Galston Congregational Church Pipe Organ

Galston Congregational Church Pipe Organ
Galston Congregational Church Pipe Organ
	Pipe Organ at Galston Uniting Church
Location	11 School Road, Galston, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°38′51″S151°02′38″E / 33.6475°S 151.0440°E Coordinates: 33°38′51″S151°02′38″E / 33.6475°S 151.0440°E
Built	1887 –10 June 1888
Built for	Congregational Church, Bourke Street, Darlinghurst
Owner	Uniting Church in Australia
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Pipe Organ from Bourke Street Congregational Church (former); Forster and Andrews Pipe Organ; Galston Uniting Church Pipe Organ
Type	State heritage (movable / collection)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	382
Type	Church Pipe Organ
Category	Religion
Builders	Forster and Andrews
	Location of Galston Congregational Church Pipe Organ in Sydney

Last updated April 25, 2023

The Galston Uniting Church Pipe Organ or Pipe Organ from Bourke Street Congregational Church is a heritage-listed church pipe organ located at 11 School Road, Galston in the Hornsby Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built by Forster and Andrews. It is also known as Pipe Organ from Bourke Street Congregational Church (former) and Forster and Andrews Pipe Organ; Galston Uniting Church Pipe Organ. The property is owned by Uniting Church in Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

History

The organ was built in 1887 by Forster and Andrews of Hull, England, for the Congregational Church, Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, to a specification designed by Thomas Sharpe, organist of All Saints' Anglican Church, Woollahra. Installation was carried out by Charles Richardson. The organ was a gift to the church by the three Misses Baxter, the original purchase cost being A£746 plus £50 for freight and erection. The formal opening of the organ was at a service on Sunday 10 June 1888, at which Thomas Sharpe was the organist.^[1]

The organ was regularly used for worship over the next eighty years. Following church union, the Fellowship of Congregational Churches sold the Darlinghurst property in 1984. The organ remained on the site for a further three years.^[1]

A small group from the Dural Uniting Church began to investigate the possibility of including this organ into the new building development on the Galston site. Enthusiasm for the proposal grew, and following a petition and Parish Council approval, an application was submitted to the Heritage Council of New South Wales for permission to remove the Heritage Fosters and Andrews organ from the Congregational Church building, Bourke Street, Darlinghurst. Also submitting an application was SCEGGS Redlands, Cremorne, and on 3 July 1986, the SCEGGS Redlands application was successful.^[1]

Since the Dural application was unsuccessful, application was made to Saint Alban The Martyr Anglican Church, St Albans, to purchase their 1890 Telford and Telford pipe organ. This application was accepted, and the organ was removed and stored for refurbishing in January 1987.^[1]

On or about 14 August 1986, the Galston congregation was notified that SCEGGS Redlands were undecided about finalising the purchase of the Forster and Andrews organ. Purchase of the organ by the Galston congregation was concluded by 25 August 1986, for the sum of $8,500. An application to the Heritage Council of New South Wales on 2 October 1986, approved the removal of the organ from the Darlinghurst site, and installation of it in the church at 11 School Road, Galston.^[1]

It was then decided to offer the Telford and Telford organ from the St Albans church (with some refurbishment) for sale. St Mark's Anglican Church, Granville, purchased the organ for $20,000.^[1]

The removal of the Fosters and Andrews organ was carried out between November 1986 and February 1987. It was stored for refurbishment, and this long and laborious task continued over the next six years.^[1]

Galston Uniting Church was opened and dedicated on 22 October 1988, and the organ was gradually installed thereafter. The majority of the work was done by volunteers over seven years, with over 3,000 person hours of work. Supervision of the work was by Brown and Arkley, with the consultant for the Heritage Council of New South Wales being Christopher Dearnley. The final installation detail, tuning and voicing has been undertaken by Ian Brown and Associates. The organ has been fully refurbished and installed in its new location, and the specification is unchanged from when it was built.^[1]

On 6 June 1993 the organ was re-dedicated. Prayers were added to that of the Baxter sisters who at the original dedication on 12 June 1888, prayed that "the organ will ever be used for the purpose for which it has primarily been given, namely to glorify God by assisting the congregation to sing His praises."^[2]^[1]

Description

Heritage listing

The Pipe Organ from Bourke Street Congregational Church was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Pipe Organ from Bourke Street Congregational Church (former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H00382. Retrieved 1 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
↑ "Pipe Organ « Galston Uniting Church". Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Bibliography

Galston Unting Church Webpage. "Galston Uniting Church".

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This Wikipedia article was originally based on Pipe Organ from Bourke Street Congregational Church (former) , entry number 00382 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 1 June 2018.

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[nswshr-382-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Pipe Organ from Bourke Street Congregational Church (former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H00382. Retrieved 1 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .

[nswshr-382-2191-2] "Pipe Organ « Galston Uniting Church". Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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