| Name of institution |
Benedictine Community |
| Type of institution |
Chapel |
| Street Address |
Great Northern Highway |
| City |
New Norcia |
| State |
Western Australia |
| Postcode |
6509
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Monastery |
| Name of room |
Oratory Chapel |
| Dates of the building |
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| Architect’s and builder’s names |
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| Special architectural features |
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| Special fittings |
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| Other location information |
The Benedictine Monastery at New Norcia was established by the Spanish missionary Dom Salvado in 1846. |
| Name of contact |
Gabrielle Mercer |
| Mailing Address |
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| Telephone |
08 96548015 |
| Email |
organist@newnorcia.wa.edu.au
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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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| Information about comparable instruments to previous
organs |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Free-standing on floor |
| Case description |
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| Placement in room |
Rear wall |
| Builder's name |
Bellsham Pipe Organs (Australia) |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1983 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
Two (2) |
| Key compasses |
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| Number of keys |
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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 |
Mechanical |
| Type of stop action |
Mechanical |
| Couplers |
Hauptwerk to Positive, Hauptwerk to Pedal, Positive to Pedal |
| Tremulants |
Whole organ |
| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Reversed drawstop |
| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
Directly in front of organ casework |
| General design |
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| Playing aids |
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| Divisions |
Hauptwerk, Positive, Pedal |
| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| HAUPTWERK |
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| Rohr Flute |
8' |
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| Principal |
4' |
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| Block Flute |
2' |
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| Mixture |
III |
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| POSITIVE |
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| Gedact |
8' |
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| Spitz Flute |
4' |
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| Flachflute |
2' |
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| Sesquialtera |
II |
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| Krummhorn |
8' |
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| PEDAL |
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| Subbass |
16' |
|
A |
| Gedactbass |
8' |
|
A |
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| Total number of stops |
11
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| Total number of ranks |
13 |
| Total number of pipes |
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| 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 |
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| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
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| Current status |
In good condition and regular use |
| Assessment of organ |
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| Other organs by this builder |
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| Photographs |
Photograph of organ by Bruce Duncan
Photograph of the monastery by Brian Voon Yee Yap
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| 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 28 December 2008.
Updated specification from Patrick Elms 04 January 2011.
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