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Organ   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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William Webster; Chappell & Co
Title
Organ
Object type Music/recreation
Classification: NM3.10154
Description
English: This Gothic-style bellow driven organ pipe organ was built by William Webster between 1845 and 1850. Webster arrived in New Zealand from Scotland in 1840 and established successful timber, flour and flax milling businesses. He built the organ over a five year period, using Australian cedar for the case, kauri for the framework and diapason, matai for the flute pipes, and kahikitea, matai and tanekaha for the piping. The white keys were cut from sperm-whale teeth obtained from local whalers and the black keys were dyed using traditional Māori textile dyes. The organ has a mechanical tracker action, compass four and a half octaves C to F, four stops open Diapason 8 inches, principle 4 inches, flute 4 inches, fifteenth 2 inches, pedal operated bellows. In 1896, Webster gave the organ to his daughter, Mrs. Mary Geddes, who was a prominent community leader in Auckland. The organ has been restored at least twice since coming into the Museum in the early 1960’s. The first restoration, in 1965, was not documented. The second restoration in 1984 was intended to return the organ to playing condition, which was a condition of its bequest. The mechanism was completely overhauled, and several original parts replaced.
Date Victorian-Contemporary Age-European and British-art and design period; 1845-1850; 29 Oct 1965
Medium Handmade
Dimensions

length x width x depth (l x w x d): 2900 x 1275 x 950mm

notes: height 2900 x width 1275 x depth 950 mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1965.78.519
Place of creation New Zealand; Northland; Wairere; Hokianga
Credit line gift of Auckland City Council, 1965, collection of Auckland Museum, Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1965.78.519, col.0005, ocm1734
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"Organ built by Mr William Webster at Hokianga, 1850. Mr Webster presented the organ to his daughter, Mrs John McK. Geddes, on December 25th, 1896" (ocm) Small portable organs were bought to New Zealand by missionaries and clergy to accompany church singing and, as churches were built, large organs were sent out from London to be installed. William Webster, who arrived in Wellington in 1839 before settling at Wairere in 1840, where he was one of earliest saw millers on the Hokianga, made one for his family’s use. A description of the time recalls- In 1845 he began to make a pipe organ in his leisure hours, using an Australian Cedar log for the case and Kauri, Kahikatea, Matai and Tanekaha. The organ has a compass of four and a half octaves. The white keys (naturals) were made of whale’s teeth obtained by trade from the Bay of Islands and the black keys (sharps) were dyed with the same dye used by the Maori for their mats. The brass bellows gauge was filed from the rudder of his rowing boat. The pedals and iron work were handmade in his own blacksmith shop. After it was completed the organ was almost certainly used in the Webster’s home until it was given to his daughter Annabella Mary (1864 – 1955) when she married John McKail Geddes, a wealthy importer and merchant, on 28 April 1886 in Auckland.

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