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Residence of Mr Jake Maring, Byford
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Redmond Maring Residence


Property
Name of institution   Residence of Mr Jake Maring
Type of institution0   Private residence
Street Address  
City   Byford
State   Western Australia
Postcode  
Country   Australia
Name of building   Residence of Mr Jake Maring
Name of room  
Dates of the building  
Register of Heritage Places  
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Architect  
Builder  

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Other location information  

Name of contact  
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Previous organ(s)
Date of previous organ   1972

Detail of previous organ   F. J Larner & Co.
One (1) manual mechanical action organ of five stops:
Built 1972 F.J. Larner & Co. for St Philip's Anglican Church, Cottesloe.



MANUAL
Flute 8'
Flute 4'
Piccolo 2'
Larigot 1 1/3'
Sifflot 1'
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Dates when key work has been undertaken  

Dates of any moves that have taken place   Installed present location around 1988.
Sold in 1996 to F J Larner and broken up. The chest, keys and 3 stops are part of a reconstructed organ at the Yarloop Workshops. The Yarloop Workshops organ was destroyed in a catastrophic bushfire in 2016.

Variations from original design of organ   New American Oak case constructed for the organ at Mr Maring's Byford residence.

Information on previous organ  

Information about comparable instruments to previous organ   A similar organ existed at Our Lady's Assumption Roman Catholic Church, Dianella.

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Present organ
Type of installation   Freestanding

Case description   Open plan

Placement in room  

Builder's name   J Maring

Opus number   1

Date of completion/installation   1996

Construction materials  

Number of manuals   Two (2)

Key compasses  

Number of keys  

Key material  

Pedal compass  

Number of pedals  

Pedalboard type  

Pedalboard material  

Type of chests  

Type of key action   Electro-magnetic

Type of stop action   Electro-magnetic

Couplers   Swell - Great
Swell - Pedal
Great - Pedal

Tremulants  

Accessories   

Console type   Integrated stopkey

Stop label material  

Placement  

General design  

Playing aids  

Divisions   Great, Swell, Pedal

Wind pressures  

Stop list  
GREAT
Open Diapason 8' A
Rohr Gedeckt 8' B
Principal 4' A
Nazard 2-2/3' B
Fifteenth 2' A
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SWELL
Open Diapason 8' A
Rohr Gedeckt 8' B
Flute 4' B
Piccolo 2' B
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PEDAL
Bourden 16' Lowest 12 pipes not complete B
Flute 8' B
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Total number of stops   Eleven (11)

Total number of ranks   Two (2)

Total number of pipes  

Dates when key work has been undertaken on current organ  

Dates of any moves that have taken place to current organ   Removed from Byford on sale of property in 2003.
Placed in storage until 2006 when the organ was rebuilt in Redmond, Albany.

Information on current organ  

Comparable instruments to current organ  

Assessment of organ and current status   No longer in this location

Other organs by this builder  

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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 December 2008.
Additional information from Jake Maring 17 February 2009.