St. Brigid's Catholic Church
cnr Livingstone and Marrickville Roads, Marrickville

Henry Bryceson 1865, rebuilt S.T. Noad & Son 1957 (3/36 electro-pneumatic)



Photo: Robert Parkinson


From SOJ December 1965, June/July 1981, June/July 1994

St. Brigid's is one of the largest and most beautiful Catholic churches in Sydney. Its large tower, like that of St. Clement's Anglican Church, Marrickville, can be seen for some distance. The organ was built in 1865 by Henry Bryceson of London for an unknown location in England and was later installed in ''Bomerah", residence of the brothers McQuade, Potts Point. It was moved in 1921 to St. Brigid's where it was rebuilt by S.T. Noad & Son in 1957. The instrument was originally operated by tracker action, but this was removed so that the case could be divided on either side of a rose window with a centrally placed detached console. Despite the alterations which have taken place, the instrument has mostly retained its original specification, and the voicing has not been changed. The organ speaks in an excellent acoustic.

Click here to download an MP3 (3.2MB) of Michael Dudman playing the Gigout Scherzo



The organ has the following stoplist:

Great
Double Bass
Open Diapason
Gamba
Salicional
Harmonic Flute
Principal
Twelfth
Fifteenth
Trumpet

Swell
Double Diapason
Open Diapason
Viol de Orchestra
Lieblich Gedact
Keraulphon
Flute
Principal
Mixture
Vox Humana
Oboe
Cornopean

Choir
Rohr Flute
Echo Dulciana
Gamba
Voix Celeste
Gamba
Gedackt Flute
Gemshorn
Cor Anglais
Clarinet

Pedal
Open Metal
Open Wood
Bourdon
Bass Flute
Violone
Gemshorn
Trombone

16
8
8
8
4
4
2-2/3
2
8


16
8
8
8
8
4
4
II
8
8
8


8
8
8
8
4
4
2
8
8


16
16
16
8
8
4
16








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Electro-pneumatic action
15 couplers