| Name of institution |
Congregational Church |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
William Street
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| City |
North Perth |
| State |
Western Australia |
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Congregational Church |
| Name of room |
Sanctuary
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| Dates of the building |
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| Date of previous organs |
None |
| Detail of previous organs |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Freestanding |
| Case description |
The
casework of this organ, designed by Clifton in the Gothic style,
resembling the work of A.G. Hill in Britain, is of considerable
distinction, with carved pipeshades, cresting and projecting V
tower. The spotted metal pipework was manufactured by George
Fincham & Son.
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| Placement in room |
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| Builder's name |
Robert Cecil Clifton |
| Opus number |
5 |
| Date of completion/installation |
1895–1908 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
Two (2) |
| Key compasses |
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| Number of keys |
56 |
| Key material |
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| Pedal compass |
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| Number of pedals |
30 |
| Pedalboard type |
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| Pedalboard material |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Mechanical (tape and bobbin), tubular-pneumatic pedal action |
| Type of stop action |
Tubular-pneumatic |
| Couplers |
Swell - Great (Great side), Swell - Great (Swell Side), Great - Pedal |
| Tremulants |
None |
| Accessories |
None |
| Console type |
Integrated, drawstop |
| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
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| General design |
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| Playing aids |
3 thumb pistons to Great
3 thumb pistons to Swell |
| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Pedal |
| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
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| Lieblich Gedeckt |
8' |
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| Oktave |
4' |
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| Spitzflöte |
4' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
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| SWELL |
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| Lieblich Gedeckt |
8' |
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| Gamba |
8' |
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| Viol d'Amour |
4' |
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| Flautina |
2' |
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| Oboe |
8' |
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| PEDAL |
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| Gedeckt |
16' |
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| Salicional |
8' |
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| Total number of stops |
12 |
| Total number of ranks |
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| Total number of pipes |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Built for the music room of R C Clifton's home at 231 Adelaide Terrace, Perth
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| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
Removed to the North
Perth Congregational Church by J.E. Dodd; the instrument was opened on
22 December 1946 by Dr C. Edgar Ford.
Removed by F.J. Larner and Co. in 1976 and relocated with several alterations to St
Alban's Church. |
| Information on current organ |
The organ was the last to be built by Robert Cecil Clifton |
| 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 |
Photograph of organ by Bruce Duncan
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| Technical documents |
Details of the organ from OHTA Conference Book 2004.
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| General documents |
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| Supporting information |
Additional information about Robert Cecil Clifton can be found in the Leon D. Cohen book, Gathered Fragments: the Biography of Robert Cecil Clifton, I.S.O. 1854–1931. |
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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 17 January 2009.
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