| Name of institution |
Perth Baptist Church |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
Corner James and Stirling Street
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| City |
Perth |
| State |
Western Australia |
| Postcode |
6000
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Perth Baptist Church |
| Name of room |
Church
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| Dates of the building |
1973 |
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| Other location information |
This is Western Australia's first established Baptist Church with the
Foundation Service being held in the Perth Town Hall on the 23 June
1895.
May 1899 saw the opening and dedication of Central Baptist Church
in Museum Street. This was not only the worship and outreach centre of
Perth Church but also was used for many years by the WA Baptist Union
for meetings and assemblies.
A forced land resumption by the State
to make way for a Cultural Centre led to relocation of the church to
its present site on the corner of James and Stirling Streets with the
new church Dedication and Opening being held on the 23 June, 1973.
When
passing the Alexander Library on the way to the church, stop by the
entrance to the Library and there on a pillar is to be found a brass
plate which marks the site of the first Baptist Church in WA. The
Foundation Stone from the Museum Street site is embedded beside the
Stone of the present building.
There are now 108 established Baptist
churches and fellowships in suburban and country WA with this Perth
church being the only Baptist Church within city precincts.
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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 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 |
Chamber |
| Case description |
Two pedal towers of copper pipes with central flat of plain diapasons. Positive division on impost. |
| Placement in room |
Front left of sanctuary |
| Builder's name |
F. J. Larner and Co. |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1974 |
| Construction materials |
Jarrah casework |
| Number of manuals |
Two (2) |
| Key compasses |
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| Number of keys |
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| Pedal compass |
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| Number of pedals |
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| Pedalboard type |
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| Pedalboard material |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Mechanical to manuals, direct electric to Pedal |
| Type of stop action |
Mechanical |
| Couplers |
(Kick down pedals)
Great to Pedal
Positif to Pedal
Positif to Great |
| Tremulants |
Positif |
| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Integral drawstop |
| Stop label material |
Turned ebony |
| Placement |
Left and right flat jambs |
| General design |
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| Playing aids |
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| Divisions |
Great, Positive, Pedal |
| Wind pressures |
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Stop list
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| GREAT |
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| Rohr Flute |
8' |
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| Principal |
4' |
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| Block Flute |
2' |
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| Sesquialtera |
II |
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| Mixture (22,26,29) |
IV |
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| Trumpet (Blank stop) |
8' |
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| POSITIF |
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| Gedackt |
8' |
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| Flöte |
4' |
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| Principal |
2' |
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| Quint |
1-1/3' |
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| Mixture |
III |
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| Dulzian |
8' |
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| PEDAL |
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Subbass
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16' |
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| Principal |
8' |
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| Fagot |
16' |
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| Total number of speaking stops |
14 |
| Total number of ranks |
20 |
| Total number of pipes |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Windchest
rebuilt including new pallets and tapered tone chanels. New
regulators to manual divisionsand improvement to Great slider action.
Pipe Orgns WA Pty Ltd 2009. |
| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
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| Information on current organ |
Opening recital played by Michael Dudman, organist of St. George's Cathedral, Perth, on Sunday 27th April 1975.
The organ cost $15,000 and was cited to be an example of the modern classical organ of the reform movement. |
| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
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| Current status |
2018: in very good condition |
| Assessment of organ |
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| Other organs by this builder |
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| Photographs |
Photograph of the church from the Perth Baptist Church web site
Photograps of the organ by Bruce Duncan |
| Technical documents |
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| General documents |
Church history from their web site. |
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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 09 January 2009.
Additional material from June/July 1999 In The Pipeline.
Additional material In The Pipeline June 2009
Additional photographs Bruce Duncan 14 August 2018
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