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The Organ
Raised Organ Console on east side and Organ Pipes on west side
First organ arrived in 1872 and used for 60 years
Rebuilt in 1932 and again in 1960s for new cathedral
Upgraded in 1994 and now has 2500 pipes
Cathedral Organist Paul Chan is one of NZ’s best organists
Cathedral architect Ron Muston designed the organ stand and Brian Sharland handcrafted it from high quality rimu.
Ron Muston designed it from his inspiration of a marble stand in a church in Europe. However, it was built of rimu for the Cathedral and so the builder Brian Sharland needed to use steel framing and panels and used lino underfelt paper to make the pattern for each panel. Steam could not be used to bend the rimu so physical pressure was used to achieve the correct shape of each panel.
The rimu came from Onokahu in the Marlborough Sounds where Tom Barnes, the builder of the cathedral, had a sawmill.
Organ
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