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Richard Gill Auditorium, Mount Lawley
The pipe organs of Western Australia



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The organ console

Property
Name of institution   Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Type of institution0   University
Street Address   Bradford Street
City   Mount Lawley
State   Western Australia
Postcode   6050
Country   Australia
Name of building   Richard Gill Auditorium
Name of room   Richard Gill Auditorium
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Other location information   The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Edith Cowan University was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition comparable to the highest calibre of national and international training benchmarks to be able to meet industry needs around the globe.

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

Case description   Free standing, moveable.

Placement in room   Casework in Philippine Mahogany Mounted on steel dolly.

Builder's name   F.J. Larner & Co.

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Date of completion/installation   1978

Construction materials  

Number of manuals   Two (2)

Key compasses   CC-g

Number of keys   56

Key material  

Pedal compass   CC to f

Number of pedals   30

Pedalboard type  

Pedalboard material  

Type of chests   Slider

Type of key action   Mechanical

Type of stop action   Mechanical

Couplers   Hitchdown pedals
Positive - Great
Positive - Pedal
Great - Pedal

Tremulants  

Accessories   

Console type   Integrated drawstop

Stop label material  

Placement   Flat jambs

General design  

Playing aids  

Divisions   Great, Positive, Pedal

Wind pressures  

Stop list  
GREAT
Gedeckt 8'
Principal 4'
Octave 2'
Mixture II
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POSITIVE
Gedeckt 8'
Spitzflute 4'
Quint 1 1/3'
Tierce 1 3/5'
Regal 8'
Cymbalstern
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PEDAL
Sub Bass 16'
Flute Bass 8'
Principal 4'
Sordun 16'
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Total number of stops   14

Total number of ranks   14

Total number of pipes   680

Dates when key work has been undertaken on current organ   Relocated to current location 1982.

Great Principal 4 ft and Sub Bass 16 ft were added in 1982 by F J Larner & Co..

In 2003, Pipe Organs WA repaired the mixture by adding 24 new pipes to the bass end moving all the pipes upwards. A pressure tremulant was added along with a five bell cymbalstern.

Dates of any moves that have taken place to current organ   Removed from the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Basil Kirke Studio in Adelaide Terrace, Perth, and relocated to Edith Cowan University 1982.

Information on current organ   It is a self contained organ with draw stops at 90 degrees to the keys. It has a mechanical action with the pedal sub bass and flute direct electric.

Complete organ is mounted on a steel dolly to allow flexibility of movement within the Academy.>br>
It was built for the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Basil Kirke Studio in Adelaide Terrace, Perth, in 1978. The Edith Cowan University Academy of Performing Arts purchased it in 1982.

Comparable instruments to current organ  

Assessment of organ and current status  

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 27 November 2008.
Detail of organ history and maintenance from Pipe Organs WA and Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.