Census ID	HKG1930
Location	Hong Kong, St. Paul's Convent, Chapel of Christ the King
Builder	W.C. Blackett
Specs	II/19+Ped
Action	Tracker with some pneumatics

The largest of William Charlton Blackett’s original installations in Hong Kong is the two-manual and pedal organ built for the Chapel of Christ the King, Causeway Bay, in 1930.

The somewhat misnamed chapel (it seats 1,000), dedicated on 10 May 1930, is part of the Convent of St. Paul’s and is still a private chapel of the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres. It was only opened for public worship in 1963 (as a foundation of the Missions Étrangeres, it is also not a parish church, and was originally called St. Paul’s Chapel.)

Blackett’s 19-stop, semi-pneumatic action instrument (initially both keying and stop action start with a mechanical system but change to a pneumatic at the windchest) was a part of the original design for the building. 

Great	Open Diapason 8′ Stop [sic.] Diapason 8′ Salicional 8′ Dulciana 8′ Principal 4′ Flute 4′ Flautina 2′ Clarionet 8′
Swell	Geigen Diapason 8′ Gedact 8′ Principal 4′ Viol da Gamba 8′ Voix celeste 8′ Gemshorn 4′ Mixture III Oboe [8′]
Pedal	Open Diapason 16′ Bourdon 16′ Bass Flute 8′
Couplers and Accessories	GT/Ped, SW/GT, SW/Ped, 6 combination pedals; electric blower; semi-straight pedal board, with radiating cuts on the sharps, Swell pedal

It is possible that some work was done on the blowing mechanism by a visiting organ builder (perhaps Detlef Kleuker) in the period  1970-90. A fairly recent blower, by British Organ Blowing, was still in situ in 2010. But when originally surveyed by the Project in 2003, the instrument was in poor condition and not playable. In 2019, some renovations to the organ were started, but the work appears to have remained unfinished, and the instrument is still unplayable. Major renovations to the building began about 2018, and were finished in 2022/23.