Lugar Brae Uniting (Methodist) Church

cnr Leichardt Street and Lugar Brae Avenue, Bronte

J.P. Eagles 1964 
(3 ranks extended, electro-magnetic)




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