St Augustine's Anglican Church
89 Wycombe Road, Neutral Bay

Hill, Norman & Beard 1929, rebuilt by Walkers 1981 (2/14 tubular-pneumatic)

From SOJ June/July 1982, December1993/January 1994:

This church has an organ built in 1929 by Hill, Norman & Beard to specifications drawn up by George Faunce-Allman. In 1981 extensive repairs and tonal alterations were carried out by Walkers, retaining the original tubular pneumatic action. The instrument is very solidly constructed and has a very handsome case. The specification is:

Great Open Diapason Claribel Flute Dulciana Principal Fifteenth Swell Violin Diapason Lieblich Gedeckt Echo Gamba Octave Piccolo Orchestral Oboe Closed Horn Pedal Bourdon Violon-Cello

8 8 8 4 2 8 8 8 4 2 8 8 16 8

Tubular-pneumatic action
7 couplers
Tremulant


Note: A Suabe Flute 4' on the Great was removed for the Fifteeth. A Voix Celeste 8' was removed from the Swell, being replaced by most of the Suabe Flute transposed to form the Piccolo 2'.

Photos taken with a camera phone (Feb. 2008 Nick Appleton)