St Michael's Anglican Church
Gilliver Street, Vaucluse

Charles Richardson 1914, rebuilt by S T Noad & Son 1961
Arthur Jones 1972, Brown & Arkley 1984 (2/29 electro-pneumatic)









From SOJ February/March 1983, Autumn 1997, Winter 1997:

The organ in this church was installed by Charles Richardson and opened in January 1914. The organ was placed in the narthex on the north side of the chancel and the console was built into the organ. In 1927 additional stops were added but the church records are not clear as to the specification at this time. In 1961 the organ was rebuilt with electro-pneumatic action by S.T. Noad & Son, with a detached console on the other side of the church in the south transept. The work included a 16' Trombone in the Pedal and preparation for this to be extended as an 8' Trumpet on the Great. In 1972 Arthur Jones was called in to make the organ more effective. He removed the 16' Bourdon from the Great and placed it on the Pedal and took a Stopped Diapason from it to the Great. He created a 4' flute on the Great from the old Hohl Flute and presumably removed the Pedal Trombone. In 1984 Brown and Arkley restored and revoiced the organ and installed a solid state printed circuit system complete with memory capture. By extension, they added a Twelfth to the Great and a Fifteenth to the Pedal.

The specification is:

Great
Open Diapason No.1
Open Diapason No.2
Stopped Diapason
Dulciana
Principal
Flute
Twelfth
Fifteenth
Cornopean

Swell
Violin Diapason
Stopped Diapason
Salicional
Celeste
Principal
Harmonic Flute
Fifteenth
Mixture
Contra Oboe
Cornopean
Oboe
Clarion
Tremulant

Pedal
Grand Bourdon
Echo Bourdon
Principal
Bass Flute
Fifteenth
Contra Oboe
Cornopean
Clarion

Couplers
Swell Sub
Swell Super
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell Super to Great
Swell to Great
Swell Sub to Great

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


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



16
16
8
8
4
16
8
4
B

C

A

A

D










E
D
E
D




C
B
C
B
E
D
D



5 thumb pistons to Great
5 thumb pistons to Swell
5 thumb pistons to Pedal
5 General thumb pistons

Can. thumb piston
Non Set thumb piston
Set thumb piston

Four levels of memory


Great to Pedal reversible toe piston
Swell to Pedal reversible toe piston























Views from church


Photos and corrections to specification: Mark Quarmby (Feb. 2009)