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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PIPE ORGANS

Groom

Name of institution Residence of Mr Robin Groom
Type of institution Private residence
Street Address Bahen Road
City Kalamunda
State Western Australia
Postcode 6076
Country Australia
Name of building
Name of room
Dates of the building
Architect’s and builder’s names
Special architectural features
Special fittings
Other location information
Name of contact
Mailing Address
Telephone
Email
Other contact information
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Date of previous organs None
Detail of previous organs
Dates when key work has been undertaken
Dates of any moves that have taken place
Variations from original design of organ
Information on previous organs
Information about comparable instruments to previous organs
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Present organ
Type of installation Free standing
Case description
Placement in room
Builder's name Bellsham Pipe Organs (Australia)
Opus number
Date of completion/installation 1985 - 1990
Construction materials
Number of manuals Two (2)
Key compasses
Number of keys
Key material
Pedal compass
Number of pedals
Pedalboard type
Pedalboard material
Type of chests
Type of key action Mechanical
Type of stop action Mechanical
Couplers 3 Couplers
Tremulants
Accessories   
Console type Integrated, drawstop
Stop label material
Placement
General design
Playing aids Stops selectable on either manual by 3-way stoplevers
Horizontal lever stop action assigning ranks to either keyboard
Divisions   
Wind pressures
Stop list
MANUAL I & II
Quintade 8' Metal pipes with 21 display pipes of 75% tin
Gedeckt 8' Bass 12 of wood, 44 of spotted metal
Spitzflute 4' Spotted metal
Blockflute 2' Plain metal
Larigot 1 1/3' Plain metal, cone tuned
Krummhorn 8' 1/2 length Wood resonators
PEDAL
Sordun 16' 1/8 length plain metal resonators
Total number of stops Seven (7)
Total number of ranks Seven (7)
Total number of pipes
Dates when key work has been undertaken on current organ Improvements completed  by Pipe Organs WA in 2007 include:
Improved winding and new blower
Rebuilt mechanical action
Improvements to stop action mechanism
Voicing
Dates of any moves that have taken place to current organ
Information on current organ
Comparable instruments to current organ
Current status
Assessment of organ
Other organs by this builder
Photographs Photograph from Pipe Organs WA
Technical documents 
General documents
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Supporting information Information on organ from Pipe Organs WA
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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 26 November 2008.




 

This page last updated 26 November 2008


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