| Name of institution |
Wesley Uniting Church |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
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| City |
Fremantle |
| State |
WA |
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| Name of building |
Wesley Uniting Church |
| Name of room |
Sanctuary |
| Dates of the building |
1880
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| Architect’s and builder’s names |
Melbourne architects Terry & Oakden, the
work being supervised by local architect H S Trigg |
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| Special fittings |
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It replaced an older church of 1840.
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| Date of previous organs |
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| Detail of previous organs |
George Shenton (later Sir George) presented
the first church with an organ but it is though this must have been a
harmonium, since the arrival of the first pipe organ in the state is well
documented as Wesley Church Perth in 1875. |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
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| Case description |
Jarrah
case was made by the Fremantle Locke Furniture Co. |
| Placement in room |
Front central platform |
| Builder's name |
Joseph Freeman, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1860 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
Two (2) |
| Key compasses |
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| Number of keys |
61 (manual chests remain at 56 notes) |
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| Pedal compass |
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| 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-pneumatic |
| Type of stop action |
Electro-pneumatic |
| Couplers |
Swell to Great
Swell to Great Sub
Swell to Great Super
Swell Sub
Swell Super
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
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| Tremulants |
Swell |
| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Detached stopkey |
| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
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| General design |
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| Playing aids |
Three thumb piston to Swell.
Three thumb pistons to Great |
| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Pedal |
| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
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| Claribel |
8' |
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| Gedact |
8' |
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A |
| Dulciana |
8' |
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| Principal |
4' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
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| SWELL |
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| Violin Diapason |
8' |
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| Gedact |
8' |
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A |
| Viol d’Orchestre |
8' |
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| Octave |
4' |
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| Flute |
4' |
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A |
Nazard
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2-2/3' |
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A |
| Flautina |
2' |
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A |
| Oboe |
8' |
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| PEDAL |
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| Bourdon |
16'
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B |
| Flute |
8' |
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B |
| Octave Flute |
4' |
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B |
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| Total number of stops |
17
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| Total number of ranks |
11 |
| Total number of pipes |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
The
organ was commenced
in 1859/60 by Joseph Freeman for himself at Ballarat, Victoria.
He made all wooden parts and pipes himself, metal pipes ordered
from England.
The organ was shown at the Ballarat Industrial Exhibition in 1896 and won a Gold medal for craftsmanship.
The organ was manually pumped. It was used for some time at the Rubicon Street Methodist Church, Ballarat, and the Primitive
Methodist Church,
Clunes, Victoria.
In April 1902 Fincham & Son remade the
Great soundboard and shipped the organ to the Rev. W Burridge at
Fremantle. Joseph Freeman installed the organ at Fremantle. The organ was presented to
the church by Joseph Freeman’s son Hayden Freeman.
Rebuild circa 1915.
J.E. Dodd rebuilt
the organ with minor additions (including a new Viole d’Orchestre) and tubular
pneumatic action in 1931. A new jarrah
case was made by the Fremantle Locke Furniture Co. whose principals were prominent
members of the church.
The action was electrified in 1966 by J E Dodd
& Sons Gunstar Organ Works, with unit extensions for the Gedact. The original Freeman chests are still in use. |
| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
The
organ was built in Ballarat, moved to Western Australia in 1902 and
installed in an elevated position behind the choir. Some years
later the area was remodelled and the organ console brought forward to
its current position. |
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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 the organ and console by Jennifer Clee
Photograph of the organ case by Bruce Duncan |
| Technical documents |
Information from OHTA Conference Book 2004.
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| General documents |
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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 03 January 2009.
New photograph of the organ and console by Jennifer Clee 02 May 2009.
Additional detail from In The Pipeline July/August 1998.
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