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Sandy Bay, Australia (Tasmania) - Mount Saint Canice's Church
Municipal: Hobart
Address: 15 Dowling Street, 7005, Sandy Bay TAS

Description nr.: 2076884.

Built by: Norman & Beard Hill (1939) - opus T103

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1939 Norman & Beard HillT103 new organ
1976 K.R. Davis & Son  rebuild
2009 Australian Pipe Organs  restoration

  • Mount Saint Canice's Church is part of a complex with schools and a monastery. It was built in the years 1886-1890 for the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. The Memorial Church was built in 1909 and designed by Alan Cameron Walker. The building had been used as a parish church since 1995. The firm of Hill, Norman & Beard (Australia) built an organ for this church in 1939. It was placed on the gallery on the west side of the nave in two separated organ cases, to the left and right of the window.
  • The organ was built in 1976 by K.R. Davis & Son moved to the church floor, in the south transept. The two caes were placed next to each other and a new console was delivered. In 2009 the organ was overhauled by the Australian Pipe Organs company.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ9
- Swell Organ9
- Pedal Organ9
Total number of stops27
Key actionElectrical
Stop actionElectrical

Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Clarabel 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Cornopean 8'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Violin Diapason 8', Gedackt 8', Salicional 8', Gemshorn 4', Lieblich Gedackt 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Block Flute 2', Larigot 1 1/3', Cornopean 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Bourdon 16', Echo Bourdon 16', Octave 8', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Octave Quint 5 1/3', Fifteenth 4', Flute 4', Nachthorn 2'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.

Other specifications
Different specifications The original specification was:
Great (C-c''''): Bourdon 16, Open Diapason 8', Claribel 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4'.
Swell (C-c''''): Violin Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Salicional 8' (prepared for), Gemshorn 4', Piccolo 2', Cor Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal (C-f'): Subbass 16', Bourdon 16', Bass Flute 8'.
Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Sub Octave, Swell Unison Off.
Literature Historical & Technical Documentation of Organs in Tasmania / John Maidment. - In: An Island Inheritance : Profits and Losses : Repertoire Recitals Instruments : 34th Annual Conference 26 April - 1 May 2011 : Hobart, Tasmanian Midlands, Launceston and the North Coast, Tasmania, Australia. - Camberwell Victoria : OHTA, 2011.
Links https://www.ohta.org.au/organs/organs/SandyBay.html