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Residence of Mr John Larner, Mount Lawley
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Property
Name of institution   Residence of Mr John Larner
Type of institution0   Private residence
Street Address   Guildford Road
City   Mount Lawley
State   Western Australia
Postcode   6050
Country   Australia
Name of building   Residence of Mr John Larner
Name of room  
Dates of the building  
Register of Heritage Places  
Heritage Place number  
Architect  
Builder  

Special architectural features and fittings  

Other location information  

Name of contact  
Mailing Address  
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Email  
Other contact information  

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Previous organ(s)
Date of previous organ   None
Detail of previous organ  
Dates when key work has been undertaken  
Dates of any moves that have taken place  
Variations from original design of organ  
Information on previous organ  
Information about comparable instruments to previous organ  
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Present organ
Type of installation   Unassembled

Case description  

Placement in room  

Builder's name   F. J. Larner & Co

Opus number  

Date of completion/installation   In storage

Construction materials  

Number of manuals  

Key compasses  

Number of keys  

Key material  

Pedal compass  

Number of pedals  

Pedalboard type  

Pedalboard material  

Type of chests  

Type of key action  

Type of stop action  

Couplers  

Tremulants  

Accessories   

Console type  

Stop label material  

Placement  

General design  

Playing aids  

Divisions  

Wind pressures  

Stop list  
GREAT
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SWELL
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PEDAL
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Total number of stops  

Total number of ranks  

Total number of pipes  

Dates when key work has been undertaken on current organ  

Dates of any moves that have taken place to current organ   Removed to Residence of F J Larner, Yarloop.

Information on current organ   8 ranks extended
7 rks of Welte pipework (ex St John's Lutheran Church, South Melbourne, Vic.);
Wurlitzer Vox Humana (ex Princess Theatre, Fremantle);
5 chests B 1935 Hill, Norman & Beard (ex Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Surrey Hills, Vic.)
1928 Wurlitzer console ex Metro Theatre, Perth

Comparable instruments to current organ  

Assessment of organ and current status   The organ components were completely destroyed by a bushfire that devastated Yarloop in January 2016

Other organs by this builder  

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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 01 February 2009.