| Name of institution |
St. Mary In The Valley Anglican Church |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
River Road |
| City |
Kelmscott |
| State |
Western Australia |
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
St. Mary In The Valley Anglican Church
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| Date of previous organs |
None |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Free standing
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| Case description |
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| Placement in room |
Front left of altar
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| Builder's name |
Unknown
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| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
circa 1751 (research by Len Richardson and Dot Croft)
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| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
One
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| Number of keys |
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| Pedal compass |
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| Number of pedals |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Mechanical
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| Type of stop action |
Mechanical
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| Couplers |
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| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Integrated, drawstop |
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| Stop list |
| MANUAL |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
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| Stopt Diapason |
8' |
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| Principal |
4' |
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| Lieblich |
4' |
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| Twelfth |
2-2/3' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
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| Total number of stops |
Six (6) |
| Total number of ranks |
Six (6) |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Organ built circa 1751 in England as a chamber organ. The builder is unknown.
Enllarged in 1813 by the addition of the Swell and Pedal organ.
Swell stops were:
Stopt Diapason 8'
Dulciana 8'
Gamba 8'
Principal 4'
Lieblich Flute 4'
Flautina 2'
Pedal was a short compass Bourdon 16'.
Restored in 1973 by Dudley Bastian. Swell division and Pedal
pulldowns removed and put into storage in
the church.
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| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
Located in 1969 at St Mark's Anglican Church, Eccles, Kent, UK, by
Dudley Bastian. At that stage the organ was two-manual/pedal as seen
in the photograph.
Shipped to Australia in 1971.
At some stage after installation (originally at the rear of the church)
the organ was moved to it's current position at front left of altar. |
| Information on current organ |
This
is the oldest organ in Western Australia and among the oldest in
Australia. This instrument was originally thought by some to be
by one of the early English builders such as Father Smith or Snetzler,
but later opinion is that it is of early 19th century origin built into
an 18th century English case. Whatever its origin it has been altered,
albeit probably more than 100 years ago. |
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| Photographs |
Photograph of historic organ by Dudley Bastian
Photographs of organ and church interior by Bruce Duncan |
| Technical documents |
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| General documents |
Information about locating, moving and restoring the organ from Dudley Bastian.
Commentary on history of the organ by Bob Elms. |
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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 26 January 2009.
Builder date from In The Pipeline, June/July 2003
Additional detail from In The Pipeline August/September 1999
Additional detail from In The Pipeline June/July 2000 |
