J.E. Dodd, Adelaide
ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, PERTH
The nave of St Mary's Cathedral was commenced under Bishop Serra and Brother Ascione and opened in 1863. The transepts and sanctuary, in a spacious Perpendicular Gothic idiom, were built in sandstone in 1925–26 to the design of Cavanagh & Cavanagh. Michael Cavanagh had been born in Victoria in 1860, studied at the Adelaide School of Art and was studying in England 1887–88, starting his practice in Adelaide in 1891 and moving to Perth by 1898 (the year when he was elected FRIBA) where he was in partnership with his brother James Francis. Their plans to rebuild the nave on the same scale have not been realised although provision can be seen in the side walls for grafting in the new parts of the nave. The 1920s work includes large multi–light windows filled with colourful glass designed and executed by John Hardman and Company of Birmingham. The sanctuary and transepts have elaborate plaster vaulting in a Gothic idiom. The building boasts an outstanding acoustical environment for organ music.
The organ, originally of two manuals, was built in 1910 by J.E. Dodd and was rated by former organist and noted composer Dr C. Edgar Ford as "the finest small organ in Australia", its effect complemented by the astounding acoustic. Its tonal design was almost identical to the organ in Wesley Church, Perth. The instrument was rebuilt and considerably enlarged in 1964 by J.E. Dodd & Sons Gunstar Organ Works, Adelaide. New electro–pneumatic action was installed in place of the original tubular–pneumatic, a new stopkey console supplied, and the organ resited on a new gallery in the south transept behind a new case of Gothic design. There is much borrowing and extension on the Choir and Pedal, but the overall effect of the organ is extremely impressive, with pipework of excellent quality.
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GREAT
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SWELL
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Violone
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16
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A
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Geigen Diapason
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8
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*
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Open Diapason
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8
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*
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Hohl Flute
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8
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*
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Melodic Diapason
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8
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*
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Viole d'Orchestre
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8
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*
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Clarabel
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8
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*
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Vox Angelica II
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8
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*
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Gamba
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8
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A
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Octave
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4
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*
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Gedact
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8
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*
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Flauto Traverso
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4
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*
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Dulciana
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8
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*
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Super Octave
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2
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Principal
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4
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*
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Mixture 15.19.22
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III
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*
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Gamba
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4
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A
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Double Trumpet
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16
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C
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Harmonic Flute
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4
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*
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Trumpet
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8
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C
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Twelfth
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2-2/3
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A
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Oboe
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8
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Super Octave
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2
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*
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Clarion
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4
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C
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Gamba
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2
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A
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Tremulant
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Gamba
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1-3/5
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A
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Mixture 15.19.22
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III
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Trumpet
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8
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B *
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Tuba
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8
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H
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Closed Horn
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8
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G
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Clarion
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4
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B *
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CHOIR
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PEDAL
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Lieblich Gedact (ex Swell)
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16
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D*
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Major Bass
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16
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I*
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Violin Diapason
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8
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E
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Open Diapason
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16
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Stopped Diapason
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8
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Violone
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16
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A
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Gedact
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8
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D*
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Subbass
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16
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J*
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Salicional
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8
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F
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Bourdon
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16
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D*
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Octave
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4
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E
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Quint
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10–2/3
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J
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Flute
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4
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D
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Principal
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8
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I*
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Salicet
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4
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F
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Bass Flute
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8
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J
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Nazard
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2–2/3
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D
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String
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8
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A
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Piccolo
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2
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D
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Salicional
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8
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F
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Tierce
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1–3/5
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Octave Quint
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5–1/3
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J
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Closed Horn
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8
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G
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Super Octave
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4
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I
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Clarinet
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8
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Octave Flute
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4
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J
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Trumpet
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8
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B
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Mixture
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IV
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Tuba
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8
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H
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Ophicleide
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16
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H*
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Tuba Clarion
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4
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H
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Double Trumpet
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16
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C
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Tremulant
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Trumpet
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8
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C
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Clarion
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4
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C
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* Dodd stops from 1910
Compass: 61/30
12 couplers
Electro–pneumatic action
Detached stopkey (horseshoe) console
• Building, vol.5, no.26 (12 May 1925), p.1, 158
• Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, updated edition. London: Continuum, 2001, vol.1, p.348
• Complete specification researched by Patrick Elms