Former Methodist Church & Fincham Organ
Barkly Street,, BALLARAT EAST VIC 3350 - Property No B3964
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Statement of Significance
Church Classified 'Local': 24/08/1989
The pipe organ by Fincham & Hobday built in 1889 issignificant for historic, aesthetic and technical reasons at a regional level. The Fincham & Hobday organ at the Uniting Church Barkly Street is significant for the following reasons:
- It retains all of its original mechanisms, console and pipework
- The tubular-pneumatic pedal action is a rare early example of this type by the firm, employing large-bore lead tubing
- It remains almost entirely unaltered apart from the loss of the original wind reservoir
- It is an instrument of very high technical and tonal quality
- The instrument retains excellent pipe stencilling in the facade
- The casework is unusual with its adoption of splayed sides and incorporating excellent carving
- It is only one of two mechanical action pipe organs remaining in Ballarat.
Organ Classified 'Regional' Revised: 23/06/2014
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BALLARAT SCHOOL OF MINES (FEDERATION UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA)Victorian Heritage Register H1463
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BALLARAT MUNICIPAL OBSERVATORYVictorian Heritage Register H0936
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FORMER WESLEYAN CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOLVictorian Heritage Register H1089
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