Organs

The original organ with tubular-pneumatic action was built, under the consultancy of A E Floyd, by J E Dodd of Adelaide in 1923 and opened in 1925. The organ case was designed by William Blackett, following the concepts envisioned by North. The organ was rebuilt in 1959 by Hill, Norman & Beard's Melbourne office after advice by John Barrett. The original instrument was converted to electro-pneumatic action, extended and divided so as to be placed at either end of the organ bridge, with a detached console in the centre. This allowed the choir to stand on the organ bridge. Further extension and renovation work was completed between 1987 and 1992 by S J Laurie.

The present organ, built in 1997 by Kenneth Jones of Dublin, Ireland, was installed in the Chapel in early 1998, and dedicated on Palm Sunday, 5 April. The raising of funds for the purchasing of the Instrument was undertaken by the Trinity College Music Foundation, a worthwhile and profitable project to provide the musical and theological communities of the College and the wider concert-attending public with a fine instrument, worthy of the building and its musical heritage. The organ is unique both in design and registration, much emphasis having been placed on its ‘architectural and visually aesthetic qualities’, and the requirement that it aptly complement ‘the art-nouveau Gothic and naturalistic motifs of the building’. It was built in Tasmanian oak to ‘accord with the permanent seats and paneling’ of the Chapel. The organ’s registration and tonal qualities, on the advice of the College’s Organ Consultant Mr John Maidment OAM, ‘should encompass richness, warmth, mystery, character, gravity and brilliance as required, offering wide flexibility’.

The Chapel also boasts a portable chamber organ.

Specifications of the Jones Grand Organ (* rank retained from 1959 organ)

Great Organ (I) 1. Double diapason 16' 2. Open diapason 8' 3. Rohr flute 8' 4. Octave 4' 5. Coppel flute 4' 6. Fifteenth 2' 7. Mixture IV 8. Trompette 8	Swell Organ (enclosed) (II) 9. Stopped diapason 8' 10. Salacional 8' 11. Voix celeste 8' 12. Principal 4' 13. Wald flute  4' 14. Octavin 2' 15. Mixture 2' IV-V 16. Contra trumpet 16' 17. Cornopean 8' 18. Oboe 8'	Solo Organ (unencl.) (III) 19. Open flute 8' 20. Gamba 8' * 21. Wide octave 4' 22. Nazard 2-2/3' 23. Super octave 2' 24. Nachthorn 2' 25. Tierce 1/3/5' 26. Cromorne 8' 27. Solo trumpet 8'
Pedal Organ 28. Subbass 32' polyphone 29. Open wood 16' * 30. Subbass 16'A 31. Octave 8' 32. Bass flute 8'A 33. Trombone 16'	Couplers Swell to Great Solo to Great Accessories Tremulant (I, II, III)	Couplers Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal Solo to Pedal Solo octave to Pedal