Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > Australia > South Australia > Adelaide > Town Hall
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1876 | Built by Hill |
| Sources | |
| Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 37 | 37 | 6 | - |
| I. Choir ( CC-a3 58 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cone Gamba | 8' | metal. |
| 2. | Dulciana | 8' | (C grooved) |
| 3. | Voix Celeste | 8' | (tenor c) |
| 4. | Lieblich Gedact | 8' | wood. |
| 5. | Gemshorn | 4' | metal. |
| 6. | Lieblich Flute | 4' | metal. |
| 7. | Flageolet | 2' | metal. |
| 8. | Clarionet | 8’ tenor c' | metal. |
| II. Great ( CC-a3 58 notes) | |||
| 9. | Double Diapason | 16' | wood. |
| 10. | Open Diapason I | 8' | metal. |
| 11. | Open Diapason II | 8' | metal. |
| 12. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | wood. |
| 13. | Principal | 8' | |
| 14. | Harmonic Flute | 4' | metal. |
| 15. | Twelfth | 2 2/3' | metal. |
| 16. | Fifteenth | 2' | metal. |
| 17. | Full Mixture | III | metal. |
| 18. | Sharp Mixture | II | metal. |
| 19. | Posaune | 8' | metal. |
| 20. | Clarion | 8' | metal. |
| i | Swell to Great | ||
| ii | Swell sub-octave to Great | ||
| III. Swell ( CC-a3 58 notes) | |||
| 21. | Lieblich Bourdon | 16' | wood. |
| 22. | Open Diapason | 8' | metal. |
| 23. | Pierced Gamba | 8' | (C grooved) |
| 24. | Hohl Flute | 8' | wood. |
| 25. | Principal | 4' | metal. |
| 26. | Rohr Flute | 4' | metal. |
| 27. | Fifteenth | 2' | metal. |
| 28. | Mixture | III | metal. |
| 29. | Double Trumpet | 16' | metal. |
| 30. | Cornopean | 8' | metal. |
| 31. | Oboe | 8' | metal. |
| 32. | Clarion | 8' | metal. |
| iii | Swell Octave | ||
| Pedal ( CCC-F 30 notes) | |||
| 33. | Double Open Diapason | 32' | wood. |
| 34. | Open Diapason | 16' | wood. |
| 35. | Bourdon | 16' | wood. |
| 36. | Violoncello | 8' | wood. |
| 37. | Trombone | 16' | wood. |
| iv | Choir to Pedal | ||
| v | Great to Pedal | ||
| vi | Swell to Pedal | ||
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1877-79 | George Oughton (1842-1898) |
| 1885-90 | Joshua Ives (1854-1931) |
| 1891- | William R. Pybus (1848-) |
| 1923- | W. R. Knox (1861-1933) |
| 1933-67 | Harold Wylde (1888-1975) |
| 1967-72 | Jack Peters (1920-1973) |