| Name of institution |
Wesley Methodist Church |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
327 Stirling Highway |
| City |
Claremont |
| State |
Western Australia |
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Wesley Methodist Church |
| Name of room |
Sanctuary
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| Dates of the building |
1923 |
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| Other location information |
In
1896 the Methodist church built a weatherboard church on the Stirling
Highway site. The paddock where Claremont Council kept their horses and
carts was nearby.
The original church was moved back to make way for the new Claremont Methodist (Wesley) Church which opened in 1923. The
weatherboard structure became the church hall until it was destroyed by fire in 1962.
With the amalgamation of the Congregational, Presbyterian and Methodist
churches into the Uniting church in 1980, the Claremont parish decided
to sell the Church. In 1981 the former church was acquired by the
Town of Claremont and converted into a Town Hall which was officially
opened in 1983.
Claremont Growers Market was established nearby in the same year.
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| Date of previous organs |
None
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
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| Case description |
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| Placement in room |
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| Builder's name |
Bishop & Son, London
and Ipswich, |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1875, installed this church 1926 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
Two (2) |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Mechanical |
| Type of stop action |
Mechanical |
| Couplers |
Three (3) |
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| General design |
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| Playing aids |
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| Divisions |
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| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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8' |
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8' |
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8' |
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4' |
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2-2/3' |
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2' |
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III |
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| SWELL |
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8' |
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8' |
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4' |
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4' |
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2' |
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| Cornopean |
8' |
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| PEDAL |
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16' |
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16' |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
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| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
Organ installed 1875 at Wesley Church, Perth.
In 1908 the organ was
moved next door to Queens Hall, William Street, Perth (later Metro Theatre), to
make way for a new organ.
In 1926 the organ was relocated by W L Roberts Ltd,
Adelaide, to Wesley Methodist Church, Claremont (job no 96).
Rebuilt in 1955 by J.E. Dodd & Sons Gunstar Organ Works, Adelaide.
Electro-pneumatic action and new console installed; swell
Cornopean and Dulciana extended to Ped. 16'.
In 1984 Hale School Assembly Hall, Hale Road, Wembley Downs, became the organ’s
next and current home. |
| Information on current organ |
The first pipe organ to be installed in Western
Australia was this 1875 instrument for Wesley Church, Perth.
This organ served Wesley Church for over 30 years in its
original location.
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organ |
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| Current status |
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| Other organs by this builder |
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| Photographs |
Photograph of church opening from C Rogers
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| Technical documents |
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| General documents |
Information about the church from Claremont Town Centre
Heritage Trail booklet
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| Supporting information |
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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 07 January 2009.
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