Cox from Walter Emerson, undated.ДЁ OHTA News, vol. Cox, 1974.Д§ Personal communications to G. Key, 1974 Personal communication from H.W. 236.Д¦ Dedication Service leaflet (27 November 1966), supplied by Rev. Salisbury (n.d.).ДҐ Graeme Rushworth, Historic Organs of New South Wales: The Instruments, Their Makers and Players 1791-1940 (Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1988), p. 9.Д¤ Collected Organ Specifications of Bernie Brohan (c.1952) & Notebooks of Mr E.R. 915.ДЈ St Stephen's Presbyterian Church Centenary 1863-1963 The Brisbane Courier (14 November 1913), p. 258-59 'Diary of Events' for 1 June, 1884 in Pugh's Queensland Almanac for 1885.Дў Donald Watson & Judith McKay, Queensland Architects of the 19th Century: A Biographical Dictionary (Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1994), pp. (reversible piston) Д®lectro-pneumatic action (formerly tubular-pneumatic)ДЎ Richard Bardon, The Centenary History of The Presbyterian Church of Queensland (Brisbane: W. The Swell pipework was relatively unharmed, but most of the pipework of the Great was melted and the console and soundboards suffered considerable water damage. This organ was seriously damaged by fire in January 1989. In the apse at St Stephen's Uniting Church, Toowoomba The position formerly occupied by the organ 6 Two further stops (Great Principal 4ft & Fifteenth 2ft) were added in 1981 by Walter Emerson of Toowoomba. The organ console and the choir were moved at this time from their former position immediately in front of the organ. Jarrott of Brisbane with electro-pneumatic action and the addition of two stops (Swell Oboe 8ft & Pedal Bass Flute 8ft). In conjunction with architectural renovations and new church furnishings at St Stephen's in 1966, the organ was rebuilt by H.W. imported into Queensland, although several were imported shortly after this time for churches in New South Wales: The one for St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Scone, NSW (1918) is very similar in appearance to the Toowoomba instrument, and only two stops larger. 4 This was the only pipe organ by the Estey Organ Co. The longest pipe of the Great Open Diapason was 6ft long, the bass pipes employing the ingenious Haskell patent for which the firm was noted. The organ was built by the Estey Organ Company of Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S.A, and comprised 7 speaking stops and 9 couplers with tubular-pneumatic action. 2 The jubilee celebrations of the congregation in 1913 were marked by additions to the church and the installation of the pipe organ at a cost of ВЈ1,600. The building was opened in June 1884, 1 having been designed by the prominent Toowoomba architect James Marks. The site of the present church in Neil Street was purchased in 1874, and the foundation stone of the new church building was laid in 1883. There was a Presbyterian church in James Street in 1859, and the congregation of St Stephen's was formally constituted in 1863. Historical and Technical Documentation by Geoffrey Cox Partially destroyed by fire and removed 1989

Jarrott, BrisbaneДў manuals, 11 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action St Stephen's Uniting (formerly Presbyterian) Church, Neil Street, Toowoomba St Stephen's Uniting (formerly Presbyterian) Church Neil Street, ToowoombaД®stey Organ Co., Brattleboro, Vt., USA installed 1913Дў manuals, 7 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action

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