| Name of institution |
Haileybury College |
| Type of institution |
School |
| Street Address |
855 Springvale Road |
| City |
Keysborough |
| State |
Victoria |
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Aikman Hall |
| Name of room |
Aikman Hall
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| Previous organ(s) |
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| Date of previous organ |
None |
| Detail of previous organ |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken |
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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 |
Rear gallery, divided cases |
| Case description |
New divided cases |
| Placement in room |
Rear gallery |
| Builder's name |
J R Miller / Pipe Organs WA Pty Ltd |
| Opus number |
Pipe Organs WA Pty Ltd Opus 7. |
| Date of completion/installation |
Original completion 1887.
Refurbish, rebuild, enlargement and re-site from Perth City Hall,
Scotland to Haileybury College, Victoria. 2006-2009. |
| Construction materials |
Timber |
| Number of manuals |
Four (4) |
| Key compasses |
CC – cccc |
| Number of keys |
61 |
| Key material |
Ivory naturals with ebony sharps |
| Pedal compass |
CCC - g |
| Number of pedals |
32 |
| Pedalboard type |
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| Pedalboard material |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Electro-pneumatic |
| Type of stop action |
Electro-pneumatic |
| Couplers |
Great
Reeds to Pedal [drawstop] [affected by Gt Reeds Sub Octave]; Swell
Heavy Wind off Pedal [drawstop] [takes Swell HP off all Sw/Ped
couplers]; Swell Light Wind off Pedal [drawstop] [takes Swell LP
off all Sw/Ped couplers]; Choir to Pedal at 8’ &
4’; Great to Pedal at 8’; Swell to Pedal at
8’ & 4’; Solo to Pedal at 8’ &
4’; MIDI on Pedal [drawstop]; Pedal Divide [drawstop];
Great Reeds to Choir [drawstop] [affected by all Ch couplers, not by Gt
Reeds Sub Oct]; Solo Light Wind to Choir [drawstop] [affected by
Choir intra-manual couplers]; Swell Heavy Wind off Choir
[drawstop] [takes Swell HP off all Sw/Ch couplers]; Swell Light
Wind off Choir [drawstop] [takes Swell LP off all Sw/Ch
couplers]; Swell to Choir at 16’, 8’ &
4’; Solo to Choir at 16’, 8’ &
4’; Choir to Choir at 16’ & 4’; Choir
Unison Off; MIDI on Choir [drawstop]; Great Reeds Sub Octave
[drawstop]; Great Reeds off Great [drawstop];Swell Heavy Wind off Great
[drawstop] [takes Swell HP off all Sw/Gt couplers]; Swell Light
Wind off Great [drawstop] [takes Swell LP off all Sw/Gt
couplers]; Swell to Great at 16’, 8’ &
4’; Choir to Great at 16’, 8’ &
4’; Solo to Great at 16’, 8’ &
4’; MIDI on Great [drawstop]; Swell Heavy Wind off Swell
[drawstop] [takes Swell HP off all Swell intra-manual couplers]; Swell
Light Wind off Swell [drawstop] [takes Swell LP off all Swell
intra-manual couplers]; Solo to Swell at 8’; Swell to
Swell at 16’ & 4’; Swell Unison Off; MIDI on
Swell [drawstop]; Great Reeds to Solo [drawstop] [affected by Gt Reeds
Sub Oct, not by any Solo couplers]; Tuba off Solo Couplers
[drawstop] [off all Solo intra and inter-manual couplers]; Swell Heavy
Wind to Solo [drawstop] [affected by Sw intra-man coups, not by any So
coups]; Swell Light Wind to Solo [drawstop] [affected by Sw intra-man
coups, not by any So coups]; Solo Light Wind off Solo [drawstop] [off
Solo intra-manual couplers only]; Solo to Solo at 16’ &
4’; Solo Unison Off; MIDI on Solo [drawstop]
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| Tremulants |
Swell, Solo |
| Accessories |
COMBINATION ACTION
250 levels of General and Divisional memory
Independent Sequencer with 250 stages
Choir: 8 adjustable thumb pistons
Great: 8 adjustable thumb pistons
Swell: 8 adjustable thumb pistons
Solo: 8 adjustable thumb pistons
Pedal: 8 adjustable toe pistons
General: 16 adjustable thumb pistons
Swell or General: 8 toe pistons [if General selected reads settings on General thumb pistons 1 – 8]
Bass Toe Pistons Exchange [selects either Swell or General to act on toe pistons]
Next [in Sequencer]: 5 thumb pistons and 1 toe piston
Last [in Sequencer]: 1 thumb piston and 1 toe piston
Divisionals Sequencer Exchange [makes additional thumb pistons act as Next and Last]
Coupler Cancel: thumb piston in Choir keyslip [cancels all couplers including new drawstop couplers]
Octave Coupler Cancel: thumb piston in Great keyslip [cancels all Oct Coups on rail and Gt Reeds Sub Oct]
General Cancel: thumb piston in Choir keyslip
Setter thumb piston in Choir keyslip [marked “L” for Willis’ ‘Locking Piston’ system]
Great and Pedal Combinations Coupled [rocking tablet couples Gt and Ped pistons both ways]
Divisionals as Generals [makes Sw and Gt thumb pistons act as independent Generals]
Memory Up and Down [thumb pistons]
REVERSIBLES
Great to Pedal reversible thumb piston in Great keyslip
