‘Wanganella’

Aird Street, Camberwell

Built 1966-1968 Peter Lord
2 manuals, six ranks + mixture extension, electric action




‘Wanganella’ viewed through the Aird Street gates
(photograph by John Maidment [24 April 2020])


Historical and Technical Documentation by John Maidment
© OHTA, July 2022

The two-storey mansion ‘St John’s Wood’ was built in 1870 and in 1881 renamed ‘Wanganella’. Originally with a large land holding and gates on Riversdale Road, the block was reduced and reached its final size in 1956.1 It was designed in a stuccoed Italianate classical idiom with a Doric colonnade to the north and east. The building is heritage listed.2





‘Wanganella’ – two views of the organ
(photographs by Ken Falconer [18 July 2022])

The organ was built between 1966 and 1968 by the owner of the house Peter Lord with components supplied by Hill, Norman & Beard (Australia) Pty Ltd, order number V647.3 Its design is based on the extension principle with six extended ranks together with a three-rank Mixture:

Subbass / Rohr Gedeckt 16
Principal 8
Spitz Flöte 8
Dulciana 8 (Quintaton bass)
Tierce 1-3/5
Krumhorn 16
Mixture III ranks

It is placed in an alcove in the large dining room.

GREAT
Spitz Flöte
Principal
Spitz Flöte
Dulciana
Octave
Nason Flute
Dulcet
Quint
Super Octave
Block Flöte
Tierce
Mixture 15.19.22.
Krumhorn
Krumhorn
Positiv to Great
16
8
8
8
4
4
4
2-2/3
2
2
1-3/5
III
16
8
TC















  
POSITIV
Rohr Gedeckt
Dulciana
Spitz Flöte
Dulcet
Flageolet
Tierce
Larigot
Sifflöte
Scharf 22.26.29
Krumhorn
Krumhorn


8
8
4
4
2
1-3/5
1-1/3
1
III
8

4
    
PEDAL
Subbass
Octave
Flute
Spitz Flöte
Quint
Choral Bass
Octave Flute
Doublette
Mixture 8.12.15
Krumhorn
Krumhorn
Krumhorn
Great to Pedal
Positiv to Pedal
16
8
8
8
5-1/3
4
4
2
III
16
8
4


    

Compass: 61/30
Wind pressure: 2½ inches
Electro-magnetic action
Attached stopkey console4
Width:  3160mm
Height:  3880mm
Depth:  1980mm, plus 790mm including pedalboard5






‘Wanganella’ – two views of the internal pipework
(photographs by Ken Falconer [18 July 2022])

1 Camberwell History, no 35 (December 2018), p.2

2 https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/14956 accessed 26 July 2022

3 https://wordpress-1253922-4563020.cloudwaysapps.com/wp-content/uploads/Hill-Norman-and-Beard-Australian-and-New-Zealand-orders.pdf accessed 26 July 2022

4 Specification noted John Maidment 1968

5 Dimensions noted by Ken Falconer 18 July 2022