| Name of institution |
Uniting Church |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
South Coast Highway
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| City |
Denmark |
| State |
Western Australia |
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Uniting Church |
| Name of room |
Church |
| Dates of the building |
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| Previous organ(s) |
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| Date of previous organ |
None |
| Detail of previous organ |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Freestanding |
| Case description |
Fine timberwork with crenellated top moldings. Dummmy display pipes. Case may date from c1850 Germany. |
| Placement in room |
Front right side |
| Builder's name |
J. E. Dodd |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1939 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
One (1) |
| Key compasses |
C-ggg |
| Number of keys |
56 |
| Key material |
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| Pedal compass |
CC-f |
| Number of pedals |
30 |
| Pedalboard type |
Radiating |
| Pedalboard material |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Mechanical manual action, pneumatic pedal action |
| Type of stop action |
Mechanical |
| Couplers |
Great 16', Manual to Pedal |
| Tremulants |
None |
| Accessories |
None |
| Console type |
Integral |
| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
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| General design |
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| Playing aids |
None |
| Divisions |
Manual |
| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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| Open |
8' |
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| Stopped Diapason |
8' |
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| Dulciana |
8' |
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| Principal |
4' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
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| PEDAL |
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| Bourdon |
16' |
(not yet installed) |
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| Total number of stops |
6 |
| Total number of ranks |
6 |
| Total number of pipes |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Restored 1998 by P J Elms & Co.
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Built in 1939 for the residence of Miss M Brown, North Adelaide.
The organ casework and windchest and the Stopped Diapason (in fact a
German Gedact) are much older than 1939 and are of German origin.
Winchest slider bearers are shimmed with German newswpaper.
Pipework supplied by Dodd in 1939 is from Alfred Palmer, London,
is of narrow sclae, narrow mouths and high cut. The Fifteenth is
a cut down Quintaton.
Installed 1946 at St Margaret's Anglican Church, Nedlands.
Installed at St Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Katanning, in 1964.
Removed 1979 by Paul Hufner to make way for new organ.
Restoration by P J Elms & Co commenced 1993. Windchests were
stripped and flooded with hot glue. Table and pallet faces were
all planed true. Toeboards were planed true. Pallets
releathered. Action parts refurbished. Wind reservoir
releatherd and wind trunking repaired. New Open Diapason provided
to replace original. 12 biggest pipes for Bourdon remain
unfinished.
Installed at Denmark Uniting Church in 1998 by P J Elms & Co.
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| Information on current organ |
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organ |
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| Photographs |
Photographs of the church and organ by Bruce Duncan
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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 01 January 2009.
Additional information and photographs collected during site visit by Bruce Duncan 13 January 2009.
Updated specification from Patrick Elms 04 January 2011.
Additional detail from In The Pipeline October/November 1999.
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