| Name of institution |
St. Mary In The Valley Anglican Church |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
River Road |
| City |
Kelmscott |
| State |
Western Australia |
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
St. Mary In The Valley Anglican Church
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| Previous organ(s) |
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| Date of previous organ |
None |
| Detail of 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 |
Free standing
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| Case description |
Oak case work, gilded case pipes, Limewood carvings.
approx 200cm x 80cm x 350cm.
Rebuilt 2013. |
| Placement in room |
Front left of altar
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| Builder's name |
Unknown |
| Opus number |
Unknown |
| Date of completion/installation |
circa 1751 (research by Len Richardson and Dot Croft)
An English Chamber organ c1750
Restored and relocated to Australia in 1971
Installed in St Mary's Church 1973
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| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
One
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| Key compasses |
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| Number of keys |
54 notes |
| Key material |
New key set of bone and ebony, |
| Pedal compass |
None |
| Number of pedals |
None |
| Pedalboard type |
None |
| Pedalboard material |
None
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Mechanical
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| Type of stop action |
Mechanical
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| Couplers |
Shifting
movement pedal at left to all stops on left jamb, swell box hitch-down pedal at
right, player's pumping pedal, centre. |
| Tremulants |
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| Accessories |
Pumping handle to the right hand side of the case. |
| Console type |
Integrated, drawstop |
| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
Left and Right jambs |
| General design |
Pitch: A = 440
Temperament: 5th comma Meantone |
| Playing aids |
None |
| Divisions |
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| Wind pressures |
2 1/2" |
| Stop list |
| MANUAL |
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Left jamb (from bottom) |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
(from bass G) |
Added (possibly19thC.) |
Fifteenth Bass
26 metal pipes |
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to mid C |
Original |
| Cornet 3 rank 12.15.17 |
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from mid C# |
New reconstruction |
| Sesquialtra 4 rank 12.15.17.19 |
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to mid C |
New reconstruction |
Fifteenth Treble
28 metal pipes |
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from mid C# |
Original |
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Right Jamb (from bottom) |
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Stop Diapason
54 pipes of pine |
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Original |
Principal
54 metal pipes |
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Original |
Flute
54 pipes of oak |
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Original |
Hautboy
28 metal pipes in Swell box |
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from mid C# |
New reconstruction |
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| Total number of stops |
Nine |
| Total number of ranks |
14 |
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Dates when key work has been undertaken on current organ |
Organ built circa 1751 in England as a chamber organ. The builder is unknown.
Enlarged in 1813 by the addition of the Swell and Pedal organ.
Swell stops were:
Stopt Diapason 8'
Dulciana 8'
Gamba 8'
Principal 4'
Lieblich Flute 4'
Flautina 2'
Pedal was a short compass Bourdon 16'.
Restored in 1973 by Dudley Bastian. Swell division and Pedal
pulldowns removed and put into storage in the church.
Manual stops:
Open Diapason 8'
Stopt Diapason 8'
Principal 4'
Lieblich 4'
Twelfth 2 2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
The organ was almost completely destroyed by an infestation of
termites in 2006. A total reconstruction of the organ to the original
specification was commissioned and completed in 2013.
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Dates of any moves that have taken place to current organ |
Located in 1969 at St Mark's Anglican Church, Eccles, Kent, UK, by
Dudley Bastian. At that stage the organ was two-manual/pedal as seen
in the historical photograph.
Shipped to Australia in 1971.
At some stage after installation (originally at the rear of the church)
the organ was moved to it's current position at front left of altar.
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| Information on current organ |
This
is the oldest organ in Western Australia and among the oldest in
Australia. This instrument was originally thought by some to be
by one of the early English builders such as Father Smith or Snetzler,
but later opinion is that it is of early 19th century origin built into
an 18th century English case. Whatever its origin it has been altered,
albeit probably more than 100 years ago. |
| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
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| Current status |
A magnificently restored instrument |
| Assessment of organ |
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| Other organs by this builder |
Not known - none in Australia |
| Photographs |
Photograph of historic organ by Dudley Bastian
Photographs of organ and church interior by Bruce Duncan
Photographs of organ restoration by Graham Devenish
Photograph of termite damage by Rev Ben van der Klip |
| Technical documents |
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| General documents |
Information about locating, moving and restoring the organ from Dudley Bastian.
Commentary on history of the organ by Bob Elms. |
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| Supporting information |
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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 26 January 2009.
Builder date from In The Pipeline, June/July 2003
Additional detail from In The Pipeline August/September 1999
Additional detail from In The Pipeline June/July 2000
Additional details from Graham Devenish 08 July 2013
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