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Details of St. Patrick’s (R.C.) Cathedral, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

St. Patrick’s (R.C.), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Organ History
1870s	Built by Robert Mackenzie
1880	Completed by George Fincham & Sons
1964	Rebuilt & enlarged by George Fincham & Sons
1997	Rebuilt & enlarged by Australian Pipe Organs

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	81	81	24	E

I. Positiv
1.	Principal	8'
2.	Gedeckt	8'
3.	Principal	4'
4.	Quintadena	4'
5.	Nazard	2 ²/₃'
6.	Waldflöte	2'
7.	Tièrce	1 ³/₅'
8.	Larigot	1 ¹/₃'
9.	Sifflöte	1'
10.	Zymbel	IV [26-29-33-36]
11.	Cromorne	8'
12.	Tremulant
i	Positiv sub-octave
ii	Positiv unison off
iii	Positiv Octave
iv	Swell to Positiv
v	Solo to Positiv
II. Great
13.	Gemshorn	16'
14.	Open Diapason	8'
15.	Gemshorn	8'
16.	Stopped Diapason	8'
17.	Harmonic Flute	8'
18.	Dulciana	8'
19.	Principal	4'
20.	Gemshorn	4'
21.	Suabe Flute	4'
22.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'
23.	Fifteenth	2'
24.	Fourniture	V [12-15-19-22-26]
25.	Mixture	V [15-19-22-26-29]
26.	Grand Cymbel	V [22-26-29-33-36]
27.	Trumpet	8'
28.	Clarion	4'
vi	Swell to Great
vii	Positiv to Great
viii	Solo to Great
III. Swell
29.	Gedeckt	16'
30.	Open Diapason	8'
31.	Stopped Diapason	8'
32.	Viola da Gamba	8'
33.	Salicional	8'
34.	Voix Céleste	8'
35.	Principal	4'
36.	Stopped Flute	4'
37.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'
38.	Fifteenth	2'
39.	Piccolo	2'
40.	Cornet	III [17-19-22]
41.	Mixture	V [19-22-26-29-33]
42.	Double Trumpet	16'
43.	Cornopean	8'
44.	Trompette Harmonique	8'
45.	Oboe	8'
46.	Clarion	4'
47.	Tremulant
ix	Swell sub-octave
x	Swell unison off
xi	Swell octave
xii	Solo to Swell
IV. Solo
48.	Harmonic Flute	8'
49.	Viola	8'
50.	Viola Céleste	8'
51.	Concert Flute	4'
52.	Flageolet	2'
53.	Double Clarinet	16'
54.	Clarinet	8'
55.	Orchestral Oboe	8'
56.	Cor Anglais	8'
57.	Posaune	8'
58.	Clarion	4'
59.	Tuba	8'
60.	Trompette en Chamade	8'
61.	Tremulant
xiii	Solo sub-octave
xiv	Solo unison off
xv	Solo octave
xvi	Great to Solo
xvii	Swell to Solo
Pedal
62.	Acoustic Bass	32'
63.	Open Diapason	16'	wood.
64.	Gemshorn	16'
65.	Violone	16'
66.	Bourdon	16'
67.	Gedeckt	16'
68.	Octave	8'	wood.
69.	Principal	8'
70.	Bass Flute	8'
71.	Gemshorn	8'
72.	Violoncello	8'
73.	Twelfth	5 ¹/₃'
74.	Fifteenth	4'
75.	Flute Dolce	4'
76.	Mixture	IV [19-22-26-29]
77.	Contra Bombarde	32'
78.	Bombarde	16'
79.	Double Trumpet	16'
80.	Double Clarinet	16'
81.	Bombarde	8'
82.	Trumpet	8'
83.	Clarion	4'
84.	Trumpet	4'
xviii	Great to Pedal
xix	Great octave to Pedal
xx	Swell to Pedal
xxi	Swell octave to Pedal
xxii	Solo to Pedal
xxiii	Solo octave to Pedal
xxiv	Positiv to Pedal

List of Organists
1868-80	Charles Austin Tracy (1837-1896)
1880-84	Alfred Plumpton (1840-1902)
1884-96	William Furlong
1896-1902	Felix V. Steinmetz
1902-07	Otto Linden
1907-12	Frederic W. Beard (1865-1912)
1912-20	Felix V. Steinmetz
1934-35	Gerhard von Keußler (1874-1949)
1935-39	A. G. Melichar (-1955)
1939-41	Georg Gruber (1904-1979)
1941-42	Paddy Martin
1942-73	Percy Jones (1914-1992)
1961-	Sergio de Pieri (1932-)
1986-99	John Mallinson
1999-	Geoffrey Cox (1951-)

List of Assistant Organists
	Dion Henman
	Paul Taylor
1899-1934	E. S. Anderson
1935-	Mc Clelland
1973-86	Brian Fitzgerald
1995-99	Geoffrey Cox (1951-)

List of Other Organists
	John Walles
	David Agg (1949-)