St Canice's Catholic Church
cnr Roslyn Street and Roslyn Gardens, Elizabeth Bay
Builder unknown, prob. W.E. Richardson, c.1926 (2/8 electro-pneumatic)
From SOJ Autumn 1999:
St Canice's church was built about 1887 and has been run by the Jesuits since 1940. The organ was supplied in 1926 but has been difficult to identify owing to the absence of church records and a builder's nameplate. It may have been built by Charles Richardson or erected by him, having been supplied by his father's company in the UK, W.E. Richardson & Sons. The appearance of the case and console is remarkably like a "standard" organ introduced by W.E. Richardson & Sons in 1921. The action to the manuals was mechanical with tubular-pneumatic action to the pedals. The organ was rebuilt in 1978 by Pitchford & Garside with the action being converted to electro-pneumatic and the Great Flute 4' being extended from the Stopped Diapason 8'.
The original specification (noted by Norbert Kelvin 18 June, 1960) was:
Great |
8 8 8 8 8 4 16 |
TC |
Balanced Swell pedal
Three thumb pistons to Great (blind)
Great Combination Cancel Piston
Action: Tubular Pneumatic
Drawstop Console
It is located in a rear gallery and speaks across the gallery from the right to the left as one looks at the gallery.
The current specifcation is:
| Great Open Diapason Stopped Diapason Dulciana Flute Great Octave Swell Violin Diapason Lieblich Gedact Gemshorn Fifteenth Swell Octave Pedal Bourdon Couplers Swell to Great Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal |
8 8 8 4 8 8 4 2 16 |
TC Replaced an Oboe stop in 1978 rebuild?* |
Compass 61/30
Electro-pneumatic action
* The Oboe, Norbert Kelvin recalls, may have probably been a later addition or was prepared for. In any case, the Swell has a 15th as the fourth stop and the Great 4' is simply the Stopped Diapason extended. The Swell Box has flaps at the front as if to give access to a reed.
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© PdL 2006