Complete description of the selected organ
Blackburn (Melbourne), Australia (Victoria) - The Avenue Uniting Church (former Presbyterian Church)
Municipal: City of Whitehorse
Address: The Avenue, 3130, Blackburn
Website: http://www.avenueuniting.org/
Description nr.: 2062318.
Built by: William Stone (1879)
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-f'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8' (C-B), Clarabella 8' (TC), Viol di Gamba 8' (TC), Salicional 8' (TC), Octave 4', Flute 4' (TC), Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (C-f'''): Violin Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Geigen Principal 4', Piccolo 2', Clarionet 8' (TC).
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Octave 8' - Octave Coupler of Open DIapason.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal.
Accessories: 3 composition pedals to Great.
Blackburn (Melbourne), Australia (Victoria) - The Avenue Uniting Church (former Presbyterian Church)
Municipal: City of Whitehorse
Address: The Avenue, 3130, Blackburn
Website: http://www.avenueuniting.org/
Description nr.: 2062318.
Built by: William Stone (1879)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1879 | William Stone | new organ | 1973 | Volunteers | transfer/relocate | 1973 | Laurie Pipe Organs Pty. | maintenance/reparations |
- In 1878-1879 bouwde William Stone, orgelmaker in St Kilda, Victoria, een orgel voor de Congregational Church aan Alma Road in St Kilda. Het werd op 20 maart 1879 in gebruik genomen met een concert door P.C. Plaisted. Na de bouw van een nieuwe kerk in 1888 is het orgel overgeplaatst. De nieuwe kerk lag in het zuiden van St Kilda en was gewijd aan Saint John. In 1973 is dit orgel verkocht en overgeplaatst naar de Avenue Uniting Church in Melbourne-Blackburn. Deze kerk werd oorspronkelijk gebouwd als Presbyterian Church in 1959-1960 naar een ontwerp van Keith Reid. De kerk werd op 21 februari 1960 in gebruik genomen.
- Het orgel is door vrijwilligers onder leiding van Bill Ralph overgeplaatst, waarna de firma Laurie Pipe Organs het afregelde, intoneerde en stemde. Op 5 augustus 1973 werd door Ted King het inauguratieconcert gegeven. Het orgel verkeert nog geheel in de originele staat.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1879 | St Kilda | Congregational Church |
| 1888 | St Kilda | Saint John Congregational Church (South) |
| 1973 | Melbourne-Blackburn | Avenue Uniting Church |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 7 |
| - Swell Organ | 5 |
| - Pedal Organ | 2 (1) |
| Total number of stops | 14 (13) |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-f'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8' (C-B), Clarabella 8' (TC), Viol di Gamba 8' (TC), Salicional 8' (TC), Octave 4', Flute 4' (TC), Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (C-f'''): Violin Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Geigen Principal 4', Piccolo 2', Clarionet 8' (TC).
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Octave 8' - Octave Coupler of Open DIapason.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal.
Accessories: 3 composition pedals to Great.
| Literature |
Past Evidence Future Keys : Organ Documentation - Home and Abroad : Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula and the Victorian Goldfields Region : Victoria - Australia : 31st Annual Conference 29 September - 4 October 2008 : Conference Book. - OHTA, 2008. |