Wesley Uniting Church, Albany: exterior
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (14 April 2012)]
Wesley Uniting Church, Albany: exterior
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (14 April 2012)]
Historical and Technical Documentation by Patrick Elms and Colin van der Lecq
© OHTA 2012 (last updated May 2012)
Wesley Methodist Church was built in 1890 and it, and the manse next door built in 1903, are fine examples of late-Victorian style. The church is built of local granite with elaborate brick window surrounds. The interior features a rear gallery, spectacular wooden ceiling, raked floor and the original pews, complete with porcelain pew numbers.
Also built of local granite, the manse features elegant ornamentation and turned verandah posts. It was a gift to the church by church member and local merchant John Robinson and his wife.
The first organ was built in 1890 by Alfred Kirkland and installed at Wesley Church in 1894. Removed in 1966, it is now at the Lockyer Uniting Church.
Wesley Uniting Church, Albany: interior and organ
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (14 April 2012)]
The organ was built in 1966 by Paul Hufner, Perth, Opus XXVI and consists of six extended ranks. A solid state coupling system, electronic pedal stops and capture system was installed in 1991 and 1995 by J.R. Elms and T.W. Reed.1
| GREAT Bourdon Open Diapason Claribel Dulciana Lieblich Gedeckt Octave Diapason Spitz Flote Dulcet Twelfth Fifteenth Gemshorn Mixture Swell to Great Sub Swell to Great Swell to Great Octave SWELL Lieblich Gedeckt Gamba Lieblich Flute Gamba Nazard Piccolo Gamba Larigot Octavin Horn Swell Sub Swell Octave PEDAL Subbass Bourdon Double Dulciana Quint Principal Bass Flute Dolce Choral Bass Trombone Fagotto Trumpet Cremona Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal |
16 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 2-2/3 2 2 II 8 8 4 4 2-2/3 2 2 1-1/3 1 8 16 16 16 10-2/3 8 8 8 4 16 16 8 4 |
A B C D A B C D * B B D * D * A E A E A A E E E F El * A El A * B C D * C El * El * El * El * |
Tremulant to whole organ
Compass: 61/302
Capture system with 4 memories
5 thumb pistons to Swell
6 thumb pistons to Great
13 general pistons: 6 by thumb, 7 by toe
Casework and console of solid Jarrah
* additions (added 1991)
El Electronic
Wesley Uniting Church, Albany: console
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (14 April 2012)]
Wesley Uniting Church, Albany: stops
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (14 April 2012)]
1 Patrick Elms; Building information from website http://www.oswa.org.au/WAOrgans/AlbanyWesleyUniting.html accessed 19 February 2012 and Patrick Elms
2 Specification noted by Patrick Elms