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Residence of Mr Kingsley Jones, Kardinya
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Property
Name of institution   Residence of Mr Kingsley Jones
Type of institution0   Church
Street Address  
City   Kardinya
State   Western Australia
Postcode   6163
Country   Australia
Name of building   Residence of Mr Kingsley Jones
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Register of Heritage Places  
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Architect  
Builder  

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Previous organ(s)
Date of previous organ   None
Detail of previous organ  
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Information on previous organ  
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Present organ
Type of installation   Freestanding

Case description  

Placement in room  

Builder's name   F.J. Larner & Co.

Opus number  

Date of completion/installation   1968

Construction materials  

Number of manuals   Two (2)

Key compasses   CC-ggg

Number of keys   58

Key material  

Pedal compass   CC-f

Number of pedals   30

Pedalboard type   Radiating, concave

Pedalboard material  

Type of chests  

Type of key action   Electro-magnetic

Type of stop action   Electro-magnetic

Couplers   Swell - Great
Swell - Pedal
Great - Pedal

Tremulants  

Accessories   

Console type  

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Placement  

General design  

Playing aids  

Divisions   Great, Swell, Pedal
Wind pressures  

Stop list  
GREAT
Open Diapason 8' A
Rohr Flute 8' B
Principal 4' A
Fifteenth 2' A
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SWELL
Dulciana 8' C
Rohr Flute 8' B
Dulcet 4' C
Spitz Flute 4' B
Nazard 2 2/3' C
Flagelot 2' B
Mixture Blank prepared for
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PEDAL
Bourdon 16' D
Bass Flute 8' B
Fifteenth 4' A
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Total number of stops   13

Total number of ranks   4

Total number of pipes  

Dates when key work has been undertaken on current organ   Built in 1968 for the Morley Methodist Church using some pipework from the Riley organ formerly in St Hilda's Church, North Perth and the Pedal Bourdon from Forrest Park Methodist Church, Mount Lawley.
1m., 8 sp.st., 2c., el.mag. Gt: 8.8.4.2.1-1/3. Sw: prep.for only. Ped: 16.

Rebuilt and enlarged 1978 F.J. Larner & Co. 2m., 4 rks. ext. (mixture prepared-for), 3c., el.mag.

Dates of any moves that have taken place to current organ   Removed in 1997 to storage
Relocated to the Residence of Mr Kingsley Jones
Removed 2010 to storage
Relocated 2014 to Mt Pleasant Devenish Residence.

Information on current organ  

Comparable instruments to current organ  

Assessment of organ and current status   No longer at this location

Other organs by this builder   There are many organs by John Larner 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 23 January 2009.
Updated entry 03 October 2014.
Stoplist added Bruce Duncan 24 November 2015.