Sydney Town Hall
The Sydney Town Hall is a building of the local Sydney sandstone in downtown Sydney in Australia . It is opposite the Queen Victoria Building , close to St Andrew's Cathedral and Town Hall Station . One of the largest organ pipes in the world is located in the main hall of the building, Centennial Hall .
history
The Town Hall was built in the 1880s in Victorian style on the site of an old cemetery from the years 1793 to 1820. The building shows the motifs, ornaments, roof design and the interior of that time, such as those at the Louvre and Hotel de Ville in Paris and the castles around Paris as well as in the Loire Valley are to be considered. Sydney Town Hall was built from the yellow Hawkesbury sandstone by masons . The building is covered with slate , originally stood free in the landscape and was enclosed by a picket fence. The architect of the building has not yet been determined exactly. The building, which has more than 100 rooms divided over 2 floors, houses the city council , reception rooms, Centennial Hall and the offices of the Sydney Mayor and City Councilors.
The step system of the Town Hall is a popular meeting point in Sydney, which bothers the city administration, which is therefore taking countermeasures against those who linger on the steps for longer and they observe the building at night so that there is no damage or spraying of graffiti .
In the years 2008 to 2009 the Town Hall was modernized inside with great effort. The Town Hall is listed on the Register of the National Estate and is part of the major historic buildings in downtown Sydney.
The dome of the Town Hall
Roof detail
South side of the Town Hall
Concert organ
The Centennial Hall houses a large organ , which was built by the organ builders William Hill & Son in London from 1886 to 1889, shipped from there to Australia and installed in the Town Hall in 1890. Centennial Hall was Sydney's concert and event venue before the Sydney Opera House was built. At the time it was put into operation, the organ was the largest in the world. Today it is one of two organs worldwide with an extended 64 'register: the pedal reed register Contra Trombone is completely extended to the tone Sub-Subkontra-C ; the low notes of this register are imperceptible to the human ear.
The organ has 127 sounding registers (approx. 8,700 pipes) on five manual works and a pedal. The stops are arranged in 6 rows each on the left and right of the console at the foot of the organ case. The playing and stop actions are tube-pneumatic. In 1972 the instrument was extensively restored by the organ builder Roger H. Pogson Pty Ltd.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Historical place of a cemetery ( Memento from December 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Description of the building on cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au ( Memento from December 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Plans of the building on cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au ( Memento from December 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information on cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au . Retrieved November 28, 2010
- ↑ Town Hall in the List of Historic Monuments . Retrieved November 28, 2010
- ↑ Information on www.theatreorgans.com . Retrieved November 28, 2010
- ^ Organs: Curiosities and world records on www.die-orgelseite.de . Retrieved November 28, 2010
- ↑ Information about the organ in Sydney . Retrieved November 28, 2010
Web links
Coordinates: 33 ° 52 ′ 26.4 ″ S , 151 ° 12 ′ 22.7 ″ E