St Mark's Anglican Church
Cnr Darling Point Road and Greenoaks Avenue, Darling Point
Orgues Létourneau Ltée Op.92, 2004 (3/38 electric)
From SOJ Winter 2004:
The original organ for St Mark's was built in 1859 by J W Walker (job no.651) and was installed in 1860. It had 2 manuals with 11 speaking stops (one prepared for), one coupler and pedal pulldowns using mechanical action. In 1916, J Holroyd rebuilt and enlarged the organ to 3 manuals, 23 stops, and 6 couplers using tubular-pneumatic action. The new parts and pipework were supplied from Norman & Beard in the UK. In 1963, S T Noad & Son rebuilt and enlarged the organ bringing it to 3 manuals, 43 stops, and 10 couplers with electro-pneumatic action. In 1976 it was broken up and replaced with an electronic. Only the oak case remained in the church.
After a generous gift from Lady Nancy Fairfax (a long time member of the congregation in thanksgiving for her husband Sir Vincent Fairfax, church warden 1948-49, 1951-71), a contract was signed with the Canadian firm of Orgues Létourneau Ltée for a new instrument of 38 speaking stops to be installed behind the original oak case but with a moveable console on elecctric action. The 32' Pedal Contra Bourdon is elecctronic and located up in the west gallery the opposite end of the church from the rest of the organ.
The specification is:
Orgues Létourneau Ltée Op.92, 2004 (3/38 electric)
| Great Bourdon Open Diapason Stopped Diapason Principal Harmonic Flute Twelfth Fifteenth Mixture IV Trumpet Swell Open Diapason Chimney Flute Viola di Gamba Voix Celeste Principal Wald Flute Piccolo Mixture IV Bassoon Trumpet Oboe Clarion Tremulant Suboctave Unison Off Octave Choir Gedackt Gemshorn Spindle Flute Nazard Flageolet Tierce Clarinet Tremulant Suboctave Unison Off Octave Pedal Contra Bourdon Open Wood Subbass Bourdon Principal Bass Flute Choral Bass Trombone Trumpet Clarion Couplers Swell to Great Choir to Great Swell to Choir Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal Choir to Pedal Great & Pedal pistons |
16 8 8 4 4 2-2/3 2 1-1/3 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 2 2 16 8 8 4 8 8 4 2-2/3 2 1-3/5 8 32 16 16 16 8 8 4 16 8 4 |
Great |
6 thumb pistons to Great
6 thumb pistons to Swell
6 thumb pistons to Choir
6 toe pistons to Pedal
6 thumb & toe general pistons
8 levels of divisional memory
128 levels of general memory
setter
cancel
sequencer
reversible pistons for couplers (toe and thumb)
next and back pistons (toe and thumb)
2 Photos above: Trevor Bunnning (October 2018)
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