| Name of institution |
Scots Uniting Church |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
York Street |
| City |
Albany |
| State |
Western Australia |
| Postcode |
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Scots Uniting Church |
| Name of room |
Church sanctuary |
| Dates of the building |
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| Architect’s and builder’s names |
Designed by a Melbourne architect, Evander McIver (1834-
1902) |
| Special architectural features |
The building is prominently positioned and has aesthetic value for its
contribution to the townscape of York Street. The strong gabled form
and restrained detailing of the west front, provides a balanced
composition. The scale of the building and its commanding site
give it a landmark quality. The finely crafted local granite
stonework strengthens the regional character of the street, picking up
from the Town Hall and recently echoed in 1990s Council street works.
The building maintains visual links with the older St John's Church and
Hall diagonally opposite, |
| Special fittings |
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| Other location information |
The
building belongs to that critical period of progress and development in
Albany that followed the completion of the railway link to Perth. It
was the third Presbyterian Church to be erected in the State and
maintains a close and long association with the history and practice of
Protestant worship in theTown and the State. |
| Name of contact |
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| Mailing Address |
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| Telephone |
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| Email |
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| Other contact information |
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| Date of previous organs |
None |
| Detail of previous organs |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken |
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| Dates of any moves that have taken place |
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| Variations from original design of organ |
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| Information on previous organs |
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| Information about comparable instruments to previous
organs |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Gallery rail |
| Case description |
Display of Pedal Bourdon (metal) overhangs gallery rail |
| Placement in room |
Rear gallery |
| Builder's name |
F.J. Larner & Co., Perth. |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1970 |
| Construction materials |
|
| Number of manuals |
Two (2) |
| Key compasses |
CC-ccc |
| Number of keys |
61 |
| Key material |
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| Pedal compass |
CC-f |
| Number of pedals |
30 |
| Pedalboard type |
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| Pedalboard material |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Electro-magnetic |
| Type of stop action |
Electro-magnetic |
| Couplers |
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| Tremulants |
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| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Stoptab, remote |
| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
Floor of church, left front. |
| General design |
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| Playing aids |
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| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Pedal
|
| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
|
|
|
| Open Diapason |
8' |
|
A |
| Rohr Gedeckt |
8' |
|
B |
| Viola da Gamba |
8' |
|
C |
| Principal |
4' |
|
A |
| Rohr Flute |
4' |
|
B |
| Gemshorn |
2' |
|
C |
| Mixture 26:29 |
II |
|
D |
| . |
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| SWELL |
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|
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| Rohr Gedeckt |
8' |
|
B |
| Viola da Gamba |
8' |
|
C |
| Voix Celeste |
8' |
|
E |
| Rohr Flute |
4' |
|
B |
| Viola Octave |
4' |
|
C |
| Nasat |
2-2/3' |
|
D |
| Flautina |
2 |
|
B |
Tierce
|
1-3/5' |
|
B |
| Octavin |
1' |
|
C |
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| PEDAL |
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| Bourdon |
16' |
|
B |
| Principal |
8' |
|
A |
| Bass Flute |
8' |
|
B |
| Fifteenth |
4' |
|
A |
| Choral Bass |
4' |
|
B |
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| Total number of stops |
21
|
| Total number of ranks |
4 ranks extended and short rank for Nazard and Mixture
|
| Total number of pipes |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Enlarged with addition of Celeste rank in 1985 by F.J. Larner & Co. |
| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
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| Information on current organ |
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| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
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| Current status |
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| Assessment of organ |
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| Other organs by this builder |
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| Photographs |
Photograph of church from Albany Gateway |
| Technical documents |
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| General documents |
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| Supporting information |
Historical information from Register of Heritage Places |
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| Document control |
Original entries J R Elms, OAM, Gazetteer of Western Australian Pipe Organs, 1971, 1999,2003 and 2004.
This entry D B Duncan 23 November 2008.
Additional information collected during site visit by Bruce Duncan 12 January 2009.
Updated specification from Patrick Elms 04 January 2011. |
