| Name of institution |
Christ Church Grammar School |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
Queenslea Drive |
| City |
Claremont |
| State |
Western Australia |
| Postcode |
6010 |
| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Chapel |
| Name of room |
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| Dates of the building |
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| Architect’s and builder’s names |
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| Special fittings |
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| Other location information |
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| Name of contact |
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| Mailing Address |
PO Box 399, Claremont Western Australia 6910 |
| Telephone |
0894421555 |
| Email |
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| Previous organ(s) |
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| Date of previous organ |
None |
| Detail of previous organ |
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| Variations from original design of organ |
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Information on previous organ |
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Information about comparable instruments to previous 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 |
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| Builder's name |
F. J. Larner & Co |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1970 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
Three (3)
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| Key compasses |
CC-c |
| Number of keys |
61 |
| Key material |
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| Pedal compass |
CCC-f |
| Number of pedals |
30 |
| Pedalboard type |
Radial and concave |
| Pedalboard material |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Direct electric |
| Type of stop action |
Direct Electric |
| Couplers |
Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Solo, Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Solo to Pedal
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| Tremulants |
Swell and Solo |
| Accessories |
5 Divisional pistons
10 General Pistons
6 Reversibles
Full organ
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| Console type |
Drawstop, detached
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| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
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| General design |
Case work in Nyatoh, Action direct electric with individual pouch pneumatics to basses below 4'.
Style based on neoclassical ideals. e.g. minimal nicking, balanced choruses, large scale Great Flute etc.
New draw stop console incorporating third manual built of Tasmanian Oak built by G. Devenish, 1999 |
| Playing aids |
Four-stage capture action memory |
| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Solo, Pedal
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| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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| Bourdon |
16' |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
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| Rohr Flute |
8' |
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| Salicional |
8' |
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| Prinicpal |
4' |
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| Rohr Flute |
4' |
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| Twelfth |
2 2/3' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
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| Larigot |
1 1/3' |
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| Block Flute |
1' |
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| Mixture IV |
1 1/3' |
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| Posaune |
8' |
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| Clarion |
4' |
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| SWELL |
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| Principal |
8' |
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| Metal gedeckt
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8' |
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| Salicional |
8' |
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| Celeste |
8' |
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| Gemshorn |
4' |
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| Flute |
4' |
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| Nazard |
2 2/3' |
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| Flautina |
2' |
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| Tierce |
1 3/5' |
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| Mixture |
1' |
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| Bassoon |
16' |
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| Kleine Trumpet |
8' |
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| Krumhorn |
8' |
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| Kleine Clarion |
4' |
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| Tremulant |
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| SOLO |
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| Concert Flute |
8' |
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| Concert Flute |
4' |
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| Cornet t.g. |
III |
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| Krumhorn |
8' |
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| Posaune |
16' |
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| Solo Trumpet |
8' |
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| Solo Clarion |
4' |
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| Tremulant |
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| PEDAL |
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| Open Diapason
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16' |
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| Subbass |
16' |
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| Violincello |
16' |
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| Principal |
8' |
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| Flute |
8' |
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| Fifteenth |
4' |
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| Mixture |
IV |
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| Posaune |
16' |
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| Bassoon |
16' |
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| Trumpet |
8' |
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| Krumhorn |
4' |
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| Total number of stops |
45 speaking stops
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| Total number of ranks |
15 rank extension
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| Total number of pipes |
1,285 pipes |
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Dates when key work has been undertaken on current organ |
Built in 1970 with new Chapel 2m., 37 sp.st., 3c. el. mag. (some extended ranks).
Enlarged 1989-1990 F.J. Larner & Co.
Gt: 16.8.8.8.4.4.4.2-2/3.2.1-1/3.1.IV.8.8.
Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.4.2-2/3.2.1-3/5.III.16.8.8.4.
Ped: 16.16.8.8.4.4.III.16.16.8.4.
Cleaning and addition of Mixture IV ranks Krumhorn 8', Trumpet
16' extension. Swell Posaune moved to Great together with new 16' Octave. Central casework moved forward.
New 3 manual draw stop console with 40 level solid state capture system
installed in 1999 by Pipe Organs WA Addition of Solo
Division - Concert Flute 8', Solo Trumpet 8', Cornet III t.g. |
| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
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| Information on current organ |
Ranks:
Unenclosed
Open Diapason 16'
Subbass- Rohr Flute 16'
Mixture IV 1 1/3'
Solo Flute 8'
Cornet III 2 2/3'
Solo Trumpet
Enclosed
Principal 4'
Metal Gedeckt 8'
Salicional 8'
Celeste 8'
Tierce 1 3/5'
Mixture III 1'
Bassoon 16'
Krummhorn 8'
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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 |
Photograph of the chapel from the school web site.
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| Technical documents |
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| General documents |
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| Supporting information |
Information about the school from their web site.
History of the organ from Pipe Organs WA Pty Ltd. |
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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 November 2008.
Photograph of original organ supplied by Andrew Gardner 09 February 2010.
Additional detail from In The Pipeline August/September 2000.
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