St Peter's Presbyterian Church
Blues Point Road, North Sydney
Maley, Young & Oldknow 1884 ( 2/12 mechanical)
Photo: Trevor Bunning (Dec 2008)
© PdL 2006
From SOJ February/March 1987:
All three partners, Maley, Young & Oldknow were trained in London by Henry Bevington and their organs reflect his style and workmanship. They built a small number of medium sized organs in the UK. Only one of their instruments is known to have come to Australia and this was installed in St Peter's, North Sydney in 1885. This beautiful sandstone church with views over the harbour was opened on 16th September, 1866 and enlarged in 1870 and 1882. In December 1884 the Musical Opinion reported that the Hon. Secretary of the College of Organists in London, Mr E. H. Turpin, "speaks very highly of it [the organ] in his report".
The organ arrived in Sydney in February 1885 and the opening service, played by the Cathedral organist, Montague Younger, was held on 8th March, 1885. After over 100 years, this fine organ remains as it was built except for the additon of an Echo Bourdon 16' to the Pedal and an electric blower (1920). It was restored in 1980 by Brown & Arkley.
© PdL 2006
Maley, Young & Oldknow 1884 ( 2/12 mechanical)
| Great Open Diapason Stopt Bass and Clarabella Dulciana Harmonic Flute Swell Double Diapason Violin Diapason Lieblich Gedacht Gamba Principal Mixture Horn Pedal Bourdon Echo Bourdon Couplers Great to Pedals Swell to Pedals Swell to Great |
8 8 8 4 16 8 8 8 4 II 8 16 16 |
A A |
Compass 56/30
Mechanical action
2 combination pedals to Great
2 combination pedals to Swell
3 reversible pedals for couplers
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Two photos above: Trevor Bunning (Dec 2008)
Photo of the Swell Lieblich Gedacht showing the unusual spelling
Photo: Pastor de Lasala (November 2016)