OHTA

The Organ Historical Trust of Australia was founded in 1977 and incorporated in 1978 under the Victorian Companies Act. Its establishment followed a period after World War 2 when major significant pipe organs in Australia, such as the 1880 Grand Organ in the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, were destroyed and broken up for scrap and others, such as the Anglican cathedral organs in Sydney and Brisbane, and the town hall organ in Adelaide, rebuilt and greatly altered. Since OHTA's establishment, Australia has enjoyed a period of outstanding organ restoration work and many significant instruments have been carefully conserved to international standards. This has enabled Australian organbuilders to develop exemplary restoration skills and associated crafts people, such as organ pipe decorators, to attain an outstanding level of competence.

Also known as: OHTA Foundation Fund, Organ Historical Trust of Australia

Primary location: Camberwell Australia