Christ Church Brunswick

Christ Church Brunswick

Organ

The first organ (pic1, pic2) at Christ Church was completed in 1889 by Alfred Fuller. It was rebuilt in 1934 by Hill, Norman & Beard (Australia) and removed in 1972 when the current organ was commissioned and its parts used in other organs. The specifications of the current organ are as follows:

Manual I (Hauptwerk) Manual II (Positiv)
Gedackt 8' Genshorn 8'
Principal 4' Rohrflute 4'
Siffulte 2' Principal 2'
Mixture III Quint 1.1/3
Dulzian 8' Cymbel III
  Sesquialtera II
   
Pedal Couplers II-I, I-Pedal, II-Pedal
Sub-bass 16' Accessory Tremulant on Positiv
Principal 8' Action Mechanical
Choral-bass 4' Pressure Hauptwerk 60mm,
Fagott 16' Positiv 50 mm.

 

Builder Roger H. Pogson Pty Ltd, Sydney, Date of Opus 1971

Hauptwerk stops

Pedal & Positiv stops

Manuals & Positiv pipes

Details

This "neo-baroque" organ was designed to provide adequate support to the liturgy and the congregation and to provide a clarity and variety of tone appropriate to the performance of the classical organ repertoire.

The organ was built largely through the generosity of Mrs Isobel Finchett, in memory of her late husband Albert Leslis Finchett, and by gifts, large and small from the congregation and the public. The Cymbel pipes are the gift of John Larter, in memory of his late wife Eileen Larter. The reed stops are the gift of the then organist, Edward King. The specification of the organ was drawn up by Edward King with the advice of Sergio de Pieri. The members of the Organ Committee were the Reverend W.R. Dowel (the then Vicar), Messrs Bert Nicholson, Robert Hall and Robert Green (the then Churchwardens), and Edward King. The consultant to the Committee was Sergio de Pieri. The project commenced in April 1967 and came to fruition in April 1972.

The organ is listed with the National Trust for its classic design.