St Matthias' Anglican Church
Oxford Street, Paddington

1876 J.W. Walker & Sons, London, Reb. 1919 C.W. Leggo, 1946 J.F. & M.D Stephen
2m., 16 sp. st., 4c., tr. & tub. pn.

The organ was built by J.W. Walker & Sons, London in 1876 (job no. 1084) and installed in 1877. It was rebuilt with a new case in 1919 by C.W. Leggo and further work was done on it in 1946 by J.F & M.D Stephen. It has not been played regularly for the past 30 years and now the pedal action (tubular-pneumatic) no longer works and notes cipher on the manuals.

The specification is:

Great Open Diapason Stop'd Diapason Bass Wald Flute Treble Dulciana Principal Fifteenth Clarionet Swell Open Diapason Stopped Diapason Voix Celeste Viol d'orchestra Principal Oboe Cornopean Pedal Pedal Bourdon Bass Flute Couplers Swell Octave Swell to Great Great to Pedals Swell to Pedals

8 Ft. 8 Ft. 8 Ft. 8 Ft. 4 Ft. 2 Ft. 8 Ft. 8 Ft. 8 Ft. 8 Ft. 8 Ft. 4 Ft. 8 Ft. 8 Ft. 16 Ft. 8 Ft.

Tone Tone Tone

Compass 56/30

Mechanical action (tubular pneumatic to pedals)

3 composition pedals

Lever swell pedal

Photos supplied by Michael Campbell, June 2006.