St Andrew's Anglican Church
cnr Henson and Smith Streets, Summer Hill

A. Hunter & Son (London) 1898 (3/23 tubular-pneumatic)



[Photo: Mark Quarmby July 2018]

From SOJ February 1973, Autumn 2001, Winter 2001:

St Andrew's is fortunate to have the only remaining three manual Hunter organ in NSW. As with All Saints', Petersham, the specification was drawn up by Frederick Morley with supervision of the organ's construction by Felix W. Morley. William Davidson erected the organ in Sydney and it was opened on 22 February, 1898. The organ is tubular pneumatic and sliderless windchests are employed throughout.

The specification is:

Great Large Open Diapason Small Open Diapason Stopped Diapason Principal Flute Harmonic Fifteenth Trumpet Swell Lieblich Double Open Diapason Lieblich Gedact Gamba Voix Celeste Principal Mixture Cornopean Oboe Tremulant Choir Lieblich Gedact Dulciana Suabe Flute Piccolo Clarionet Pedal Bourdon Open Wood Couplers Swell to Great Unison Swell to Great Octave Swell to Choir Swell Octave Great to Pedals Swell to Pedals Choir to Pedals

8 8 8 4 4 2 8 16 8 8 8 8 4 3 Rks 8 8 8 8 4 2 8 16 16

Compass 56/30
Tubular pneumatic action

3 pistons each to Great and Swell
Reversible toe stud for Great to Pedal

 

[Photos above: Mark Quarmby July 2018]

 

 

Photos: Nicholas Appleton (May 2007)




Photo: Trevor Bunning (October 2018)