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Private Residence, Kalamunda
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Private Residence

Property
Name of institution   Private Residence
Type of institution0   Private Residence
Street Address   Bahen Road
City   Kalamunda
State   Western Australia
Postcode   6076
Country   Australia
Name of building   Private Residence
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Previous organ(s)
Date of previous organ   None
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Present organ
Type of installation   Freestanding

Case description   Classic Italianate casework

Placement in room   Floor mounted

Builder's name   Bellsham Pipe Organs (Australia)

Opus number  

Date of completion/installation   1990

Construction materials   White American Oak

Number of manuals   Two (2)

Key compasses  

Number of keys   56

Key material  

Pedal compass  

Number of pedals   30

Pedalboard type   Straight

Pedalboard material  

Type of chests   Slider

Type of key action   Mechanical

Type of stop action   Mechanical

Couplers   Pedal hitchdowns
Manual II - Manual I
Manual II - Pedal
Manual I - Pedal

Tremulants   None

Accessories   

Console type   Integrated drawstop

Stop label material  

Placement   Flat jambs

General design  

Playing aids  

Divisions   Manual I, Manual II, Pedal

Wind pressures   70mm wg

Stop list  
MANUAL I
Gedackt 8' 56 pipes wood
Spitzflute 4' 56 pipes metal
Principal 2' 56 pipes metal
Larigot 1 1/3' 56 pipes metal
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MANUAL II
Quintade 8' 56 pipes metal
Krummhorn 8' 56 pipes wood resonators quarter length
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PEDAL
Bourdon 16' 30 pipes wood
Bass Flute 8' 12 pipes wood
Sordun 16' 30 pipes metal
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Total number of stops   1990 - 7
2012 - 9

Total number of ranks   1990 - 7
2012 - 8

Total number of pipes   1990 - 366 2012 - 408

Dates when key work has been undertaken on current organ   Built 1990 Bellsham Pipe Organs (Australia).
Stops selectable on either manual by 3-way stoplevers.
New blower installed by Pipe Organs of WA, 2009.
Enlargement of the instrument by Pipe Organs of WA, 2012.

Dates of any moves that have taken place to current organ   None

Information on current organ  

Comparable instruments to current organ   Bellsham Pipe Organs constructed four similar instruments in the style of a small number of ranks and multi selection lever stop action. These were for:


Assessment of organ and current status  

Other organs by this builder   There are several organs by Bellsham Pipe Organs in Western Australia. Please refer to Western Australian Organs Builders Index

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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 12 March 2018.