Always Bartelt

Bartelt Immer (born November 3, 1956 in Emden ) is a master organ builder from East Friesland , who has emerged from the restoration of historic organs and created widely acclaimed new organs. He developed new techniques in the area of ​​the action and wind supply and made them fruitful for organ building. He has scientifically investigated the influence of the pipe wall thickness on the sound in order to achieve an intensification of the sound by manipulating the material accordingly. In addition to organs, Immer also restores historical keyboard instruments such as harmonies and pianos.

Life

Always comes from an old reformed pastor family from Emden. From 1978 to 1981 he went to the organ building apprenticeship with Gerald Woehl in Marburg . Striving for the ideal of equal teamwork, Immer was a partner in the "Krummhörner Orgelwerkstatt" in Greetsiel from 1985 to 1990 (together with Hero Bödeker, Martin and Wilfried Fooken and Regina Stegemann ). His own workshop was founded in 1991 and is located in Norden- Süderneuland on the historic Beijing court of Count zu Knyphausen Lütetsburg .

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The main focus of his work is the restoration of historical organs, but Immer has also renovated newer works. Characteristic of his way of working is the possibility of reversibility , the use of old materials and the creation of detailed documentation in order to meet strict museum principles. In particular, he is active in the organ landscape of East Frisia . So far, he has restored eight organs in the Canary Islands , including three English organs from the 19th century and a few historic northern German organs. The oldest is a table organ from the beginning of the 17th century. In addition, Immer has developed innovative techniques, such as a new type of wind chest or a harpsichord mechanism for positives with the valves at the top.

In addition, Immer, who had four employees in 2017, also restored harmonies (including compressed air instruments from Kannegießer, Schiedmayer and Alexandre Père et Fils ) and pianos (including grand pianos from Steinweg / Successor [1868 / No. 916]) and from sales of the music trade Johann Anton André ["Mozart grand piano", around 1850] and a pneumatic roller piano by Hupfeld ).

Bartelt Immer is a project partner in the research project "Development of measures to reduce lead corrosion on organ pipes from the 17th and 18th centuries", which is funded from 2016 to 2018 by the German Federal Environmental Foundation and the Hanover Monastery Chamber. He was assigned the organ from St. Wulphardi in Freiburg / Elbe , which he restored in 2013.

List of works

The size of the instruments is indicated in the fifth column by the number of manuals and the number of sounding registers in the sixth column. A capital “P” stands for an independent pedal, a lowercase “p” for an attached pedal.

New buildings

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1985	Canum	Privately owned		I.	3	Op. 1, Positive in tunnel construction with "knock tone" technology
1987-1988	Landscape polder	Landscape polder church		I / p	5	Organ with historical prospectus by Gerhard Janssen Schmid (1814) (Krummhörner Orgelwerkstatt)
1988-1989	Aurich-Kirchdorf	St. Paul		I / P	7th	The action of the manual is not exchanged, which enables a direct connection between key and valve; Pipes built with the "knocking method" and the wall thicknesses thinned out accordingly (Krummhörner organ workshop)
1994	north	municipal cemetery chapel		I.	3	Behind the scenes masterpiece
1994/96	Pile bog	Stapelmoorer Church		III / P	23	Replica of the Clicquot organ ( Houdan , 1734) case by Eike Schulte (1848) (together with Reinalt Johannes Klein and Claude Jaccard)
1997	Emden	Ev.-ref. Community House, Dollartstrasse		I.	3	Positive with lengths according to Gottfried Silbermann ; Valves above, with weights (harpsichord-like mechanics)
1997	Tokyo , formerly Emden Johannes a Lasco Library	Reformed Church		II	4th	Positive with removable and separately playable shelf 8 ′ on a second manual
1999	Oldenburg - Bloherfelde	Ev.-luth. church		II / P	16	Scale lengths based on the Grasberg organ by Arp Schnitger (1694)
2001	Lengerich	Ev.-ref. church		I.	3	Positive, Sister instrument to the 1997 Emden / Johannes a Lasco Library incurred, in today Tokyo contained positive
2002		Privately owned		I.	3	Chest with a short octave, four subsemitonies per octave (together with Hendrik Dochhorn)
2003	North (East Frisia)	Privately owned				Pedal with coupling system, 8-footed and 16-footed (sub-octave coupling), for a two-manual harpsichord by Dietrich Hein
2006	north	Pekelheringer Hof, B. Immer		II / P	5	Positive in harpsichord shape (grand piano organ) with horizontal pipes (16 ′, 8 ′, 8 ′, 4 ′, 4 ′)
2007		Privately owned		I.		Positive in harpsichord shape (wing organ) with horizontal pipes, subsemitonies above loops; two pitches; Oak principal after Arp Schnitger (Lübeck cathedral organ)
2008	Hamburg	Privately owned		I.	2	Oak principal after Arp Schnitger (Hamburg, St. Jakobi); Chest organ with three-stage key shift and retractable keyboard
2009	Stade	St. Wilhadi		I.	3	Choir organ; two pitches
2009–2010 / 2013	Canum	Canum Church		II / P	18th	Restoration / reconstruction / new construction behind the preserved prospectus with the original prospectus pipes of the Gerhard von Holy organ from Wetter (Ruhr) (1723), the disposition is based on the lost Holy organ in Nesse (1709–1710), otherwise on the Organ in Dornum and the organ in Marienhafe ; three vacant registers were added in a second construction phase. → Organ of the Canum Church
2010-2011	Hamburg-Altona-Altstadt	St. Pauli		II / P	20th	New building based on Johann Heinrich Wohlien (1822)
2012	Weimar	Privately owned		I.	1	Chest organ
2012	Sondershausen	Landesmusikakademie Sondershausen		I.	1	Chest organ (Gedackt 8 ′)
2012	Weimar	Privately owned		I.	3	Chest Organ (Principal 8 ′, Gedackt 8 ′, Reed Flute 4 ′)
2014-2015	Muenster	Ev. James Church		II / P	16
2015-2016	Weimar	Privately owned		II / P	8th	Pushed through drawer with alternating loops, divided into bass and treble

