{"id":301,"date":"2010-12-18T13:15:40","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T03:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/?p=301"},"modified":"2010-12-18T13:15:40","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T03:15:40","slug":"st-georges-anglican-church-mount-tamborine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/projects\/st-georges-anglican-church-mount-tamborine","title":{"rendered":"St. George&#8217;s Anglican Church, Mount Tamborine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This organ was  built as a memorial to Christopher Fulcher by his family. \u00a0It was  originally designed for the small wooden church which is now the hall  and was built in stages over 6 years.\u00a0The present delightful church was  built in between times and the organ was installed just after the  church&#8217;s completion.<\/p>\n<p>It is a complete  single-manual organ, employing simplicity to encourage its use by  reluctant organists.\u00a0The organ&#8217;s concept is based on English 1850&#8217;s  scaling and soundboard design &#8211; that of William Hill.\u00a0The suspended  action and modern pallets give a light, responsive touch despite the  very sudden climatic changes that can occur on the mountain. \u00a0This  alteration to ethos does not detract from the overall concept. \u00a0The idea  of building the organ in stages enabled the family to contemplate the  project without financial strain, but is only possible when the total  project is conceived as a whole.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/The-underside-of-one-of-the-soundboards-showing-the-palletbox.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-306\" title=\"The underside of one of the soundboards showing the palletbox\" src=\"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/The-underside-of-one-of-the-soundboards-showing-the-palletbox.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a>This  is the underside of one of the soundboards showing the palletbox. The  soundboard has been built in the traditional English manner with &#8220;tosh&#8221;  or calico covering the rear of the bars. There are two soundboards, one  for the C-side and another for the C#-side, a typical setout for early  large Hill soundboards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/The-standframe-of-the-organ-and-the-large-rollerboard.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-305\" title=\"The standframe of the organ and the large rollerboard\" src=\"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/The-standframe-of-the-organ-and-the-large-rollerboard.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>This  picture shows the standframe of the organ and the large rollerboard.  The solid ebony stop knobs can be seen and the trackers that will lead  to the soundboards are bunched together on the rollerboard. The  suspended action makes the large rollerboard necessary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/The-soundboards-are-now-fitted-to-the-standframe-with-the-stop-action-and-key-action-connected.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-304\" title=\"The soundboards are now fitted to the standframe with the stop action and key action connected\" src=\"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/The-soundboards-are-now-fitted-to-the-standframe-with-the-stop-action-and-key-action-connected.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>The  soundboards are now fitted to the standframe with the stop action and  key action connected. The front case is now being fitted around the  action. This type of design is different from modern European practice  where the case is also the standframe of the organ. As the concept of  this organ is based on English 1850&#8217;s style, so too is the design. The  double-rise bellows are yet to be fitted. The casework is made from  Tasmanian oak and is french polished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Here-the-organ-is-starting-to-take-shape.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-303\" title=\"Here the organ is starting to take shape\" src=\"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Here-the-organ-is-starting-to-take-shape.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a>Here  the organ is starting to take shape. The pipes have been installed on  the soundboard and it is playable. The pedalboard has been fitted. This  pedalboard came secondhand (!) from the organ in St John&#8217;s Cathedral  where Christopher Fulcher sang as a chorister. The possums on the  casework are visible. There is a large window above the organ through  which the unique rainforest of this area can be clearly seen, hence the  possums look as if they have just come down from the canopy to have a  listen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/A-budding-organist-plays-the-new-instrument.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-302\" title=\"A budding organist plays the new instrument\" src=\"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/A-budding-organist-plays-the-new-instrument.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a>A  budding organist plays the new instrument. The builder&#8217;s son, Lachlan,  gives helpful advice on key depth and touch whilst the consultant looks  on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This organ has now  been completed to its original specification, the Mixture pipes being  added through late 2000. \u00a0A recital by Michael Fulcher on December 23,  2000, provided a stirring conclusion to a long and drawn-out but very  interesting process of building by gradual accretion!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This organ was built as a memorial to Christopher Fulcher by his family. \u00a0It was originally designed for the small wooden church which is now the hall and was built in stages over 6 years.\u00a0The present delightful church was built in between times and the organ was installed just after<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}