Music at St Andrew’s

The diversity of today’s society is reflected in the variety offered in styles of worship.
This includes both informal and more traditional styles of worship suitable for all
ages. Whatever the style, it is matched by that of the accompanying music,
instrumental and vocal, which creates the devotional atmosphere. The very acts of
singing, playing and hearing music connects us to levels of meaning beyond words.

7:30am

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9:30am

The Pipe Organ in St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Lismore, New South Wales
This tubular-pneumatic action instrument was installed by the British Pianoforte Depot Ltd. in 1914. The English pipework and German mechanical components remained intact until rebuilds in 1957 and the early 1960’s. General deterioration of the instrument saw the need for a proper restoration in the 1990’s, and, with the consultant Kelvin Hastie’s concurrence, our proposal for a conservative restoration (with the judicious replacement of some later-added stops) was accepted in 1994.

This process was carried out in two stages:

1. Restoration of the bellows and trunking, replacement of blower motor, replacement of all puffers. The Great soundboard was moved forward on the standframe to allow it to project more effectively from the chamber into the nave.
2. Restoration of soundboards, replacement of worn parts, cleaning of all pipes, repacking, regulation etc. A new Harmonic Flute 4′ was added to the Great and a Violin Diapason 8′ and Bourdon 16′ on the Swell (which were replaced in the 1957 rebuild). All these stops were obtained from pipework out of the redundant 1881 Forster & Andrews Sydney University organ. The console was refurbished with replacement Stop Discs done in the original lettering style.

Specifications
GREAT
8′ Open Diapason
8′ Stopped Diapason
8′ Dulciana
4′ Principal
4′ Harmonic Flute
2′ Fifteenth
Mixture IV ranks
SWELL
16′ Bourdon
8′ Violin Diapason
8′ Salicional
8′ Lieblich Gedackt
8′ Celeste
4′ Salicet
2′ Principal
8′ Cornopean
8′ Oboe
Swell Octave Coupler
PEDAL
16′ Major Bass
16′ Sub Bass
8′ Bass Flute
Tremulant
Swell to Great
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Compass 58/30
Tubular-pneumatic action
Three combination pistons to Great
Three Combination pistons to Swell
Electric blower.
British Pianoforte Depot.