| Name of institution |
St. Matthew's Anglican Church |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
Stirling Square
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| City |
Guildford |
| State |
Western Australia |
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
St. Matthew's Anglican Church |
| Name of room |
Church
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| Dates of the building |
1873 |
| Architect’s and builder’s names |
Built by Matthew Wallace to the designs of F. Sherwood. |
| Special architectural features |
St Matthew's Church is located on the site of the earlier church of 1860.
The building is in the Gothic style; the west end includes a porch and a bellcote surmounting the gable. |
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| Date of previous organs |
1875-79
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| Detail of previous organs |
Robert Cecil Clifton organ of 2 manuals, 9 stops (spare slide), 2 couplers,
tracker action. Built for St. John's Anglican Church, Fremantle.
| GREAT |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
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| Stopped Diapason |
8' |
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| Principal |
4' |
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| Octave |
2' |
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| SWELL |
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| Hohl Flute 8' |
8' |
39 pipes |
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8' |
39 pipes |
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8'
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12 pipes |
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| Wald Flute |
4' |
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| PEDAL |
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Sub Bass
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16' |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken |
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| Dates of any moves that have taken place |
Installed 1884 St Matthew's Anglican Church, Guildford.
Removed, overhauled and installed at St Aidan's Church, Claremont, 1910-1912 by J.E. Dodd, Adelaide. |
| Variations from original design of organ |
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| Information on previous organs |
This instrument has the distinction of being the first organ built in Western Australia by a Western Australian builder.
Robert Cecil Clifton was
then a clerk in the Lands Department of the Western Australian Public Service. |
| Information about comparable instruments to previous
organs |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Organ Chamber |
| Case description |
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| Placement in room |
Right Transept |
| Builder's name |
J.E. Dodd, Adelaide |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1911 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
Two (2) |
| Key compasses |
C - aaa |
| Number of keys |
58 |
| Key material |
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| Pedal compass |
C - g |
| Number of pedals |
30 |
| Pedalboard type |
Concave and radial |
| 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 sub-octave, Swell super-octave, Swell to Great, Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal. |
| Tremulants |
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| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Stopkey console |
| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
Integral with organ case
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| General design |
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| Playing aids |
Swell expression pedal
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| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Pedal |
| Wind pressures |
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Stop list
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| GREAT |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
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Lieblich Gedact
Replaced original Claribel |
8' |
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| Principal |
4' |
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Saube Flute
Not original, installed later |
4' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
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| SWELL |
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| Geigen Diapason |
8' |
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| Hohl Flute |
8' |
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| Viole d'Orchestre |
8' |
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| Flauto Traverso |
4' |
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| Oboe |
8' |
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| PEDAL |
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| Bourdon |
16' |
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| Total number of speaking stops |
11
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| Total number of ranks |
11
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| Total number of pipes |
610 |
| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
The organ was built in 1911 by J.E. Dodd with a tubular pneumatic action, according to vestry records.
Paul F. Hufner carried out an electrification of the primary pneumatic
stage of the key action in 1951 and at some stage after this date the
original wind system was replaced with a single–rise
regulator.
In the 1970s the pneumatic slider motors were replaced by SLIC slider motors by a teacher at Guildford Grammar School.
In 1994, F.J. Larner & Co. constructed a new mechanical action for
the Great, although this was never completed owing to lack of
funds. At this time, the original Great Claribel was replaced by
a Lieblich Gedact of Dodd manufacture and the Dulciana cut down to
provide a Fifteenth.
In 2003–04 Patrick Elms & Co. refurbished the organ using
the original restored slider chests with a new electric action and
refitting of the console with replica Dodd stopkeys of the
period. The pattern for the stop keys was taken from the original
stop rail of St Mary's Cathedral, which had used the same unusual style
of stop keys. The Dodd sound of the organ has been
preserved. All of the existing Dodd components were reused while
missing parts have been remade in the Dodd style – new winding,
slider motors, Great windchest pneumatics and console fittings.
In 2010 Patrick Elms & Co fitted an electronic transmission system
to activate the super and sub Swell couplers that had been inoperable
for many years (possibly since the 1951 rebuild). |
| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
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| Information on current organ |
The organ continues to have a recognisable Dodd sound. |
| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
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| Current status |
In good condition
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| Assessment of organ |
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| Other organs by this builder |
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| Photographs |
Photographs of organ by Bruce Duncan and Mark Quarmby.
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| Technical documents |
Details of the organ and building from OHTA Conference Book 2004.
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| General documents |
Refer to Gathered Fragments, Leon D. Cohen, 1979, for biographical and other detail of Robert Cecil Clifton.
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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.
Organ Historical Trust of Australia Conference Book, October 2004.
This entry D B Duncan 05 January 2009.
Updated information from Patrick Elms 5th May 2010.
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