| Name of institution |
Our Lady of Mount Carmal |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
Richardson Street, Albert Park |
| City |
Melbourne |
| State |
Victoria |
| Postcode |
3206 |
| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Our Lady of Mount Carmal |
| Name of room |
Church sanctuary |
| Dates of the building |
1906 |
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The parish has been in the care of the Carmelite Order of priests and brothers since April 1882 when the first Carmelite priests, Prior Butler and Father Shaffrey, arrived to take charge of the newly created parish of Sandridge (Port Melbourne). Their new parish, formerly part of Emerald Hill (South Melbourne), extended along the beachfront from the river at Port Melbourne to Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda. The Carmelites celebrated their first Mass on 7 May 1882 in St Joseph’s, Port Melbourne, which had opened up in 1881.
The boom conditions of the 1880s encouraged the Carmelites to buy and build on a large scale. Several parcels of land were bought in the parish for use as possible future churches. The Carmelites also bought land on Beaconsfield Parade and built their first Priory there in 1886. As the Middle Park/West St Kilda end of the parish began to expand, plans were made for two new churches, one in Richardson Street, Middle Park and another in Mary Street, West St Kilda.
In November 1891, the Carmelites opened the first Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on the corner of Richardson and Wright Streets, Middle Park. The church, which accommodated 500 people, was a red and buff brick with cement facings, in Gothic style and with a tall belfry at the south-east corner. A pipe organ was installed to accompany the singing of High Mass on Sunday mornings and Vespers and Benediction on Sunday evenings. |
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| Previous organ(s) |
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| Date of previous organ |
1907 |
| Detail of previous organ |
The organ was built by Frederick Taylor and consisted of two manuals.
It was opened in the previous church in February 1908.4 No contemporary description of the instrument has been located. |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Free standing |
| Case description |
Gothic dark timber |
| Placement in room |
Rear Gallery |
| Builder's name |
Frederick Taylor |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1929 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
3 |
| Key compasses |
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| Number of keys |
58 |
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| Pedal compass |
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| Number of pedals |
30 |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Electro-pneumatic |
| Type of stop action |
Electro-pneumatic |
| Couplers |
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| Tremulants |
Swell
Positiv
Choir |
| Accessories |
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| Console type |
The Laurie drawstop console is now placed forward in the gallery, and the 1929 Taylor console, disconnected, is placed at the rear.
A New mobile console is provided on the nave floor. |
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| General design |
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| Playing aids |
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| Divisions |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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| Open Diapason no 1 |
8 |
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| Open Diapason no 2 |
8 |
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| Clarabel |
8 |
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| Dulciana |
8 |
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| Principal |
4 |
rescaled 2012 |
| Harmonic Flute |
4 |
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| Twelfth |
2-2/3 |
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| Fifteenth |
2 |
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| Fourniture 15.19.22.26 |
IV |
1987 recomposed with additional rank 2012 |
| Trumpet |
8 |
replaced 2012, original in storage, |
| Swell to Great |
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| Positiv to Great |
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| Choir to Great |
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| SWELL |
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| Bourdon |
16 |
bass unenclosed |
| Geigen Principal |
8 |
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| Gedackt |
8 |
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| Viol d'Orchestre |
8 |
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| Voix Celeste |
8 |
TC |
| Gemshorn |
4 |
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| Lieblich Flute |
4 |
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| Mixture 15.19.22 III |
III |
1987 |
| Double Trumpet |
16 |
A 1987 |
| Cornopean |
8 |
A 1987
replacing original Cornopean |
| Oboe |
8 |
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| Clarion |
4 |
A 1987 |
| Tremulant |
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| Swell Sub |
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| Swell Unison Off |
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| Swell Octave |
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| Positiv to Swell |
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| POSITIV |
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2011 |
| Principal |
8 |
gvd.bas |
| Stopped Diapason |
8 |
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| Octave |
4 |
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| Piccolo |
2 |
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| Larigot |
1-1/3 |
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| Cymbal 22.26 |
II |
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| Clarionet |
8 |
2012 |
| Tremulant |
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| Positiv Sub |
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| Positiv Unison Off |
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| CHOIR |
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(enclosed except Trompette) |
| Hohl Flute |
8 |
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| Viola |
8 |
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| Salicional |
8 |
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| Vox Angelica |
8 |
TC |
| Wald Flute |
4 |
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| Nazard |
2-2/3 |
TA 1987 |
| Flageolet |
2 |
1987 |
| Tierce |
1-3/5 |
TA 1987 |
| Vox Humana |
8 |
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| Tremulant |
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| 'Elijah' Trompette en Chamade |
8 |
2012 |
| Choir Sub |
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| Choir Unison Off |
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| Choir Octave |
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| Swell to Choir |
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| Positiv to Choir |
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| PEDAL |
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| Quint Bass |
32 |
derived 1987 |
| Open Diapason |
16 |
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| Bourdon |
16 |
B |
| Principal |
8 |
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| Flute |
8 |
B |
| Octave Flute |
4 |
B |
| Trombone |
16 |
1987 |
| Double Trumpet |
16 |
A |
| Trumpet |
8 |
A |
| Great to Pedal |
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| Swell to Pedal |
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| Positiv to Pedal |
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| Choir to Pedal |
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| Total number of stops |
48 |
| Total number of ranks |
49 |
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Dates when key work has been undertaken on current organ |
Original organ built F Taylor 1907
The organ was rebuilt and enlarged by Frederick Taylor to three manuals and was dedicated on 30 June 1929
Rebuilt in 1986-87 by S.J. Laurie Pty Ltd. The key and stop actions were converted to electro-pneumatic
and a second three-manual drawstop console provided, this being placed in one of the transepts.
Enlarged in 2011-2012 by Pipe Organs WA. The work has consisted of the provision of a new four-manual terraced console,
located in the right transept, addition of a Positiv division, sited on the gallery rail, addition of a horizontal Trumpet
(envisaged in the Laurie rebuild), the moving forward and laterally of the divided cases in the rear gallery and their
outwards extension by an additional flat, with newly constructed side panels, all in the architectural style of the original.
A new Trumpet 8 was placed on the Great in place of the original, which was placed in storage in the blower room,
and the composition of the Laurie Great Mixture was revised, with a fourth lower rank.
The Trumpet was installed in 2015 in the rebuilt organ at St John's Anglican Church, Northam |
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| General documents |
Refer to Organ Historical Trust of Australia |
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This entry D B Duncan 11 Mar 2018.
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