Organ
The Organ was designed and built by William G Rendall. Construction began in 1881 and it came into service on March 28th 1882. It was valued at approximately 800 pounds and weighs almost 9 tons. The bellows carried about 1000 lbs. Rendall built six organs in South Australia, but the one at Brougham Place is his magnum opus in terms of size and tonal quality. The first organist was Mr. Thomas Henry Jones, who continued in this capacity for 19 years. He retired soon after the retirement of Dr. Jefferis in 1901. He was the first person in South Australia to receive a Bachelor of Music. J.E. Dodd rebuilt the organ in 1914 and an electric blower was added in 1922. Until that time, the 'wind' was supplied by a young man at a bellows in a little room off the flower vestry. The graffiti written by a succession of these men can still be seen on the door of their closet. The console where the organist sat was moved from its original position to the centre of the sanctuary around this time. It was repositioned to its original high perch in 2007. The present organist is Rosemary Nairn, who has also conducted the choir since 2002.
Organ Stops
Great Organ
- Bourdon 16
- Open Diapason 8
- Claribel 8
- Keraulophon 8
- Stopped Diapason 8 TC
- Salicional 8
- Principal 4
- Flute 4
- Twelfth 2-2/3
- Fifteenth 2
- Mixture III
- Swell to Great
Swell Organ
- Lieblich Bourdon 16
- Open Diapason 8
- Gedeckt 8
- Gamba 8
- Harmonic Flute 4
- Fifteenth 2
- Mixture III
- Horn 8
- Oboe 8
- Tremulant
- Swell Sub
- Swell Octave
Pedal Organ
- Open Diapason 16
- Bourdon 16
- Bass Flute 8
- Great to Pedal
- Swell to Pedal
- Compass: 56/30
- 3 thumb pistons to Great
- 3 thumb pistons to Swell
- 2 toe pistons to Pedal
- Reversible toe piston for Great to Pedal
- Balanced swell pedal