Swell to Pedal reversible thumb piston in Swell keyslip
Choir to Pedal reversible thumb piston in Choir keyslip
Solo to Pedal reversible thumb piston in Solo keyslip
Solo, Swell and Choir to Great reversible thumb pistons in Great keyslip
Solo to Swell reversible thumb piston in Swell keyslip
Solo and Swell to Choir reversible thumb pistons in Choir keyslip
Tuba 8’ reversible thumb piston in Solo keyslip
Solo Tremolo reversible thumb piston in Solo keyslip
Swell Tremolo reversible thumb piston in Swell keyslip
Full Organ reversible thumb piston in Swell keyslip with indicator light
Swell to Great reversible toe piston
Great to Pedal reversible toe piston
Doubles Off rocking tablet in Solo keyslip [silences all 16’ manual and 32’ pedal stops drawn]
Pedal Stops Off rocking tablet in Choir keyslip [silences all Ped stops drawn – but not stops coupled to Ped] |
| Console type |
4 Manual Willis remote lockable console of English Oak with ebonised drawstop cheeks, key cheeks and slip rails. |
| Stop label material |
Solid ivory drawstop heads, ivory labels |
| Placement |
Mobile console, remote from organ |
| General design |
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| Playing aids |
Expression Pedals to Swell and Solo
General Crescendo Pedal with bar graph and 2 programmable settings with 20 stages
Great/Choir Manual Transfer [drawstop; with indicator light]
MIDI record/playback facility
Adjustable Bench
Ivory Drawstop Mobile Console with rocking tablets for some couplers and accessories
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| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Choir, Solo, Pedal |
| Wind pressures |
Pedal
Light Pressure 4 ½”; Pedal Open Diapason and Violoncello 5
¼”; Pedal Bombarde 15 ½”; Choir Viol di Gamba
4 ½”, Choir Grand Diapason 6 ½”; Great Light
Pressure 4 ½”; Great Reeds 6 ½”; Swell Light
Pressure 4 ¾”; Swell Heavy Pressure 6 ¾”;
Solo Light Pressure 6 ½”, Solo Tuba 15 ½”
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| Stop list |
| GREAT Manual II |
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| Violone |
16'
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from Choir |
C |
| Grand Diapason |
8' |
from Choir |
E |
| Open Diapason No.1 |
8' |
61 pipes; façade; zinc and spotted metal |
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| Open Diapason No.2 |
8' |
61 pipes; Willis; wood and spotted metal |
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| Viol di Gamba |
8' |
from Choir |
C |
| Spitz Flute |
8' |
61 pipes; zinc and spotted metal |
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| Stopped Diapason |
8' |
61 pipes; Willis; wood |
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| Octave Diapason |
4’ |
from Choir |
E |
| Principal |
4' |
61 pipes; spotted metal |
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| Flauto Traverso |
4' |
61 pipes; slotted; Willis; spotted metal |
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| Stopped Flute |
4' |
61 pipes; Willis; spotted metal |
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| Twelfth |
2-2/3' |
61 pipes; spotted metal |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
61 pipes; spotted metal |
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Mixture: 12.15.17.19.22
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III-V |
269 pipes; spotted metal |
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| Trumpet |
8' |
61 pipes; spotted metal |
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| Clarion |
4' |
61 pipes; Willis; pipemetal
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| SWELL Manual III |
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| Double Diapason |
16’ |
61 pipes; wood |
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| Open Diapason |
8’ |
61 pipes; zinc and spotted metal. 1-19 slotted |
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| Lieblich Gedeckt |
8' |
61 pipes; wood |
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| Salicional |
8' |
61 pipes; zinc and spotted metal. 13-61 slotted |
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| Vox Angelica TC |
8' |
49 pipes; zinc and spotted metal, 25-61 slotted; Willis |
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| Gemshorn |
4' |
61 pipes; pipemetal and spotted metal |
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| Hohl Flute |
4' |
61 pipes; wood |
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| Flageolet |
2' |
61 pipes; pipemetal and spotted metal |
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| Sesquialtera 12.17 |
II |
122 pipes; stopped 12th zinc and pipemetal; open 17th tapered spotted metal |
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| Oboe |
8' |
61 pipes; spotted metal |
