Holy Trinity Anglican Church
cnr Anzac Parade and Sturt Street, Kingsford

Gray & Davison 1876, restored Pitchford & Garside 1990 (2/8 mechanical)




Photo: Trevor Bunning (October 2022)



Photo: Trevor Bunning (October 2022)


From SOJ Spring 1995:

This is the third church to be built on this site. The former building of dark brick, designed by George Gray and built in 1932 replaced an earlier weatherboard structure. It was destroyed by arson on 15 October 1987. The present building was designed by H.O. Woodhouse annd Danks Pty Ltd.

The organ was built in 1876 for the United Reformed Church in Turvey, Bedford, UK by Gray and Davison and restored in 1990 by Pitchford & Garside for installation in Holy Trinity. The show pipes were rediapered to the original design but with a different background colour more suited to its new surroundings. This was the only alteration to the original. Particularly noteworthy are the delicate carvings in the attractive oak case and the Clarinet Flute stop, a specialty of Gray and Davison's. It has a straight, flat pedalboard with ivory inserts engraved in Old English style in the walnut stop knobs and the chamfered key cheeks.


From the OHTA Conference Handbook 2022 (Kelvin Hastie):
The organ was built in 1876 for the United Reformed Church in Turvey, Bedford, UK by Gray and Davison and acquired second-hand by Pitchford & Garside in 1985. It was purchased for £1,000 and packed for shipment to Australia by organbuilder, Robert Shaftoe, of Pavenham, Bedfordshire. It was later purchased for restoration and installation in Holy Trinity in 1990, during the rectorship of The Revd J.R. Le Huray. The show pipes were rediapered to the original design but with a different background colour more suited to its new surroundings. This was the only alteration to the original. Particularly noteworthy are the delicate carvings in the attractive oak case and the Clarinet Flute stop, a specialty of Gray and Davison's. It has a straight, flat pedalboard with walnut stop knobs with ivory inserts engraved in an Old English style.


The specification is:

Great
Open Diapason
Lieblich Gedackt
Dulciana*
Principal

Swell
Gamba#
Clarinet Flute
Wald Flute

Pedal
Bourdon

Couplers
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal

8
8
8
4


8
8
4


16

* bass grooved from Lieblich Gedackt bottom F #
# bass grooved with Clarinet Flute from bottom B


Compass 56/30

2 composition pedals to Great

Hitchdown swell pedal

Great composition pedal 1: Lieblich Gedackt & Dulciana
Great composition pedal 2: full with Dulciana on neutral

















Photos: Pastor de Lasala (March 2022)







Photo: Trevor Bunning (October 2022)