| Name of institution |
Theatre Organ Society of Australia (WA Division) |
| Type of institution |
Organ Society
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| Street Address |
Melvista Avenue |
| City |
Nedlands |
| State |
Western Australia |
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
John Leckie Music Centre |
| Name of room |
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| Special fittings |
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| Previous organ(s) |
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| Date of previous organ |
None |
| Detail of previous organ |
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| Variations from original design of organ |
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Information on 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 |
Two chambers |
| Case description |
No case |
| Placement in room |
Rear of auditorium |
| Builder's name |
John Compton Organ Co., London |
| Opus number |
212 |
| Date of completion/installation |
1933 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
Three (3)
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| Key compasses |
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| Number of keys |
61
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| Key material |
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| Pedal compass |
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| Number of pedals |
32 |
| Pedalboard type |
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| Pedalboard material |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Electro-pneumatic |
| Type of stop action |
Electro-pneumatic |
| Couplers |
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| Tremulants |
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| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Horseshoe stop tab |
| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
Remote |
| General design |
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| Playing aids |
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| Divisions |
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| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| ACCOMPANIMENT |
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| Diapason |
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73 pipes |
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| Flute |
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91 pipes |
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| Violin |
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73 pipes |
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| Violin Celeste |
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73 pipes |
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| Salicional |
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73 pipes |
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| Salicional Celeste |
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61 pipes |
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| Xylophone |
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37 notes |
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| Chrysoglott |
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49 notes |
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| Cathedral Chimes |
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20 notes |
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| SOLO |
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Tuba
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85 pipes |
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| Trumpet |
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61 pipes |
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| Tibia |
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91 pipes |
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| Clarinet |
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37 pipes |
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| Krumet |
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36 pipes |
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| Vox Humana |
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61 pipes |
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| Glockenspiel |
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37 notes |
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| TRAPS |
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Bass drum
Crash Cymbal
Cymbal roll
Snare drum
Tom Tom
Tambourine
Castanets
Sleigh Bells
Chinese block
Triangle
Sand block
Fire bell
Steam whistle
Bird whistle
Siren
Klaxon horn
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| Total number of stops |
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| Total number of ranks |
12 ranks plus percussion and other effects
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| Total number of pipes |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Electronic Diaphone 16'
added 1991.
Extensions and upgrading of the organ occurred in 2000 with
the replacement of the original metal tibia pipes with a rank of wooden tibia
pipes and the addition of the salicional and salicional celeste ranks.
Further
upgrading occurred in 2002 with the addition of intermanual couplers, and
relocation of the salicional pipes and the chimes from the solo chamber to the
accompaniment chamber.
Upgrading work currently being undertaken on the organ
includes replacement of the original cotton covered wire with PVC insulated
wire.
A new memory system based on the Altera programmable IC with
capacity of many thousand inputs and outputs and 30,000 levels of
memory has been designed an installed by Pipe Organs WA Pty Ltd in 2011.
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| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
Originally located in the Plaza Theatre in Worthing,
Sussex, England. The
organ was purchased and moved to Western
Australia in 1971.
Installed at Purvis Electronics, Myaree.
Removed in 1986.
Installed in the John Leckie Music Centre in 1988.
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| Information on current organ |
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| 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 the organ from Theatre Organ Society of Australia Western Australian division web site.
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| Technical documents |
Details of the organ from TOSA (WA) web site |
| General documents |
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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 01 February 2009.
Maintenance details updated by Pipe Organs WA Pty Ltd 27 January 2011.
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