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| Chorus Mixture 12.15.19.22 |
IV |
244 pipes; pipemetal and spotted metal |
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| Waldhorn |
16' |
61 pipes; zinc and pipemetal |
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| Horn |
8' |
61 pipes; spotted metal |
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| Clarion |
4' |
61 pipes; spotted metal |
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| SOLO Manual IV |
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| Violoncello |
8’ |
61 pipes; zinc and spotted metal; 1-24 slotted |
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| Orchestral Flute |
8’ |
61 pipes; wood; 1-12 stopped |
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| Concert Flute |
4’ |
61 pipes; spotted metal; slotted |
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| Piccolo |
2’ |
61 pipes; spotted metal |
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| Flugel Horn |
8’ |
61 pipes; pipemetal |
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| Corno di Bassetto |
8’ |
61 pipes; pipemetal |
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| Grand Diapason |
8' |
from Choir |
E |
| Octave Diapason |
4' |
from Choir |
E |
| Tuba [unenclosed] |
8’ |
61 pipes;zinc, pipemetal and spotted metal |
D |
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| CHOIR Manual I |
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| Violone |
16' |
12 zinc pipes; slotted; Willis |
C |
| Grand Diapason |
8' |
61 pipes; façade; 12 zinc, 7 pipemetal; balance new spotted metal |
E |
| Viol di Gamba |
8' |
61 pipes;12 zinc; slotted; Millar; balance spotted metal |
C |
| Octave Diapason |
4' |
12 pipes; new; spotted metal |
E |
| Contra Tuba |
16' |
from Solo |
D |
| Tuba |
8' |
from Solo |
D |
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| PEDAL |
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| Double Open Diapason |
32' |
12 pipes prep; [1-12 acoustic]; 20 new |
B |
| Contra Bass |
32' |
12 acoustic, 20 new, wood. |
A |
| Open Bass |
16' |
32 open wood pipes |
A |
| Open Diapason |
16' |
32 zinc pipes; façade |
B |
| Violone |
16' |
from Choir |
C |
| Sub Bass |
16' |
32 Stopped wood pipes |
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| Octave Bass |
8' |
12 pipes; new; wood |
A |
| Octave Diapason |
8' |
12 pipes; new; pipemetal |
B |
| Violoncello |
8' |
32 pipes; slotted; façade; Millar; pipemetal |
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| Flute Bass |
8' |
12 new pipes, 20 ex Great Stopped Diap 8, wood |
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| Viol di Gamba |
8' |
from Choir |
C |
| Choral Bass |
4' |
32 pipes; Willis
Metal pipes |
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| Octave Viol |
4' |
from Choir |
C |
| Mixture 17.19.22 |
III |
96 pipes; Willis |
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| Contra Bombarde |
32' |
12 pipes prep |
D |
| Bombarde |
16' |
1-12 of Zinc, 13 – 32 from solo Tuba HP |
D |
| Trombone |
16' |
32 pipes
Wooden tapered resonators |
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| Tuba |
8' |
drawn from Solo Tuba 8 (Unenclosed HP) |
D |
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| Total number of speaking stops |
63 stops
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| Total number of ranks |
58 ranks |
| Total number of pipes |
2,955 pipes |
| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Built for Perth Town Hall, Scotland, in 1887 by J R Miller, Perth, Scotland
Rebuilt with enlargement and relocated to new Town Hall in 1911 by J R Miller
Rebuilt with tonal alterations, enlargements and new 4 manual console in1957 by Henry Willis III, England
Rebuilt with solid state capture in1980 by Rushworth and Dreaper, England
Rebuilt to new specification and with fourth manual as a coupling manual in 2006-08 by Pipe Organs WA. |
| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
Removed from Perth, Scotland, in 2006 by Pipe Organs WA
Shipped to Perth, Western Australia for rebuilding
Relocated to Melbourne, Victoria, for installation at Hailebury College in December 2008 - January 2009. |
| Information on current organ |
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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 |
Photographs of the organ from Pipe Organs WA Pty Ltd.
Professional photographs taken by Victor Jetten, Victoria. |
| Technical documents |
In The Pipeline article |
| General documents |
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| Supporting information |
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| Document control |
This entry D B Duncan 11 Feb 2009.
Additional photographs and updated stoplist from Graham Devenish 23 Mar 2009.
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