December 17, 2010
St. Andrew’s Uniting Church, Creek Street This organ was originally built by W. G. Rendall in 1905. Frederick Ernst Ladegast was the foreman and his hand can be seen in the werkprinzip layout of the organ, with the Swell above the Great which is in turn above the unenclosed Choir. […]
December 14, 2010
The main news of 2010 has been the dismantling and storage of the of the 5-manual Brisbane City Hall Willis pipe organ. The City Hall is in need of some much needed restoration and it was decided to remove all of the organ to protect it while the auditorium and […]
December 14, 2010
This instrument was originally built by Henry Willis and Sons in England between 1891-2 and first erected in the Brisbane Exhibition Hall, Bowen Park. At that time it had 4 manuals and 45 speaking stops, with tubular pneumatic action – a very advanced design for the period. While the first […]