| Name of institution |
St. George's Cathedral |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
St. George's Terrace
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| City |
Perth |
| State |
Western Australia |
| Postcode |
6000
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
St. George's Cathedral |
| Name of room |
Church
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| Dates of the building |
1887 |
| Architect’s and builder’s names |
Sydney architect Edmund Blacket. |
| Special architectural features |
St George's
Cathedral is a neo-Gothic brick building. Instead of the spire
originally planned, the church has a crenellated clock tower built in
1902 in memory of Queen Victoria, who had died in the previous year. At
the corner of Pier Street and St George's Terrace is the Deanery (1859).
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| Special fittings |
There
is a plaque in memory of twelve former choristers who died in the Great
War. It records that the Lieblick Gedacht stop on the Great organ
was given in memory of these twelve, and that it was dedicated on Anzac
Day 1931. An informative article about these choristers was written by Andrew Gardner. |
| Other location information |
St George's
Cathedral is the principal Anglican church in the city of Perth,
Western Australia and the mother-church of the Anglican Diocese of
Perth. It is located in St George's Terrace in the centre of the city.
Built in 1888 the cathedral replaced an earlier building immediately to
the north-east of the present one. The cathedral is described as Gothic
Revival and is made from local handmade clay bricks from Queen's
Gardens and Victorian blue stone pillars on footings of Fremantle
limestone. It was designed by Sydney architect Edmund Blacket. The site
is near to the location of the "Rush Church" - the first church built
in Perth, by Frederick Irwin, in December 1829 a few months after the
city was founded.
Its castellated bell tower was damaged in the 1968 Meckering
earthquake. In 2005-2008 the cathedral was extensively restored with
the tile roof replaced by slates as originally built. Earthquake
protection was added to two walls to provide bracing and much other
work was undertaken. Plans are currently underway to restore and
develop other buildings in the complex, including the Burt Hall and the
1859 Deanery building, which adjoins the cathedral, on the corner of
Pier Street.
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| Date of previous organs |
None |
| Detail of previous organs |
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| Variations from original design of organ |
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organs |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Platform |
| Case description |
Pitch pine diapered case |
| Placement in room |
Right transept |
| Builder's name |
Hill and Son, London |
| Opus number |
1854 (ordered through J. McDonald & Co.)
Packing & delivery £500 5% [commission?] (nett cash)
order dated 29.1.75 – payable at completion at works |
| Date of completion/installation |
1874-75
Original specification:
GREAT
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
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| Stopped Diapason |
8' |
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| Dulciana |
8' |
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| Principal |
4' |
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| Wald Flute |
4' |
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| Twelfth |
2-2/3' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
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| Mixture |
II |
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| SWELL |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
grooved bass |
| Hohl Flute |
8' |
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| Principal |
4' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
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| Oboe |
8' |
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| PEDAL |
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| Open Diapason |
16' |
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| Bourdon |
16' |
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| 3 couplers |
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| 3 composition pedals |
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| Construction materials |
Hardwood inside |
| Number of manuals |
Three (3) |
| Key compasses |
C-G |
| Number of keys |
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| Key material |
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| Pedal compass |
C-E |
| Number of pedals |
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| Pedalboard type |
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| 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 |
Fifteen |
| Tremulants |
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| Accessories |
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| Placement |
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| General design |
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| Playing aids |
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| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Choir, Pedal |
| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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| Violone |
16' |
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A |
| Open Diapason I |
8' |
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| Open Diapason II |
8' |
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| Violin Diapason |
8' |
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A |
| Claribel |
8' |
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| Principal I |
4' |
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| Principal II |
4' |
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A |
| Flute |
4' |
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| Twelfth |
2-2/3' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
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| Mixture 17.19.22 |
III |
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| Tromba |
8' |
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B |
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| SWELL |
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| Lieblich Bourdon |
16' |