Restorations

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1985	Critzum	Critzum Church		I / p	6th	The organ with a neo-Gothic prospect was built in 1939 by the Eberhard Friedrich Walcker company , who converted an original school organ from the beginning of the 19th century by Christian Heinrich Wolfsteller .
1987-1988	Midlum	Midlum Church		I / p	9	Organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1766) (Krummhörner organ workshop) → Organ of the Midlum Church
1989	Böhmerwold	Šumava Church		I / p	7th	Organ by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs (1828) (Krummhörner organ workshop) → Organ of the Böhmerwolder Church
1989	Peccum	St. Anthony Church		II / p	14th	Organ by Valentin Ulrich Grotian (1694–1699) (Krummhörner organ workshop)
1989	La Laguna , Tenerife	Convento de St. Catalina		I.	5	Organ by Joachim Richborn (1680s), sold to Tenerife by Rudolff Meyer in 1725 and issued as his own
1989-1990	Suurhusen	Suurhuser Church		II / P	7th	Repair of the organ by Gustav Brönstrup (1959) (Krummhörner organ workshop); previously as a house organ in Oldenburg (Pedagogical Academy) and then in Detern
1990	La Orotava , Tenerife	San Juan Bautista		I.	8th	Organ by Otto Diedrich Richborn (1723)
1990-1991	Holtgaste	Liudgeri Church		I / p	7th	Organ by Arnold Rohlfs (1864–1865) (Krummhörner organ workshop) → Organ of the Liudgeri Church (Holtgaste)
1993	Veenhusen	Veenhuser Church		I / p	8th	Organ by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs (1801–1802) (together with Reinalt Klein and Uwe Knaak)
1994/1998	north	Christ Church		II / P	11	Organ by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs (1796–1799) → Organ of the Christ Church (north)
1994-1995, 2013	Nüttermoor	reformed Church		I / P	11	Organ by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs (1815–1816)
1995-1996	Camp	Old Reformed Church		I / p	6th	Organ by Paul Ott (1948, until 1996 I / p / 9)
1996, 2018	Loppersum	Loppersumer Church		I / P	11	Organ by Gebr. Rohlfs (1868), restored to its original condition in two construction phases
1997	Uphusen	Uphuser Church		I / p	14th	Organ by Wilhelm Caspar Joseph Höffgen (1825–1831)
1998	Camp	reformed Church		I.	6th	Organ by an unknown organ builder (end of the 18th century); originally house organ; Bass / treble divided
1999	Bedekaspel	Bedekaspeler Church		I / p	6th	Organ by Gebr. Rohlfs (1869)
1999	Pakens	Lutheran Church		II / P	15th	Organ by Joachim Richborn (1664) / Alfred Führer (1956–1960); 2 registers original
2000-2001	Manslagt	Manslagter Church		II / p	15th	Organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1776–1778)
2001	Simonswolde	Simonswoldmer Church		I / p	7th	Organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1777)
2001	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Nuestra Señora de la Concepción		II / P	22nd	Organ by Henry Bebington and Sons (1862)
2002	Neermoorpolder	reformed Church		I / P	5	Extension conversion of a positive by Paul Ott (1963) into an organ with a new principal 4 ′ in the prospectus and an independent pedal
2002	Lengerich	reformed Church		II / P	12	Organ of the Rohlfing brothers (1882)
