St John's Anglican Church
cnr Chapman Avenue and Beecroft Road, Beecroft

Griffin & Leggo 1913 (2/14 mechanical)

From SOJ Autumn 2000:

The organ in St John's Anglican Church, Beecroft was the first wholly new organ by the Griffin & Leggo partnership. It was ordered in 1911 and opened in 1913 with a recital by Arthur Mason. The specification and design was submitted by Mr J. Earnshaw and the organ was built under his supervision. Preparation was made for four additional stops. The pipes were manufactured and voiced by Alfred Palmer & Sons of London. The organ has been restored with the missing ranks added by Roger Pogson.

The specification is:

Great Open Diapason Tibia Minor Gemshorn Harmonic Flute Principal Swell Violin Diapason Clarabella Viol d'orchestre Voix Celeste Geigen Principal Fifteenth Closed Horn Tremulant Pedal Sub Bass Bass Flute Couplers Swell to Great Swell Octave Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal

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

[new rank added to a spare slide c. 2003 by Pogson] [added to a spare slide 1991-2*] [new rank added to a spare slide c. 2003 by Pogson] [new rank to be added to a spare slide 2007 by Pogson]

Compass 61/32

Mechanical action

* Rank from St Enoch's Presbyterian Church, Newtown. The organ was broken up in 1965 and the church demolished. The organ was by Charles Richardson 1898.

Photos: MQ (August 2007)