Free Reformed Church of Albany: exterior
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (14 April 2012)]
Free Reformed Church of 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)
This modern brick building was originally built in the mid-1960s, then enlarged in the mid-1970s into a wide, lofty church capable of accommodating 500 people.
Free Reformed Church of Albany: organ
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (14 April 2012)]
The organ, originally a single manual instrument with seven stops and pedal pulldowns, was built in 1961 by Verschueren Orgelbouw, Heythuysen, Holland, for the Free Reformed Church, Rotterdam. The Rotterdam church was closed in the early 1970s and the organ packed up for disposal. A chance visit by the FRC Albany Minister, the Revd J.D. Wielenga, caused the gifting of the organ to the Albany congregation. It was installed in the newly enlarged Albany Church in 1974 by the church's organist John Plug and F.J. Larner & Co of Perth. The second manual was added by John Plug in 1980. A mechanical pedal division, commenced in 1990 by John Plug, was not finished owing to his untimely death. The pedal division was completed in 1993 on new electric slider chests by F.J. Larner and Co. A new pedal bellows was built and installed in 2002 by Patrick Elms & Co to replace an earlier one of unorthodox and unsuitable design. The pedal division layout re-organized and its tonal scheme revised in 2004 by Patrick Elms & Co, which included some revoicing of poorly matched pipework so as to blend better with the Verschueren chorus.
| HOOFTWERK Prestant Bourdon Octaaf Fluit Octaaf Mixtuur Trompet Positief to Hooftwerk POSITIEF Roerfluit Principaal Fluit Nasard Fluit Terts Principaal Dulciaan Tremulant PEDAAL Subass Octaaf Gedecktbas Octaaf Bazuin Hooftwerk to Pedaal Positief to Pedaal |
8 8 4 4 2 II-III 8 8 4 4 2-2/3 2 1-3/5 1 8 16 8 8 4 16 |
* * * * * * * Mid C # |
Compass: 54/301
Manual actions and stop actions – mechanical
Pedal action – direct electric
Pedal stop action – electric
* Denotes stops original to the 1961 organ
# Prepared for
Free Reformed Church of Albany: console
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (14 April 2012)]
Free Reformed Church of Albany: detail of drawstops and nameplate
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (14 April 2012)]
Free Reformed Church of Albany: interior and organ
[Photograph by Trevor Bunning (14 April 2012)]
1 Specification noted by Patrick Elms