| Name of institution |
Maylands-Mount Lawley Uniting Church |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
165 Railway Parade |
| City |
Maylands |
| State |
Western Australia |
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Maylands-Mount Lawley Uniting Church |
| Name of room |
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| Dates of the building |
16 August 1981
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| Architect’s and builder’s names |
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| Special fittings |
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| Name of contact |
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| Mailing Address |
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| Telephone |
08 9272 3523 |
| Email |
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| Other contact information |
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| Date of previous organs |
None |
| Detail of previous organs |
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| 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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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Elevated chamber |
| Case description |
Modern design of open pipe ranks |
| Placement in room |
Rear wall of sanctuary |
| Builder's name |
Gunstar Organ Works, Adelaide |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1940
Contract signed 10th July 1939 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
Two (2)
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| Key compasses |
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| Number of keys |
61
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| Key material |
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| Pedal compass |
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| 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
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| Type of stop action |
Electro-pneumatic
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| Couplers |
Great
Sub, Great Super, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great, Swell
to Great Sub, Swell to Great, Swell to Great Super, Swell to Pedal,
Swell Sub, Swell Super. |
| Tremulants |
Swell |
| Accessories |
6
pistons to Swell, 6 pistons to Great, Swell to Great piston
(reversible), Swell to Pedal Piston (reversible), Great to Pedal Piston
(reversible), 8 General
Pistons, Tutti, Set, General Cancel.
Toe Pistons, 6 pistons to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great, Tutti |
| Console type |
Detached stopkey
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| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
Choir gallery remote from organ |
| General design |
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| Playing aids |
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| Divisions |
Swell, Great, Pedal |
| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
61 pipes |
A |
| Claribel |
8' |
61 pipes |
C |
| Lieblich Gedeckt |
8' |
Swell |
E |
| Salicional |
8' |
61 pipes |
B |
| Octave Diapason |
4' |
12 pipes |
A |
| Rohrflute |
4' |
Swell |
F |
| Salicet |
4' |
12 pipes |
B |
| Twelfth |
2-2/3' |
Swell |
D |
| Fifteenth |
2' |
12 pipes |
A |
| Salicetina |
2' |
12 pipes |
B |
| Larigot |
1-1/3' |
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B |
| Octavin |
1' |
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B |
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| SWELL |
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| Bourdon |
16' |
Bottom 12 pipes from Sub Bass, remainder from Gedeckt |
C, E |
| Geigend |
8' |
61 pipes |
D |
| Lieblich Gedeckt |
8' |
61 pipes |
E |
| Principal |
4' |
12 pipes |
D |
| Rohrflute |
4' |
61 pipes |
F |
| Lieblich Flute |
4' |
No additional pipes |
E |
| Nazard |
2-2/3' |
No additional pipes |
E |
| Fifteenth |
2' |
12 pipes |
D |
| Flute |
2' |
12 pipes |
F |
Larigot
(Stop label is incorrect. This stop is really a Tierce as the pitch is 1 3/5’) |
1-1/3' |
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| Trumpet |
8' |
61 pipes |
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| PEDAL |
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Sub Bass
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16' |
12 pipes |
C |
| Octave |
8' |
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A |
| Geigend |
8' |
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D |
| Bass Flute |
8' |
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C |
| Salicional |
8' |
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B |
| Choral Bass |
4' |
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A |
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| Total number of speaking stops |
29
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| Total number of ranks |
Seven (7) extended ranks |
| Total number of pipes |
523
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Renovated in 1998 by Pipe Organ Builders & Services, solid state coupling installed.
Blower
motor relocated from pipe chamber to lower room, air leaks sealed,
winding improved, concussion bellows installed in 2003 by Pipe Organs
WA.
New electro-pneumatic valves to bottom octave of Diapason, revoicing of
all ranks. Klann Capture Action for pistons installed – 30
levels of memory. 2004 by Pipe Organs WA.
Swell shutter pneumatic system replaced with Petersen 8 stage electric shutter control in 2006 by Pipe Organs WA.
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| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
Built in 1940 for Forrest Park Methodist Church as a 5 rank extended organ.
Removed, rebuilt, enlarged to six ranks and installed at Maylands Uniting Church in 1985 by Paul F. Hufner.
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| Information on current organ |
This was the only organ built in Western Australia by Gunstar Organ
Works, Adelaide. Gunstars were formed in 1935 and their first new
organ was the Christadelphian Church in Adelaide, the contract states
it was to be completed by 16th March 1936. It appears Dodd amalgamated with Gunstar Organ
Works in June 1944 and the company then became J.E. Dodd & Sons Gunstar Organ Works, Adelaide.
Paul Hufner signed a maintenance agreement with Gunstar
in February 1940 and maintained the organ until the 1990's, over 50
years.
In Forrest Park Methodist Church there was both a Bourdon and a Sub Bass on the pedal - two 16' stops. However the Bourdon
was in the swell box and was almost inaudible. It was taken out to allow the
bottom 12 8" Trumpet pipes to be installed. The Trumpet replaced the wishy washy
Labial Oboe 8 which only went to tenor C. The swell bourdon 16 was borrowed to
the pedal as a second 16' but it was so soft it was almost useless. The pipes
were donated to Morley Methodist Church for their Larner organ so that it had pedal pipes,
missing before. (Bourdon now in the organ at private residence Kingsley Jones, Kardinya.)
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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 |
Photographs by Bruce Duncan |
| Technical documents |
Mount Lawley Maylands Uniting Church Organ Specification 2005 from Don Cook. |
| General documents |
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| Supporting information |
Bob Elms has written a very informative history of the organ as it was in the Forest Park Methodist Church and this narrative can be found on the page for that church. |
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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 26 January 2009.
Specification and historical detail of the organ maintenance from Don Cook, 02 February 2009.
Photographs added 15 March 2009.
Additional information from George Stephens, Bob Elms and Patrick Elms 20 July 2010.
Additional information from Bob Elms 19 October 2011.
Additional photographs by Bruce Duncan 18 August 2018
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