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John Courcelle Pipe Organ - Church Of Christ

Location

La Trobe Terrace,, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B7331

File Number

B7331

Level

Regional

Statement of Significance

What is significant? The pipework, action, windchests, wind system, console and casework of the pipe organ built in 1858 by John Courcelle.
How is it significant? The organ is significant for historic and aesthetic reasons at a regional level
Why is it significant? The pipe organ at the Church of Christ, Geelong is significant for the following reasons:
- It retains its original mechanisms and wind system
- It retains its original casework
- It retains all of its original pipework, except for one rank, later replaced by a Gamba
- It is one of several organs known to have been exported by Courcelle to Melbourne and Geelong in the late 1850s and early 1860s
- It is the only Courcelle organ remaining in Geelong in close to original form
- It is the oldest surviving organ in Geelong
- It clearly shows the influence of English organ builder J.C. Bishop in its construction, with whom Courcelle had worked.
Classified: 22/08/2005

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