The Schureck Collection

Compass: two 4-2/3 octave manuals  : C’-g”
: 2-1/2 octave pedals       : C-f
Keyboard: doubly arcaded ivory naturals, ebony sharps
Pitch: A440 Hz
Tuning: equal tempered
Action: manuals: mechanical (tracker)
pedals : electropneumatic
Controls: drawstops
Console: English oak
Case : “Gothick” style in Scottish pine
Dimensions(mm) : 102″ x 102″ x 200″
Restoration by : Pipe Organ Reconstructions Pty Ltd
Sydney, 1999-2000
Specification:

GREAT                                SWELL
(R jamb)                            (L jamb)
open diapason       8′         open diapason      8′
stopped diapason  8′         stopped diapason 8′
dulciana                 8′          salicional              8′
octave                    4′          octave                 4′
flute                       4′           fifteenth              2′
twelfth             2-2/3′          oboe                    8′
fifteenth                 2′

COUPLERS                PEDAL
(L jamb)                    (R jamb)
swell to great           bourdon            16′
swell to pedal           principal             8′
great to pedal           bass flute          8′
fifteenth             4′

Concert Use:
M.Brimer/P.Lasala: 28.05.00 (also Sharpe organ)
C.Rae Gerard/K.Power: 29.04.01 (also Sharpe organ)
P.Lasale: 26.08.01
P.Lasala: 28.04.02
M.Brimer: 11.08.02
M.Brimer: 27.05.07
M.Tsalka: 21.05.17

This organ, by England’s greatest 19th century builder, is a typical medium-sized example of an English parish church instrument. Comprising a single unenclosed manual on its installation in a Hertfordshire parish church, a Swell division was added on relocation to Kent towards the end of the 19th century. It was moved to yet another Kentish parish church before being declared redundant after the widespread closure of Anglican churches during the late 20th century. It was located by Mark Fisher of Pipe Organ Reconstructions, who arranged its purchase, restoration and re-erection in the Collection.