MARK'S CHURCH.

Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 84, 10 April 1894, Page 3

MARK'S CHURCH.

THE OH'JA U Ex' L 'JWISMKNT SCHEME. • . • r, tho parinhioners of A special meeting » •-, in the Bcho) i. St. Mark's Church wtis" &»^ Igo of , coon . room last evening for tlid £>(??>*, -, n w hich hidering th« purchase of a net*' GTk^ ' , a(?0> wai contemplated abont two' m&?>*y- jj r ' Tho Vestry, having conferred wlt/l Hobday, of "the firm of Finlcham atad Hobd/to, organ builder?, of hichmon'J, Victoria 1 , pw>poaod to adopt a scheme for tho fe«pgs+ruotion and enlargement of tho presont n*sttt»ment, in lieu of expending £1000 to £x2 i W ,upon a new organ. Tho total cost of the proposed reconstruction ia to amount to ljfc's49, an expenditure which will place the improved instrument amongst the finest in the colony. After two honrV disenssion tho following proposition waa c-arrifd : — "That thia meeting approve the action of the Vestry •in propoaing a reconstruction of iho present ,' organ, and trußt that the parishionera at 'largo will contribute towards the contemplated exponditure of £550." The organ is to bo taken to pieces, rebuilt, and tho whole of the pipes revbrced, and a new choir organ is> to be added. Tho swell organ is to bo en1 urged by tho addition of six stops, two of which will bo "prepared" only, and the great organ will be added to by ono stop. The choir organ will consist of five speaking stops find two " piopared." A new podul clvvier id to bo auppliod, and provision mado for a trombone atop on the pedal organ. A new and iitfprovcd water engine, togother with parallel feeders, and all trunking, &c, connooted thorowithare to bo supplied. The specification prorideß-for 15 new stops, and the organ when completed under the contract will contain 1772 pipes-, as against 1304 in the present organ. The work is to be 'pushed forward as soon as sufficient funds are in hand. Subscriptions can befonvardod to Mr R. C. Hamerton (treasurer), Mr. T. W. Pilcher, juu. (seorotary), The Organ Cominitteo corresponded with five leading mnaioians in .Australia, tbo Town Clerks of Melbourne ami St. Kilt'a, and tho Chairman of the Kxhibition- Trustees. Eight replies were received, vhieh were read and considered most fitisfaetory. There remained no doubt in tho mind of the meeting that tho abovo-namod firm is fnlly compotent to carry ont tho ro-constmction and alterations ill every rospect, namely, workmanship, tone, and voicing.