''', Octave 4', Rohr Flote 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks, Doublet Trumpet 8' - c°-a''', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason Metal 16', Open Diapason Wood 16', Bourdon 16', Viola 8', Trombone 16' - prepared for.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Great Suboctave, Swell to Great Superoctave, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Great Sub Octave, Great Super Octave, Pedal Octave.
Accessories: 4 Thumb Pistons to Great, 4 Thumb Pistons to Choir, 4 Thumb Pistons to Swell.
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