| Name of institution |
St. Cecilia's Catholic Church |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
corner Kenmore Crescent and Grantham Street
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| City |
Floreat Park |
| State |
Western Australia |
| Postcode |
6006
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
St. Cecilia's Catholic Church |
| Name of room |
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| Dates of the building |
1960 |
| Architect’s and builder’s names |
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| Other location information |
The Church in Kenmore Crescent, Floreat Park, is named after St.
Cecilia who was a Roman patrician, virgin, martyr, and patron saint of
musicians. She lived in the second and third centuries. Her feast day
is celebrated on the 22nd of November with a special mass each year.
The architectural design for the new
church in Floreat was completed in May 1961. Building commenced soon
afterwards and the new church was blessed and dedicated by Archbishop
Prendiville on 26th February 1961. The building of the original
presbytery alongside the church was made possible by an exchange of the
parish owned block No. 715 for block No. 758 owned by the Brigidine
Sisters.
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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 |
Freestanding
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| Case description |
Striking display of copper pipes arranged in an inverted "V" impost above the console. |
| Placement in room |
Rear gallery |
| Builder's name |
F.J. Larner & Co. |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1988 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
Two (2) |
| Key compasses |
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| Number of keys |
56 |
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| Pedal compass |
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| Number of pedals |
30 |
| Pedalboard type |
Concave radiating |
| Pedalboard material |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Mechanical |
| Type of stop action |
Mechanical |
| Couplers |
Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal
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| Tremulants |
General |
| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Integrated
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| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
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| General design |
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| Playing aids |
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| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Pedal
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| Wind pressures |
Equal temperament, A= 440 Hz at 21oC
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| Stop list |
Original Stoplist 1988
| GREAT |
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| Principal |
8' |
56 pipes |
Copper |
| Spitz Flute |
8' |
56 pipes |
Wood |
| Octave |
4' |
56 pipes |
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| Nazard |
2-2/3' |
56 pipes |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
56 pipes |
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| Mixture |
IV |
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| Trumpet |
8' |
56 pipes |
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| SWELL |
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| Chimney Flute |
8' |
56 pipes |
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| Viola da Gamba |
8' |
44 pipes |
Bass from Chimney Flute |
| Celeste TC |
8' |
44 pipes |
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| Coppel Flute |
4' |
56 pipes |
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| Flageolet |
2' |
56 pipes |
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| PEDAL |
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| Subbass |
16' |
30 pipes |
Wood and metal |
| Flute Bass |
8' |
24 pipes |
From Subbass |
| Choral Bass |
4' |
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From Subbass |
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Completed specification stoplist 2013
| GREAT |
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| Principal |
8' |
56 pipes |
Copper |
| Spitz Flute |
8' |
44 pipes |
Wood
12 pipes from PED Bass Flute 8' |
| Octave |
4' |
56 pipes |
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| Chimney Flute |
4' |
56 pipes |
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| Nazard |
2-2/3' |
44 pipes |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
56 pipes |
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| Tierce |
1 3/5' |
44 pipes |
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| Mixture |
IV |
224 pipes |
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| Trumpet |
8' |
56 pipes |
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| SWELL |
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| Chimney Flute |
8' |
56 pipes |
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| Gamba |
8' |
56 pipes |
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| Celeste |
8' |
44 pipes |
TC |
| Coppel Flute |
4' |
56 pipes |
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| Flageolet |
2' |
56 pipes |
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| Quint |
1 1/3' |
56 pipes |
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| Cymbal II |
22.26 |
112 pipes |
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| Oboe |
8' |
56 pipes |
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| PEDAL |
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| Subbass |
16' |
30 pipes |
Wood and metal |
| Bass Flute |
8' |
12 pipes |
From Subbass |
| Choral Bass |
4' |
12 pipes |
From Subbass |
| Bassoon |
16' |
30 pipes |
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| Total number of stops |
15 originally, 21 now |
| Total number of ranks |
12 originally, 19 now
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| Total number of pipes |
1,212 |
| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Towards
the end of 2012, Pipe Organs W.A. was approached by John Larner to
complete the disposition of the organ, for which purpose the parish had
received some funds. Therefore, new pipework was ordered from a
manufacturer in Poland and alterations to the existing
‘wings’ of the case were made to accommodate the new pedal
reed pipes. The copper pipes were polished and lacquered and a
new pipe shade screen
was installed. Copper pipe shades were manufactured for the pedal
‘wings’ and all existing pipework were voiced to
accommodate the new pipes. Tomasz Nowak carried out the
final voicing in the church and all staff at Pipe Organs W.A. were
involved in the process of construction and installation.
(Justina Davis, Virgile Bardin, Neil Cox and Graham Devenish.)
All new pipework has been cone tuned for stability. The contract
for this project was signed on 31st October, 2012 and the work was
completed on 10th July 2013. The organ is now complete with
19 ranks and 25 stops.
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| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
None
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| Information on current organ |
Based on a concept of Fr. Mc Cudden.
Advisor was Annette Goerke.
Opening recital was played by John Beaverstock, October 1988. |
| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
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| Current status |
In excellent condition
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| Assessment of organ |
The character of the instrument (2013)
can be described as forthright and clear with well-developed tonal
character to the principals and well-rounded flutes without undue
foundational weight. The Trumpet is clear and elegant, the Oboe
tending towards orchestral and the mixtures brilliant. The pedal
reed is generously supportive to the full organ sound. There are
many colourful stops which, when combined with foundation ranks provide
great interest and vitality to the musical line.
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| Other organs by this builder |
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| Photographs |
Photograph of church from State Library
Photograph of organ from Keith Poole
Photographs of completed instrument from Graham Devenish |
| Technical documents |
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| Supporting information |
The organ took 18 months to construct in 1987/88. John Larner and
his assistants, Mal Adams and Lachlan Partington built the main
structures, wooden pipes and action. The metal pipes were bought from
Aug. Laukhuff, Germany with some ranks reclaimed from other sources,
viz. 20 of the Subbass 16’ pipes from the Dulciana 16’ of
the Bishop organ (now in storage at Hale School), the Celeste 8’ from the Dodd rebuild of the Clifton organ at St. Aidan’s Claremont and the Gamba 8 from the Labial Oboe, surplus to requirements in the Gunstar organ at Maylands Uniting Church.
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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 23 January 2009.
Additional information from February/March 2002 In The Pipeline.
Additional information from August 2013 In The Pipeline.
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