| 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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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 |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Electro-pneumatic |
| Type of stop action |
Electro-pneumatic |
| Couplers |
Seven (7)
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| Tremulants |
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| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Detached reversed stopkey |
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| Placement |
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| 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 |
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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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| Tremulant |
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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 built
in 1859/60 by Joseph Freeman for 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. 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. |
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organ |
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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.
Newl photograph of the organ and console by Jennifer Clee 02 May 2009.
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