Lugar Brae Uniting Church
Photo supplied by Ross Smith (August 2023)
Lugar Brae Uniting Church
Photo taken in March 2001 – supplied by Ross Smith
Documentation by Kelvin Hastie © OHTA August 2023
The organ in Lugar Brae Uniting Church was built in 1964 by J. P. Eagles of Cheltenham at a cost of £1,850. It contained three extended ranks, and electro-magnetic action. The instrument was not provided with a case, but stood at the eastern end of the church behind a curtain. As with most Eagles organs, a fine console cabinet was made by Ricketts & Thorp, of Rockdale, who were known for their production of fine furniture in the period 1912-77.1
Owing to damage from white ants in the frame of the instrument and in the surrounding floor, the instrument was removed from the building by John W. Parker, who re-used the console at St John’s Anglican Church, Ashfield, when he rebuilt the organ there in 2006.2 The remainder of the organ was broken up for parts. The specification is:
Great Diapason Flute Salicional Octave Flute Fifteenth |
8 8 8 4 4 2 |
A B C A B A |
Swell Bourdon Diapason Flute Flute Twelfth Piccolo |
16 8 8 4 2-2/3 2 |
B A B B B B |
Pedal Bourdon Diapason Flute Octave |
16 8 8 4 |
B A B A |
Electro-magnetic action
No couplers
3 preset pistons per manual
Tremulant (for whole instrument)
Compass 61/323
1 Information on a plaque at the church
2 See St John's Ashfield (sydneyorgan.com)
3 Specification noted Kelvin Hastie, January 1998