| Name of institution |
St Luke's Anglican Church |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
Stirling Highway |
| City |
Mosman Park |
| State |
Western Australia |
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
St Luke's Anglican Church |
| Name of room |
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| Dates of the building |
1897 |
| Architect’s and builder’s names |
James William Wright, Architect |
| Special architectural features |
Wright was born in England in
1854 and after serving his articles there, arrived in Perth in 1881
following four years in Adelaide. He was also responsible for
several buildings at the Ascot Racecourse at Belmont. |
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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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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
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| Case description |
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| Placement in room |
Front right transcept |
| Builder's name |
Hill & Son, London |
| Opus number |
Opus 2115 |
| Date of completion/installation |
1892 |
| Construction materials |
Main organ frame in yellow pine |
| Number of manuals |
Two (2) |
| Key compasses |
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| Number of keys |
56 notes |
| Key material |
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| Pedal compass |
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| Number of pedals |
30 notes |
| Pedalboard type |
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| Pedalboard material |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Mechanical |
| Type of stop action |
Mechanical |
| Couplers |
SW - GT
GT - PED
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| Tremulants |
Swell |
| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Attached drawknob
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| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
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| General design |
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| Playing aids |
Two composition pedals for the Great
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| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Pedal
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| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
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| Gedact |
8' |
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| Principal |
4' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
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| SWELL |
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| Hohl Flute |
8' |
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| Salicional |
8' |
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| Wald Flute |
4' |
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| Oboe |
8' |
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| PEDAL |
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| Bourdon |
16' |
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| Total number of stops |
9 |
| Total number of ranks |
9 |
| Total number of pipes |
478 |
| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Built for residence of George Hillman, Perth.
Installed in St Luke's in 1905 by Robert Cecil Clifton who probably built the case and tremulant.
Rework in 1924 by J.E. Dodd.
Tonal alteration in 1985 by F.J. Larner & Co. (Dulciana transposed
to form Fifteenth) The tenor octave pipework has been stored and
this change is reversible.
Full restoration, including refurbishment of display diapering, in 2000
by F.J. Larner & Co. and Pipe Organs WA. Bellows leather
replaced, wind leaks sealed, keyboard action improved, timber work and
display pipes in the front case overhauled six new display pipe made in
metal to replace paper maché pipes, new West side to the organ
built in keeping with the original design, tremulant mechanism
repaired. Toe board replced due to warpage. Impost rail raised
250mm. |
| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
Built for residence of George Hillman, Perth.
Installed in St Luke's in 1905 by Robert Cecil Clifton.
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| Information on current organ |
The
instrument is of compact dimensions and thus the Great Gedeckt (with
metal trebles) provides the bass octave for most of the
Swell. The organ was fully restored in 2000 by F.J. Larner
and Co and Pipe Organs WA as a joint project which has included a
restoration of the facade decoration and the casework, with new side
panelling. The project consultant was Anne Page, a well known
Perth Organist who has been based in Cambridge, England since
1978. |
| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
A similar arrangement may be found in the 1879 Hill & Son organ now at Wesley College, Glen Waverley, Victoria. |
| Current status |
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| Assessment of organ |
The instrument retains its characteristic Hill sound and console details, including scrolled key cheeks. |
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| Photographs |
Photograph of organ pipes from Pipe Organs WA
Photograph of console by Mark Quarmby |
| Technical documents |
Information about the organ and the church from the OHTA Conference booklet, 2004. |
| General documents |
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| Supporting information |
Information about the rebuild of the organ from Pipe Organs WA
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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.
Additional information D B Duncan 27 December 2008.
Additional detail from In The Pipeline February/March 2001.
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