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Latest News - January 2010
St Mary's Catholic Cathedral, Hobart
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The major refurbishment and enhancement of the 3 manual, 54 stop (58 ranks) organ in St Mary’s is now complete. This work included the installation of a new digital control system and the addition of several new stops.
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St Carthage's Catholic Church, Parkville, Victoria
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| Work continues on the restoration of the historic 1885 George Fincham organ, formerly in Williamstown Congregational Church. The organ is in largely original condition and retains its hand blowing feeders and cone tuning. The oak grained casework and stenciled façade pipes are being refurbished by Mr Mark Nobel of Melbourne. |
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Great (Manual I)
1. Open Diapason 8
2. Claribel 8
3. Dulciana 8
4. Principal 4
5. Flute 4
6. Fifteenth 2
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56 Pipes
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Swell (Manual II - Enclosed)
7. Open Diapason (Grooved Bass) 8
8. Stopped Diapason 8
9. Gemshorn 4
10. Oboe 8
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Pedal
11. Bourdon 16
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Couplers
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
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Gulangyu Organ Museum, Xiamen, China
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The organ formerly in Scots’ Church, Melbourne is currently being rebuilt and reconfigured for installation in the museum to complement the 1909 Norman & Beard organ our firm installed in 2004. The instrument will comprise of 4 manuals and 62 stops (60 ranks).
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August 2009
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Barossa Regional Arts Centre, Tanunda, South Australia
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Work has now been completed on the reconstruction and refurbishment of all the slider windchests from the former Adelaide Town Hall 1875 William Hill & Son organ currently being restored and installed in the Barossa Regional Arts Centre, Tanunda, South Australia. This work included the installation of new tables to replace the unsound and badly split originals. New solid timber face and under boards have been manufactured to replace chipboard ones fitted in 1969. For further details on this significant project go to the Organ Historical Trust of Australia website.
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Christ Church Anglican Church, Beechworth, Victoria
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The complete restoration of the church’s one manual and pedal 1882 William Anderson organ was completed in the second half of 2008. Beechworth is a historic gold mining town located in North East Victoria, 40 minutes from Wangaratta. A large portion of the organ dates from the first half of the 19th century, possibly imported from England. The specification is:
Great: Open Diapason 8’, Dulciana 8’, Stopped Diapason Bass 8’, Stopped Diapason Treble 8’, Principal 4’, Flute 4’, Twelfth 22/3’, Fifteenth 2’.
Pedal: Bourdon 16’, Great to Pedal
Specifications (78.53 KB)
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Gulangyu Organ Museum, Xiamen, China
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The Swell bellows from the 1909 Norman & Beard organ (installed by our company in 2004) has been completely releathered and restored. The original leather, now 98 years old, had lasted extremely well but finally perished and required replacement. Our first Chinese trainee organ builder, Jia Jie Liu assisted Ian Wakeley in this work, learning the various skills of bellows releathering.
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