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C |
| Open Diapason |
8' |
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| Rohr Flute |
8' |
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| Viola da Gamba |
8' |
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| Voix Celeste |
8' |
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| Principal |
4' |
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| Flauto Traverso |
4' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
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| Mixture 19.22.26 |
III |
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| Contra Oboe |
16' |
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D |
| Trumpet |
8' |
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| Oboe |
8' |
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D |
| Clarion |
4' |
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| CHOIR |
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| Double Dulciana |
16' |
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E |
| Open Diapason |
8' |
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| Lieblich Gedeckt |
8' |
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F |
| Dulciana |
8' |
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E |
| Gemshorn |
4' |
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| Lieblich Flute |
4' |
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F |
| Dulcet |
4' |
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E |
| Nazard |
2-2/3' |
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F |
| Flautino |
2' |
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F |
| Tierce |
1-3/5' |
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| Larigot |
1-1/3' |
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| Dulciana Mixture |
II |
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E |
| Clarinet |
8' |
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| Tromba |
8' |
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B |
| Tuba |
8' |
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K |
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| PEDAL |
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| Subbass |
32' |
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H |
| Open Wood |
16' |
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I |
| Open Diapason |
16' |
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J |
| Violone |
16' |
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A |
| Bourdon |
16' |
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H |
| Lieblich Bourdon |
16' |
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C |
| Dulciana |
16' |
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E |
| Octave |
8' |
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I |
| Principal |
8' |
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J |
| Bass Flute |
8' |
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H |
| Fifteenth |
4' |
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J |
| Octave Flute |
4' |
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H |
| Ophicleide |
16'
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C |
| Contra Oboe |
16' |
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D |
| Tuba |
8' |
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K |
| Tromba |
8' |
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B |
| Octave Tromba |
4' |
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B |
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| Total number of stops |
57
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| 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 |
Original installation in old cathedral 1875.
Installed in new cathedral 1888 Robert Cecil Clifton. 2 manual and pedal, 15 speaking stops,
3 couplers, tracker action.
Rebuilt and enlarged to three manuals in 1903 by J.E. Dodd. Action changed to tubular-pneumatic.
Rebuilt in 1928 J.E.Dodd (console moved and some ranks completed).
Rebuilt and enlarged 1958/59 by J.W. Walker & Sons, Ruislip,
Middlesex. 3 manual, 57stops, electro-pneumatic action. Majority
of the instrument was sited on a platform in the south transept, with
the console and choir organ placed in a gallery under the tower.
Organ dismantled 1994 F.J. Larner & Co.
New pipe organs were installed in St Georges Cathedral by Knud Smenge Pty. Ltd. between 1988 and 1994. |
| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
Removed
1994 by F.J. Larner & Co. The surviving Hill chests and
pipework were used in an organ for St Hilda's Anglican Girls' School
chapel, Mosman Park, while the Tuba went to St Patrick's Cathedral,
Melbourne,
and the console to St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo. The Lieblich
Gedeckt rank (Choir) is now part of the organ in the residence of Mr J Maring, Redmond. The Great Open Diapason I later became incorporated into the Yarloop Steamshed organ as an Open Diapason and Octave rank. |
| Information on current organ |
This
was the first organ work carried out by Dodd in WA and the planning of
it resulted in the setting up of the WA branch of the firm in 1902,
managed by his son Ebenezer Dodd. |
| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
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| Current status |
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| Assessment of organ |
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| Other organs by this builder |
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| Photographs |
Photograph of church circa 1890 from Wickipedia
Photograph of the organ circa 1940 from State Library of WA
Photograph of organ (B&W) by Dudley Bastian
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| Technical documents |
Details of the organ from OHTA Conference Book 1993.
Original specification from Bob Elms.
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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 09 January 2009.
Additional information from Bob Elms 11 February 2009.
Article by Andrew Gardner appended 16 February 2009.
Photograph of organ c1940 from Andrew Gardner 19 February 2009.
Additional information about the Open Diapason noted by Bruce Duncan in conversation with John Larner, 9 May 2009.
Photograph of the organ c1920 from Andrew Gardner 24 August 2009.
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