| Name of institution |
Wesley College |
| Type of institution |
School |
| Street Address |
Coode
Street |
| City |
South Perth |
| State |
Western Australia |
| Postcode |
6151
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Old Boys Memorial Chapel |
| Name of room |
Sanctuary |
| Dates of the building |
1960/61 |
| Architect’s and builder’s names |
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| Special architectural features |
Circular design, first tilt-up wall construction (24 panels) in South Perth. Heritage listed. |
| Special fittings |
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| Mailing Address |
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| Date of previous organs |
1964 |
| Detail of previous organs |
Built by Paul F.
Hufner. Two manual 6 rank extended organ.
Enlarged in 1968 by F.J. Larner & Co. (pedal
Subbass)
Removed in 1983. Some pipework used in new organ. |
| Dates when key work has been undertaken |
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| Dates of any moves that have taken place |
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| Variations from original design of organ |
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| Information on previous organs |
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| Information about comparable instruments to previous
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Built into gallery with internal paneling to weather wall. |
| Case description |
Modern
design. 2 flats of Pedal 8 tin pipes, 3 flat panels of 4’ Gt in
front of Swell, separate Ruckpositive with lattice front in 3 panels |
| Placement in room |
Left side gallery |
| Builder's name |
Bellsham Pipe Organs (Australia) |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1979 |
| Construction materials |
Metal frame with Phillipine Oak |
| Number of manuals |
Three (3) |
| Key compasses |
CC - aaa |
| Number of keys |
58 |
| Key material |
White naturals, ebony sharps |
| Pedal compass |
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| Number of pedals |
30 |
| Pedalboard type |
Concave, radiating |
| Pedalboard material |
Oak naturals, Ebony sharps |
| Type of chests |
Slider |
| Type of key action |
Mechanical, Swell reeds and Chamade electro-magnetic |
| Type of stop action |
Electric solenoids |
| Couplers |
Swell to Great, Positiv to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Positiv to Pedal |
| Tremulants |
Swell, Ruckpositive pressure type
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| Accessories |
10 level memory, 6 reversible coupler thumb pistons. 5 Divisionals to each div. 3 Generals
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| Console type |
Integrated, drawstop |
| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
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| General design |
All access panels are lockable. There is access for tuning the Fagott 16’and doors to Swell and Great division.
Ruckpositiv is accessible from 3 doors behind players bench.
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| Playing aids |
Balanced swell pedal
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| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Ruckpositiv, Pedal |
| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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| Bourdon |
16' |
Metal. Ex Hufner org |
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| Principal |
8' |
12 Display pipes 4 bass zinc pipes
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| Rohrflute |
8' |
Bass 12 wood pipes, 46 plain metal |
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| Octave |
4' |
34 display, 24 spotted metal |
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| Spitz Flute |
4' |
Plain metal |
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| Quint |
2-2/3' |
Plain metal |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
Plain metal |
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| Mixture |
IV |
Plain metal |
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| Trumpet |
8' |
Plain metal resonators |
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| SWELL |
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| Singend Gedackt |
8' |
Wood/Metal |
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| Viola-da-Gamba |
8' |
Metal pipes |
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| Vox Celeste |
8' |
Metal pipes |
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| Koppel Flute |
4' |
Plain metal |
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| Nazard |
2-2/3' |
Plain metal |
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| Wald Flute |
2' |
Plain metal |
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| Tierce |
1-3/5' |
Plain metal |
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| Mixture |
IV |
Plain metal |
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| Fagotto |
16' |
Plain metal resonators |
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| Oboe |
8' |
Zinc bass, spotted metal resonators |
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| Trumpet |
8' |
Plain metal resonators |
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| Clarion |
4' |
Plain metal resonators |
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| RUCKPOSITIV |
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Gedackt |
8' |
Wood and metal pipes |
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| Prestant |
4' |
Spotted metal pipies |
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| Rohrflute |
4' |
Spotted metal/plain met |
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| Octave |
2'
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Plain metal |
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| Quintlein |
1-1/3'
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Plain metal |
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| Terz-None |
II |
Plain metal |
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| Cymbal |
II |
Plain metal |
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| Krummhorn |
8' |
Copper resonators |
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| Trompette en Chamade |
8' |
46 Horizontal copper resonators |
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| Cymbelstern |
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| PEDAL |
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| Sub Bourdon
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32’ |
Metal, quinted
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| Bourdon |
16' |
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| Sub Bass |
16' |
Wood piipes |
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| Principal |
8' |
12 display, metal |
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| Gedackt |
8' |
Wood pipes |
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| Nachthorn |
4' |
Metal pipes |
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| Mixture |
III |
Metal pipes |
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| Bombarde |
16' |
Wooden tapered resonators |
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| Trumpet |
8' |
Plain metal resonators
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| Clarion |
4' |
Plain metal resonators |
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| Total number of stops |
51
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| Total number of ranks |
35 independent ranks
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| Total number of pipes |
2,340 pipes |
| 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 |
A = 435Hz, Equal temperament
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| 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 the chapel from the College web site.
Photographs of the organ by Graham Devenish. |
| 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 01 February 2009.
Additional photographs by Graham Devenish 10 February 2009.
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