John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: exterior of chapel from south-west
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (10 April 2012)]
Historical and Technical Documentation by Patrick Elms and Colin van der Lecq
© OHTA 2012 (last updated May 2012)
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: exterior of chapel from south-west
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (10 April 2012)]
Historical and Technical Documentation by Patrick Elms and Colin van der Lecq
© OHTA 2012 (last updated May 2012)
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School is a school of the Anglican Schools Commission with a mission to build a Christian community of learners, to provide a quality educational experience, and to nurture the whole person in the three dimensions of mind, body and spirit.1 With the development and expansion of the Music Department over the last decade, a number of organs have been purchased, two from Pipe Organs W.A. and one from Rudolf von Beckerath Orgelbau GMBH.
Continuo organ
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: continuo organ
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (10 April 2012)]
This instrument was built in 2003 by Pipe Organs W.A. Pty Ltd and is located in the Performing Arts Centre.
| MANUAL Gedeckt Flute Principal Larigot Cymbal |
8 4 2 1-1/3 II |
Compass: 49 notes2
Keyboard transposes to allow three different pitches
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: organ in Performing Arts Centre
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (10 April 2012)]
The organ in the Performing Arts Centre was built in 2005 by Pipe Organs W.A. Pty Ltd. This is a free standing instrument, mounted on castors for mobility. The organ is a teaching and recital instrument capable of realising repertoire from different disciplines over the past 400 years. It has the capacity to support vocal and instrument ensembles of varying sizes.3 The case work is of Tasmanian Oak for the frames and Silky Oak veneer for the paneling. The Panel edges are painted the school colour (garnet). Drawstop jambs and pipe shade carvings are of Silky Oak. Keycheeks are of Tasmanian Oak with Ebony inlay.4 The organ is located in a modern, purpose-built Performing Arts Centre.
| GREAT Open Flute Principal Rohrflute Quint Principal (wood) Mixture 19.22.26 Swell to Great SWELL Stopped Diapason Conical Flute Nazard Blockflute Tierce Cymbal 26.29 Oboe Tremulant PEDAL Bourdon Open Flute Rohrflute Basson Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal |
8 4 4 2-2/3 2 III 8 4 2-2/3 2 1-3/5 II 8 16 8 4 16 |
Compass: 58/305
Mechanical key and stop action
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: organ in Performing Arts Centre: console
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (10 April 2012)]
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: organ in Performing Arts Centre:
left-hand stop jamb
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (10 April 2012)]
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: organ in Performing Arts Centre:
right-hand stop jamb
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (10 April 2012)]
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: chapel interior from rear gallery
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (10 April 2012)]
St Paul's Chapel is a striking building constructed in 1999, while the organ was built in 2011 by von Beckerath Orgelbau, Hamburg. It has three manuals and pedal, 35 stops, mechanical action, electric couplers and stop action, and a crescendo pedal. The console features a complex capture system, controlled by a touchscreen. The organ is not a slavish copy of any particular instrument, but draws its inspiration from the French romantic school of organbuilding. The stoplist, though, was based on the 1998 Kenneth Jones & Associates organ at Trinity College Chapel, within the University of Melbourne, with additional pedal stops and a swell 16ft flue.6
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: chapel organ from nave
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (10 April 2012)]
| GRANDE ORGUE Montre Montre Flûte Conique Prestant Flûte Doublette Fourniture V Trompette Tremblant Récit Sub.Oct. to G.O. Récit to G.O. Récit Oct. to G.O. Positif to G.O. POSITIF (ENCLOSED) Harm. Flûte Bourdon Cor de Nuit Nazard Flûte Tierce Trompette Cromorne Tremblant Récit to Positif RÉCIT (ENCLOSED) Flûte Allemande Bourdon Gambe Conique Voix Céleste Prestant Flûte Octaviante Octavin Plein Jeu V Basson Tromp. Harm. Hautbois Tremblant PEDALE Principalbasse Soubasse Octavbasse Gedacktbasse Quintbasse Choralbasse Mixture IV Posaune G.O. to Pedal Récit to Pedal Récit Oct. to Pedal Positif to Pedal |
16 8 8 4 4 2 2 8 8 8 4 2-2/3 2 1-3/5 8 8 16 8 8 8 4 4 2 2-2/3 16 8 8 16 16 8 8 1-1/3 4 2-2/3 16 |
G.O. & Pedale Combs Coupled
Generals on Récit Toe Pist.
Compass: 61/327
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: console
[Photograph by Trevor
Bunning (10 April 2012)]
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: console close up
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (10 April 2012)]
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: left hand stop jamb
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (10 April 2012)]
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School: right hand stop jamb
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (10 April 2012)]
1 Website http://www.jsracs.wa.edu.au/OurSchool/Vision.aspx accessed 23 February 2012
2 Pipe Organs W.A.: Supplied February 2012
3 Website http://www.pipeorganswa.com.au/john.html accessed 27 November 2011
4 Website http://www.oswa.org.au/WAOrgans/MirrabookaJSRSchool.html accessed 27 November 2011
5 Pipe Organs W.A.: information supplied February 2012
6 Personal communication Jonathan Bradley April 2012
7 Rudolf von Beckerath Orgelbau GMBH: Email with modifications April 2012