Pipe Organ Database

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Casavant Frères Ltd. (Opus 3434, 1982)

Location:

Victorian Arts Centre
100 St. Kilda Road
Melbourne, 3004 DE
Hamer Hall (formerly Melbourne Concert Hall)
Organ ID: 43592

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Auditoriums and Concert Halls
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Graham Cox on December 04, 2020.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 84 ranks. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 58 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 58
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Graham Cox on December 04, 2020:

The instrument has been in storage since 2010 in the care of Wakeley Organs, Melbourne. There are sadly no plans to reinstall it.

We received the most recent update for this note from Graham Cox on December 04, 2020.
Database Manager on September 07, 2015:

Dismantled, packed and stored by Wakeley Pipe Organs in 2010; from their website: "The Hall and its surrounds are part of the Southbank Cultural Precinct Redevelopment Project, hence the need for the organ to be removed from the auditorium. It is scheduled to return to the Hall, once funds to refurbish and reinstate it have been secured."

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on March 04, 2010:

Updated through online information from Eric J. Gastier.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on September 26, 2009:

Identified by Trailon Johnson from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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