St John's Anglican Church
6 Royston Parade, Asquith

Arthur Lord, enl 2006., 3m., 45 sp. st., 13 rks ext., el.mag.


New building from parking area


Geoff Lloyd writes (April 2006):

The organ in St John's Anglican Church at Asquith is currently being restored/enlarged/rebuilt into the new building which was opened November 2004.

The organ was built by Arthur Lord and installed at The Blind School, Wahroonga. It was of five ranks and had FF manuals of 44 notes and pedal compass of 25 notes with direct electric action. It subsequently went into storage and was then obtained by St John's and installed in the original 1921 church in 1967. It was altered and moved to a new building in 1969. In 1990 a console of three manuals and pedals was obtained. An account of the organ up to that stage was published in The Sydney Organ Journal of June/July 1993.

It is planned to complete the organ with thirteen ranks over three manuals and pedals. Some extension and duplexing will be employed. Action will be mainly direct-electric but some electro-pneumatic will be included.



Organ loft (facade not finalised) with console to left of picture

The specification is:

Great
Contra Dulciana
Open Diapason No 1
Open Diapason No 2
Hohl Flute
Viol (Sw)
Principal
Lieblich Flute
Twelfth
Fifteenth
Mixture
Trumpet (Ch)
Swell Suboctave to Great
Swell to Great
Swell Octave to Great
Choir to Great

Swell
Open Diapason
Tibia Minor
Viol
Celeste
Principal
Wald Flute
Octave Quint
Super Octave
Cornopean
Oboe
Tremulant
Swell Suboctave
Swell Octave

Choir
Violin Diapason
Lieblich Gedeckt
Dulciana
Lieblich Flute
Dulcetina
Nazard
Piccolo
Tuba (Sw)
Trumpet (encl)
Clarinet (encl)
Choir Octave
Swell to Choir

Pedal
Pedal Coupler
Open Diapason
Bourdon
Bourdon (Sw)
Principal
Bass Flute
Lieblich Gedeckt
Octave Quint
Fifteenth
Harmonic Flute
Twentysecond
Fagotto (Ch)
Trumpet (Ch)
Oboe (Sw)
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal

16
8
8
8
8
4
4
2-2/3
2
III
8






8
8
8
8
4
4
2-2/3
2
8
8





8
8
8
4
4
2-2/3
2
8
8
8




32
16
16
16
8
8
8
5-1/3
4
4
2
16
8
8



Great and Pedal Pistons Coupled

Generals on Swell Toe Pistons



Console


Console in apse


Sanctuary area with organ loft to the left



Original installation at St John's

Photographs supplied by Geoff Lloyd