Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2019-12-16 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Owen Lenzmeier, listing this web site as a source of information: http://www.dobsonorgan.com/html/instruments/op99_sydney.html. -Database Manager
2021-07-03 - Organ was destroyed in a fire on June 15th at the Dobson factory. -YouFoundSharpe
2021-07-03 - Updated through online information from 'Anonymous': While much of this organ was destroyed at the builder's shop during construction, the project has continued; see e.g. https://limelight-arts.com.au/features/organ-transplant-to-put-st-james-church-back-on-sydneys-cultural-map/. It appears to be nearing completion. -YouFoundSharpe
Original document from Owen Lenzmeier. Source: from Dobson website 2019-12-19
Saint James' King Street Sydney, NSW, Australia Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Opus 99 4 Manuals, 43 Stops, 51 Ranks GREAT (* = enclosed in Choir) SWELL 16’ Double Diapason 61 16’ Lieblich Gedeckt 61 8’ First Diapason 61 8’ Diapason 61 8’ Second Diapason 61 8’ Viole de Gambe 61 8’ Harmonic Flute 61* 8’ Voix Celeste (FF) 56 8’ Gamba 61* 8’ Lieblich Gedeckt 12 4’ Octave 61 4’ Octave 61 4’ Harmonic Flute 61* 4’ Traverse Flute 61 2-2/3’ Twelfth 61 2’ Flautina 61 2' Fifteenth 61 IV Mixture 15.19.22.26 244 1-3/5' Seventeenth 61 16’ Waldhorn 61 IV Mixture 19.22.26.29 61 8’ Cornopean 61 8' Trumpet 61* 8’ Oboe 61 Tremulant (enclosed stops only) 8’ Vox Humana 61 8' Tuba SO 4’ Clarion 61 Tremulant CHOIR SOLO (doubly enclosed in Choir) 8’ Gamba GT 16’ Contre Viole 12 8’ Stopped Diapason 61 8’ Harmonic Flute 61 8’ Flauto Dolce 61 8’ Viole d’Orchestre 61 8’ Flute Celeste (FF) 56 8’ Viole Celeste (FF) 56 4’ Chimney Flute 61 4’ Orchestral Flute 12 2-2/3’ Nasard 61 4’ Viole Octaviante 12 2’ Piccolo 61 III Cornet des Violes 10.12.15 183 1-3/5’ Tierce 61 16’ Bassoon 12 8’ Basset Horn 61 8’ Orchestral Oboe 61 Tremulant 8’ Basset Horn CH 8’ Tuba SO Tremulant 8’ Tuba 61 PEDAL 32’ Double Open Wood dg 32’ Contra Salicional dg 16’ Open Wood 32 16’ Open Metal GT 16’ Bourdon 32 16’ Contre Viole SO 16’ Lieblich Gedeckt SW 8’ Octave 32 8’ Octave Wood 12 8’ Bass Flute 12 8’ Still Gedeckt SW 4’ Fifteenth 12 4’ Octave Flute 12 32’ Grand Harmonics Various 32’ Contra Trombone 12 16’ Trombone 32 16’ Waldhorn SW 8’ Trumpet 12 4’ Clarion 12 4’ Basset Horn CH 8’ Tuba SO Note: The Solo Viole Octaviante is an extension of the 2' rank from the Cornet des Violes.
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