St Canice's Catholic Church
cnr Roslyn Street and Roslyn Gardens, Elizabeth Bay

Builder unknown, prob. W.E. Richardson, c.1926 (2/8 electro-pneumatic)

From SOJ Autumn 1999:

St Canice's church was built about 1887 and has been run by the Jesuits since 1940. The organ was supplied in 1926 but has been difficult to identify owing to the absence of church records and a builder's nameplate. It may have been built by Charles Richardson or erected by him, having been supplied by his father's company in the UK, W.E. Richardson & Sons. The appearance of the case and console is remarkably like a "standard" organ introduced by W.E. Richardson & Sons in 1921. The action to the manuals was mechanical with tubular-pneumatic action to the pedals. The organ was rebuilt in 1978 by Pitchford & Garside with the action being converted to electro-pneumatic and the Great Flute 4' being extended from the Stopped Diapason 8'.

It is located in a rear gallery and speaks across the gallery from the right to the left as one looks at the gallery.

The current specifcation is:

Great Open Diapason Stopped Diapason Dulciana Flute Great Octave Swell Violin Diapason Lieblich Gedact Gemshorn Fifteenth Swell Octave Pedal Bourdon Couplers Swell to Great Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal

8 8 8 4 8 8 4 2 16

Compass 61/30
Electro-pneumatic action

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