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Christ Church Anglican Church. Ormond, Victoria
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Ormond

Ormond
The 1864 George Fincham organ
Photograph by John Maidment (early 1970s)

Ormond
Christ Church, Ormond: the organ following the rebuild by John Larner
Photograph by John Maidment (1978)

Property
Name of institution   Christ Church Anglican Church
Type of institution0   Church
Street Address   436 North Road
City   Ormond
State   Victoria
Postcode   3204
Country   Australia
Name of building   Christ Church Anglican Church
Name of room   Church sanctuary
Dates of the building   1937
Register of Heritage Places  
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Architect   Louis R. Williams
Builder  

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Other location information   On Sunday 12 July 1937, the first section of the new Christ Church, Ormond, designed by Louis R. Williams, was dedicated.

The first thanksgiving service in the new section of the Christ Church of EngIand, Ormond, was conducted 18 July 1937 by the vicar (the Rev. W. Perry Martin). The building, which consists of two vestries, a sanctuary, and an organ chamber, cost £1,600, but when the new brick church is completed the total cost will be £4,000.

The building was completed in the 1950s through the extension of the nave and erection of a tall tower with flanking porches, again to the design of Louis R. Williams.

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Previous organ(s)
Date of previous organ   1864
Detail of previous organ  
Built by George Fincham for the Congregational Church, Victoria Parade, East Melbourne.
1 manual, 9 speaking stops, 1 coupler, 2 composition pedals, mechanical action, compass: 56/29

MANUAL
Open Diapason 8' open wood bass
Stopped Diapason 8'
Dulciana 8' grooved bass
Principal 4'
Flute 4'
Twelfth 2 2/3'
Fifteenth
Oboe 8' TG
Great to Pedal
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PEDAL
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Dates when key work has been undertaken  
Dates of any moves that have taken place   When the Congregational Church closed in the late 1930s, the organ was bought by Christ Church, Ormond where it was installed by C.W. Andrewartha c.1939 without alteration and it remained in this state until 1978.
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Present organ
Type of installation   Freestanding

Case description   Original gothic casework and modern additions

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Builder's name   George Fincham

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Date of completion/installation   1864

Construction materials  

Number of manuals   Two (2)

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Tremulants   Swell

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Divisions   Great, Swell, Pedal

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Stop list  
GREAT
Open Diapason 8' new metal bass CC-BB
Stopped Diapason 8'
Dulciana 8'
Principal 4'
Flute 4'
Twelfth 2 2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Mixture 19.22 II new
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SWELL
Clarabella 8' Walker, from University of Western Australia Winthrop Hall.
Viola da Gamba 8'
Gemshorn 4'
Flageolet 2'
Sesquialtera 12.17 II TC
Quint 1 1/3'
Mixture 22.26 II
Cornopean 8'
Oboe 8' Fincham, with new bass
Tremulant
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PEDAL
Bourdon 16' A
Flute 8' A
Fifteenth 4' new
Bassoon 16'
Spare slide for reed 4'
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Total number of stops  

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Dates when key work has been undertaken on current organ   Built by George Fincham 1864.

Moved to Christ Church, Ormond by C.W. Andrewartha c.1939.

Rebuilt and enlarged in 1978 by John Larner in association with the church organist Julie Dunlop. A second manual division was added, and the action and console replaced. The original pipework and windchest remained to form the Great Organ and the Fincham casework was retained.

Rebuilt 1983 George Fincham & Sons Pty Ltd 2 manuals, 22 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action

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Document control This entry D B Duncan 05 March 2018.
Historical and Technical Documentation by John Maidment © OHTA, 2013 (last updated February 2013).