| Name of institution |
First Church of Christ Scientists |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
St. George's Terrace |
| City |
Perth |
| State |
Western Australia |
| Postcode |
6000 |
| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
First Church of Christ Scientists |
| Name of room |
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| Dates of the building |
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| Architect’s and builder’s names |
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| Special architectural features |
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| Special fittings |
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| Other location information |
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| Name of contact |
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| Mailing Address |
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| Date of previous organs |
1953
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| Detail of previous organs |
Whitehouse Brothers, Brisbane, instrument
3m.,21sp.st., 10c., el.pn. Gt: 16.8.8.4.4.2. Sw: 8.8.8.4.2.8.8.
Ch: 8.8.4.8. Ped: 32.16.16.8. |
| Dates when key work has been undertaken |
Enl. 1970s F.J. Larner & A. White. |
| Dates of any moves that have taken place |
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| Variations from original design of organ |
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| Information about comparable instruments to previous
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Chamber |
| Case description |
Handsome modern case with three flats surrounded by two pedal towers. |
| Placement in room |
Front of sanctuary center chamber |
| Builder's name |
Bellsham Pipe Organs |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1983 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
Three (3) |
| Key compasses |
C - ccc |
| Number of keys |
61 notes |
| Key material |
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| Pedal compass |
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| Number of pedals |
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| Pedalboard type |
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| Pedalboard material |
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| Type of chests |
Slider chests in the Choir and Great and cone valve
chest on the Swell |
| Type of key action |
Electro-magnetic |
| Type of stop action |
Electro-magnetic |
| Couplers |
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| Tremulants |
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| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Drawstop console, remote location |
| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
Left front of sanctuary |
| General design |
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| Playing aids |
There are 8 thumb piston presets (5 above the Swell keyboard, 3 below
the Great keyboard, to the right), with a total of 32 preset selections
possible via a four way key switch above the Swell keyboard, to the
right. There are two swell pedals: the left one is for the Choir and
the right one for the Swell pipe sections.
Combination Action:
Solid State Instant Capture Action.
5 Thumb-pistons to Great organ combinations
5 thumb-pistons to Swell organ combinations
5 thumb-pistons to Choir organ combinations
5 toe-pistons to Pedal organ combinations
5 toe-pistons duplicating Swell thumb-pistons
8 thumb-pistons to General combinations
3 toe-pistons duplicating General thumb-pistons
1 thumb-piston operating General Cancel
1 thumb-piston operating combination Setter (protected by a lock)
Reversible thumb-pistons to all couplers
Reversible toe-pistons to Great to Pedal and Swell to Pedal
Drawstop operating 'Great and Pedal Combinations' coupler.
The thumb-pistons for the Swell and Great sections are in pp - ff arrangement.
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| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Choir, Pedal |
| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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| Bourdon |
16' |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
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| Hohl Flute |
8' |
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| Diapason |
4' |
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| Harmonic Flute |
4' |
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| Twelfth |
2 2/3' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
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| Forniture |
IV |
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| Trumpet |
8' |
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| SWELL to GREAT |
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| CHOIR to GREAT |
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| GT & PED combinations coupler |
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| SWELL |
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| Geigen Diapason |
8' |
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| Lieblich Gedeckt |
8' |
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| Salicional |
8' |
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| Voix Celeste |
8' |
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| Gemshorn |
4' |
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| Picolo |
2' |
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| Mixture |
III |
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| Fagot |
16' |
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| Cornopean |
8' |
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| Oboe |
8' |
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| Clarion |
4' |
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| Tremulant |
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| SWELL to CHOIR |
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| CHOIR |
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| Gedackt |
8' |
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| Viola da Gamba |
8' |
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| Spire Flute |
4' |
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| Nazard |
2 2/3' |
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| Principal |
2' |
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| Tierce |
1 3/8' |
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| Larigot |
1 1/3' |
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| Scharf |
IV |
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| Clarinet |
8' |
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| Tuba |
8' |
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| Tremulant |
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| PEDAL |
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| Principal |
16' |
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| Subbass |
16' |
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| Octave |
8' |
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| Bass Flute |
8' |
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| Octave |
8' |
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| Quint |
5 1/3' |
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| Fifteenth |
4' |
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| Trombone |
16' |
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| Trumpet |
8' |
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| GREAT to PEDAL |
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| SWELL to PEDAL |
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| CHOIR to PEDAL |
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| Total number of stops |
38 |
| Total number of ranks |
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| Total number of pipes |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
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| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
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| Information on current organ |
Pipework and the swell chest of the original organ are incorporated into the Bellsham organ.
The
current organ has 38 stops in four divisions, uses electromagnetic
transmission to slider chests in the Choir and Great and cone valve
chest on the Swell. |
| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
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| Current status |
In good condition |
| Assessment of organ |
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| Other organs by this builder |
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| Photographs |
Photographs by Bruce Duncan |
| Technical documents |
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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 28 November 2008.
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