Current Work
Miller Organ - Haileybury College
(2006 – 2008 Pipe Organs W.A. Major rebuilding and re-siting)
The following list of sound files are excerpts from a BBC Interview conducted in Perth, Scotland during deconstruction of the organ in 2006:
| Thomas Heywood Consultant to Haileybury College - Introduction | ||
| Graham Devenish discusses how organ meets the College's needs | ||
| Quality of the instrument is discussed | ||
| Graham summarises the process for resiting the organ | ||
| Graham comments on the deconstruction of the organ and shipment | ||
| Graham acknowledges the Perth Council's involvement in the project | ||
| Perth Councillor comments on the organ's relocation | ||
| History: Pipe Organs W.A. is pleased to announce the signing of a contract to refurbish, rebuild and re-site an historic organ from Perth City Hall, Scotland to Haileybury College, Victoria. The work commenced in September 2006, after the arrival of the instrument in Perth W.A. and it will be completed in 2008. |
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| Pipe Organ Specification: 1887 J R Miller Organ 1911 J R Miller enlargements 1957 Henry Willis III enlargements (and new 4 manual console) 1980 Rushworth and Dreaper solid state capture |
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| Pedal Division: Resultant Bass Open Bass Open Diapason Violone Sub Bass Principal Viola Flute Bass Choral Bass Octave Viola | 32’ 16’ 16’ 16’ 16’ 8’ 8’ 8’ 4’ 4’ | 1–12 from 16’ open wood quinted, 13-32 from 16’ Open wood. 32 Open wood pipes 32 Open metal pipes (drawn from Great) Open metal pipes 32 Stopped wood pipes extended from Open Diapason 16' extended from Great Violone 12 new pipes, 20 ex Gt Clarabel Metal pipes extended from Gt Violone |
| III Mixture: (17.19.22) Bombarde Trombone Tuba | 16’ 16’ 8’ | 1-12 of Zinc, 13 – 32 from solo Tuba HP Wooden tapered resonators drawn from Solo Tuba 8 (Unenclosed HP) |
| Great Division: Violone Phonon Diapason Open Diapason No.1 Open Diapason No.2 Stopped Diapason Viola Octave Diapason Principal Stopped Flute Twelfth Fifteenth | 16’ 8' 8’ 8’ 8’ 8’ 4’ 4’ 4’ 2 2/3’ 2’ | Independent unit chest (also from 4th manual) Independent unit chest on 5 Bass 8ve on case, 49 ex stock Bass 8ve wood, 49 ex Op. No. 1 ex Choir Stopped Diap. ex Choir Viola some ex Open No 1, others ex Ped Ch Bass 4’ open metal pipes ex Choir Nason flutes (metal) open metal pipes open metal pipes |
| III Mixture: 17.19.22 (re-constituted from 15.19.22) Tromba Clarion | 8’ 4’ | HP (also from 4th manual) HP (also from 4th manual) |
| Swell Division (Enclosed) Bourdon Geigen Diapason Lieblich Gedeckt Salicional Vox Angelica Octave Geigen Suabe flute Flageolet Sesquialtera Chorus Mixture Oboe Waldhorn Trumpet Clarion | 16’ 8’ 8’ 8’ 8’ 4’ 4’ 2’ II IV 8’ 16’ 8’ 4’ | ex Pedal (1957, but from Sw in 1911) Open metal pipes Stopped wood pipes Open metal pipes Open metal pipes (from TC) Open metal pipes Open harmonic wood pipes Open metal pipes Open metal pipes Open metal pipes (HP) Metal resonators Metal resonators (HP) (also from 4th manual) Metal resonators (HP) (also from 4th manual) Metal resonators (HP) (also from 4th manual) |
| Solo Division: Violoncello Orchestral Flute Concert Flute Piccolo Flugel Horn Corno di Bassetto Tuba | 8’ 8’ 4’ 2’ 8’ 8’ 8’ | Open metal pipes Open wood pipes Open wood pipes Open wood pipes Metal resonators Metal resonators Metal (unenc.HP) (also from 4th manual) |
| Console: 4 Manual Willis remote lockable console of English Oak with ebonised Drawstop cheeks, key cheeks and slip rails. Ivory drawstop heads, ivory labels, ivory naturals with ebony sharps | Rocker tablets for couplers and other accessories Compass: 4 Manuals of 61 notes each CC – cccc Pedal-board of 32 notes CCC - g Air pressure = low pressure approx 4”, high pressure (HP) manual reeds 6”, HP tuba and Bombarde extension 15”, Electro-pneumatic action, Players adjustable bench |
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| Perth Organ Original Casing & Location | Dismantling in Process 2006 | Organ Parts Packed in Container Arrival in Western Australia 2006 |
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| New Underaction Boxes | New Gussets | Machining Off Table |
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| Sanding Grid | New Pallets | Drawing showing one of two mirror image cases designed for the rebuilt Miller organ in Aikman Hall, Haileybury College, Keysborough, Victoria. |
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| Pedal Division Sub Bass 16' pipes | Bombarde Tuba Division | C Side of Great Division |
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| Complete Solo Division | Justin between racks of pedal mixtures | The Great (North) side with the 1st panel pipes completed. The tower in the top left hand corner will carry 3 pipes which are too tall to stand up in our workshop |
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| The Swell / Solo (South) side with the 3rd panel (rear most) toward the left | The main trunk for the display pipes and other unit chests on the South side case. This is located immediately behind the cabinet work. You can see four steps for the branches of the trunks | South side Panel 1. The Tuba / Bombard division is immediately behind this part of the case |