Chinese Presbyterian Church
(formerly Fullerton Memorial Presbyterian Church)
cnr Crown and Albion Streets, Surry Hills
Hill & Son 1904, rebuilt and enlarged A. Welby 1979-80 (2/17 electro-magnetic)
From SOJ June/July 1993:
William Hill & Son supplied a small two manual organ (13 stops) to the Fullerton Memorial Presbyterian Church in 1904, it being job no. 2814. In its appearance, the organ is seemingly divided at the front of the building, although it is entirely contained within the left hand side case. The church became the "Chinese Presbyterian Church" some years ago. Apparently Charles Richardson made some alterations to the organ and Anthony Welby rebuilt and enlarged the instrument with electro-magnetic action between the years 1979-80.
From OHTA Conference Handbook 2022 (Kelvin Hastie):
One of last Hill & Son organs sent to New South Wales was this small two manual organ (13 stops), built in 1904 for the Fullerton Memorial Presbyterian Church in 1904 as job no. 2814. Possessing distinctive and richly-decorated casework, it is seemingly divided at the front of the building, although entirely contained within the left-hand side case. The original specification was unusual for the Hill firm, possessing a Great Wald Flute 8’, a Swell Bassoon 8’, no Swell strings or Pedal Bourdon. Some minor alterations were made by Charles Richardson (notably making the Swell Bourdon playable on the Pedal) and S.T. Noad, who added a Dolce in 1953. Anthony Welby converted the action to electro-magnetic in 1980, while adding a Fifteenth 2’ to the Great and a Mixture to the Swell. Original Hill console fittings (keyboards, key cheeks, stop knobs and pistons) were removed and replaced by standard supply-house equipment.
| Great Open Diapason Hohl Flute Gamba Dolce Octave Harmonic Flute Fifteenth Swell Lieblich Bourdon Open Diapason Stopped Diapason Gemshorn Mixture Cornopean Bassoon Pedal Open Bass Bourdon Cello Couplers Swell Octave Swell Sub Octave Swell Unison Off Swell to Great Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal |
8 8 8 8 4 4 2 16 8 8 4 III 8 8 16 16 8 |
+ * ~ A ~ A ^ |
3 thumb pistons to Swell
3 thumb pistons to Great
3 toe pistons to Swell
3 toe pistons to Great
Compass 61/30
Electro-magnetic action
* added by S.T. Noad in 1953
+ Originally labelled Wald Flute 8
~ added by A. Welby in 1980
^ largely borrowed from the Swell with the addition of other pipes
A alterations by Ch. Richardson not documented
Photos above: Trevor Bunning (October 2022)
Nameplate under music desk. Photo: Dominic Perissinotto (October 2022)
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