| Name of institution |
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School |
| Type of institution |
School |
| Street Address |
Mirrabooka Avenue |
| City |
Mirrabooka |
| State |
Western Australia |
| Postcode |
6061 |
| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Performing Arts Centre
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| Name of room |
Auditorium
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| Dates of the building |
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| Special fittings |
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| Previous organ(s) |
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| Date of previous organ |
2003 |
| Detail of previous organ |
Five rank continuo organ by Pipe Organs WA |
| Dates when key work has been undertaken |
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| Variations from original design of organ |
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Information on previous organ |
Organ still in use in the Performing Arts Centre |
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Information about comparable instruments to previous organ |
Refer to Pipe Organs WA entries in the Organ Builders index |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Free standing, castor mounted for mobility
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| Case description |
Two flats and three towers, fine pipeshades, carved school crest, embossed centre pipe |
| Placement in room |
Stage |
| Builder's name |
Pipe Organs WA Pty Ltd
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| Opus number |
Opus 5 |
| Date of completion/installation |
2005
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| Construction materials |
The timber used is a beautiful assortment of fine wood: Tasmanian Oak
for the frames, Silky Oak veneer panelling with school colour (garnet)
edging, solid Silky Oak drawstop jambs and pipe shade carvings,
Tasmanian Oak with Ebony inlays in keyboard cheeks |
| Number of manuals |
Two (2)
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| Key compasses |
CC - c |
| Number of keys |
49 notes |
| Key material |
Ebony natural, Indian Rosewood sharps |
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| Number of pedals |
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| Pedalboard type |
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| Pedalboard material |
European Beech naturals, Indian Rosewood sharps |
| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Mechanical, suspended, Swell floating rollerboard
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| Type of stop action |
Mechanical
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| Couplers |
SW-GT, GT-PED, SW-PED
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| Tremulants |
Swell |
| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Integrated, drawstop |
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| Placement |
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| General design |
All
access panels are lockable. There is rear Swell access for tuning
the Oboe and a central walkboard, 300mm wide mounted 1800mm high in the
organ case for servicing the organ. There are double pallets to
all pedals and lowest octave of manuals, all pallets 250mm long.
The depth of key travel is 8mm on manuals, 18mm on pedals. |
| Playing aids |
Balance swell pedal
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| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Pedal
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| Wind pressures |
Air Pressure:
Manuals - w/g 72mm
Pedal - w/g 80mm
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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| Open Flute |
8' |
Mahogony
inverted mouths |
58 pipes |
| Principal |
4' |
Display pipes 75% tin |
58 pipes |
| Rohrflute |
4' |
Plain metal and spotted metal |
58 pipes |
| Principal |
2' |
Mahogany |
58 pipes |
| Quint |
2 2/3' |
Plain metal |
58 pipes |
| Mixture 19, 22, 26 |
III |
Plain metal |
174 pipes |
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| SWELL |
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| Stopped Diapason |
8' |
Mahogany |
58 pipes |
| Conical Flute |
4' |
Mahogony
inverted mouths |
58 pipes |
| Blockflute |
2' |
37 pipes Mahogany
21 Plain metal |
58 pipes |
| Nazard |
2 2/3' |
Plain metal |
58 pipes |
| Tierce |
1 3/5' |
Plain metal |
58 pipes |
| Cymbal 26, 29 |
II |
Plain metal |
116 pipes |
| Oboe |
8' |
Zinc bass, spotted metal resonators |
58 pipes |
| Tremulant |
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| PEDAL |
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| Bourdon |
16' |
Douglas Fir |
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| Open Flute |
8' |
Spotted metal
bass zinc extensions
inverted languid |
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| Rohr flute |
4' |
Mahogany |
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| Basson |
16' |
Metal resonators |
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| Total number of stops |
Seventeen (17) |
| Total number of ranks |
Twenty (20) |
| Total number of pipes |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Pedal reed added 2007 Pipe Organs WA |
| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
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| Information on current organ |
A = 440Hz
Metal frame 3600 high, 2500 wide, 1900 deep set on castor wheels.
4 Schwimmer bellows |
| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
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| Current status |
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| Assessment of organ |
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| Other organs by this builder |
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| Photographs |
Photographs of organ from Pipe Organs WA
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| General documents |
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| Supporting information |
Information on organ from Pipe Organs WA
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| Document control |
This entry D B Duncan 26 November 2008.
Update from Jangoo Chapkhana 02 December 2008
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