Uniting (Methodist) Church
The Avenue, Hurstville

B. 1929 Whitehouse Bros., Brisbane. Res. & enl. 1963 Whitehouse Bros.
2m., 13 sp.st., 8c., tub.pn. Gt: 8.8.8.4.8. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.8. Ped 16.8.

Dr Kelvin Hastie writes in OHTA News April 2008 (p.15):


A typical 11-stop Whitehouse Bros. organ was supplied to the Methodist Churches in Bondi and Hurstville in 1927 and 1929 respectively, with the specification below. Both organs were enlarged by Whitehouse Bros. with a prepared-for Great Clarinet 8' and Swell Celeste 8': the additions at Bondi date from 1952 and Hurstville from 1963. [1]

Great Open Diapason Stop Diapason Dulciana Harmonic Flute Clarinet Swell Horn Diapason Lieblich Gedact Echo Gamba Vox Celeste (sic) Geigan Principal (sic) Oboe Tremulant Pedal Bourdon Bass Flute Couplers Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal Swell to Great Swell Sub-Octave to Great Swell Octave to Great Swell Octave Swell Sub-Octave Great Octave

8 8 8 4 8 8 8 8 8 4 8 16 8

+ + A A

Tubular-pneumatic action

Compass 61/30

Balanced Swell pedal

Four pistons for Great; three for Swell

+ Additions prepared for by Whitehouse Bros. and later installed

[1] NSW Gazetteer and Rushworth.