Residence of Mowbray Bunbury, Balingup
The pipe organs of Western Australia

Countryside at Balingup
Photo: Rob Dose

Property
Name of institution	Residence of Mowbray Bunbury
Type of institution0	Private residence
Street Address	Golden Valley Old Padbury Rd
City	Balingup
State	Western Australia
Postcode	6253
Country	Australia
Name of building	Residence of Mowbray Bunbury
Name of room
Dates of the building
Register of Heritage Places
Heritage Place number
Architect
Builder
Special architectural features
Special fittings
Other location information	The Balingup property is now amalgamated with the neighbouring property, Yungerup, and is called the Golden Valley Tree Park.
Name of contact
Mailing Address
Telephone
Email
Other contact information	An article about Mowbray Bunbury, In The Pipeline, August 2020
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Previous organ(s)
Date of previous organ	None
Detail of previous organ
Dates when key work has been undertaken
Dates of any moves that have taken place
Variations from original design of organ
Information on previous organ
Information about comparable instruments to previous organ
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Present organ
Type of installation
Case description
Placement in room
Builder's name	George Fincham & Son, Melbourne.
Opus number
Date of completion/installation	1905
Construction materials
Number of manuals	Two (2)
Key compasses	CC-ggg
Number of keys	56
Key material
Pedal compass	CC-f
Number of pedals	30
Pedalboard type
Pedalboard material
Type of chests
Type of key action	Tubular-pneumatic
Type of stop action	Tubular-pneumatic
Couplers	Swell Super Octave Swell Sub Octave Swell - Great Swell - Pedal Great - Pedal
Tremulants
Accessories
Console type
Stop label material
Placement
General design
Playing aids
Divisions	Great, Swell, Pedal
Wind pressures
Stop list	GREAT Open Diapason 8' Metal Claribel 8' Wood Dulciana 8' Metal Principal 4' Metal Flute 4' Wood . SWELL Violin Diapason 8' Metal Gamba 8' Metal Gedact 8' Wood Celeste 8' Metal Octave 4' Metal Oboe 8' Metal . PEDAL Bourdon 16' Wood .
Total number of stops	12
Total number of ranks	12
Total number of pipes	646
Dates when key work has been undertaken on current organ
Dates of any moves that have taken place to current organ	Removed in 1910 by J E Dodd and installed in St Mary's Church, West Perth.
Information on current organ	This was the only organ built by the well-respected Melbourne firm of George Fincham & Son in Western Australia. From the Fincham Order Book (Graeme Rushworth): 1905 2/12/3/tp; Mr M. Bunbury, residence, Bunbury, WA.
Comparable instruments to current organ
Assessment of organ and current status	No longer in this location
Other organs by this builder
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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 January 2009. Stoplist provided from newspaper cutting on St. Mary's Church by Andrew Gardner 07 December 2010. An article about Mowbray Bunbury by Andrew Gardner, In The Pipeline August 2020.