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Details of Town Hall, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia


Organ History
1876Built by Hill
Status
Unknown
Sources
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
337376-

I. Choir ( CC-a3 58 notes)
1.Cone Gamba8'metal.
2.Dulciana8'(C grooved)
3.Voix Celeste8'(tenor c)
4.Lieblich Gedact8'wood.
5.Gemshorn4'metal.
6.Lieblich Flute4'metal.
7.Flageolet2'metal.
8.Clarionet8’ tenor c'metal.
II. Great ( CC-a3 58 notes)
9.Double Diapason16'wood.
10.Open Diapason I8'metal.
11.Open Diapason II8'metal.
12.Stopped Diapason8'wood.
13.Principal8' 
14.Harmonic Flute4'metal.
15.Twelfth2 2/3'metal.
16.Fifteenth2'metal.
17.Full MixtureIIImetal.
18.Sharp MixtureIImetal.
19.Posaune8'metal.
20.Clarion8'metal.
iSwell to Great  
iiSwell sub-octave to Great  
III. Swell ( CC-a3 58 notes)
21.Lieblich Bourdon16'wood.
22.Open Diapason8'metal.
23.Pierced Gamba8'(C grooved)
24.Hohl Flute8'wood.
25.Principal4'metal.
26.Rohr Flute4'metal.
27.Fifteenth2'metal.
28.MixtureIIImetal.
29.Double Trumpet16'metal.
30.Cornopean8'metal.
31.Oboe8'metal.
32.Clarion8'metal.
iiiSwell Octave  
Pedal ( CCC-F 30 notes)
33.Double Open Diapason32'wood.
34.Open Diapason16'wood.
35.Bourdon16'wood.
36.Violoncello8'wood.
37.Trombone16'wood.
ivChoir to Pedal  
vGreat to Pedal  
viSwell to Pedal  



List of Organists
1877-79George Oughton (1842-1898)
1885-90Joshua Ives (1854-1931)
1891-William R. Pybus (1848-)
1923-W. R. Knox (1861-1933)
1933-67Harold Wylde (1888-1975)
1967-72Jack Peters (1920-1973)