2002	Essenrode	St. John		II / P	16	Reconstruction of some registers; Organ by Johann Friedrich Kochau / Abraham Südekum (1702), of which only the case has been preserved
2003	Kehdingbruch	St. Jürgen		I / P	16	Organ by Johann Georg Wilhelm Wilhelmy (1816–1818)
2003	Hage	St. Ansgari Church		II / P	22nd	Restoration and re-tuning of the organ by Dirk Lohman (1776–1783)
2004	Bargebur	Bargebur Church		II / P	20th	Partial restoration and rearrangement of the organ by W. Beckmann ( Einbeck , 1864); essentially preserved, but changed several times; In the 20th century changes to the disposition by Karl Puchar, Max Maucher and Alfred Führer
2004	Borssum	St. Nicholas Church		I / p	5	Refurbishment of the organ by Alfred Führer (1958, previously in Lilienthal ), new principal 4 ′
2004	Full	Peter and Paul Church		I / P	10	Organ by Wilhelm Eilert Schmid (1822–1823)
2005	Puerto de la Cruz	Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia		II / P	12	Organ by Joachim Wilhelm Geycke / Johann Heinrich Wohlien (1818)
2005	Borkum	reformed Church		II / P	18th	Re-intonation of the organ by Karl Schuke (1973)
2005, 2013	Oldenburg- Eversten	St. Ansgari		III / P	50	Re-intonation of the organ by Alfred Führer (1969) and installation of a new setter including register magnets; Made self-playing in 2013
2005	Grotegaste	St. John Baptist		II / P	12	Organ by Gerd Sieben Janssen (prospectus, 1854) and P. Furtwängler & Hammer (1919, pipework)
2005	Oberhausen- Alstaden	Ev. Emmaus community		III / P	32	Re-intonation of the organ by Paul Ott (1971)
2006	Driever	reformed Church		I / P	10	Organ of the Rohlfing brothers (1885)
2006	Woquard	Marienkirche		I / p	9	Organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1804)
2006	Geversdorf	Lutheran Church		II / P	22nd	Restoration of the organ by Philipp Furtwängler (1843)
2006	Wittmund	St. Nicolai		II / P	25th	Organ by HJ Müller / JM Schmid / A. Leader (1776/1882/1936)
2006	Esens	St. Magnus Church		II / P	30th	Re-intonation of the organ by Arnold Rohlfs (1848–1860)
2006-2007	Jever	City Church		III / P	48	Organ by Alfred Führer (1966); Exchange of two registers and extension by a base 32 ', installation of an electronic register control system while maintaining the original typesetting system
2006-2007	Santa Cruz de La Palma	Iglesia Ermita de la Encarnación		I.	6th	Procession organ by an unknown organ builder from Seville (1658)
2007	Helstorf	Lutheran Church		II / P	11	Organ by Carl Heyder (1864)
2007	Bremerhaven	Pauluskirche		III / P	40	Renovation of the organ by Paul Ott (1955)
2007	Collinghorst	Trinity Church		I / p	7th	Organ by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs (1838) → Organ
2007	Etzel	St. Martinus Church		II / P	12	Pneumatic organ by P. Furtwängler & Hammer, behind the historical prospectus by Gerd Sieben Janssen (1864)
2008, 2014–2016	Esklum	Esklumer Church		I / P	7th	Organ by Gerd Sieben Janssen (1854–1855); Reconstruction of the pipework based on its original cost estimate in a first construction phase, relocation of the console from the side to the front and installation of a trumpet 8 ′ in a second construction phase
2008	Gronau	Mennonite Congregation		II / P		Organ by P. Furtwängler & Hammer (1904)
2008-2009	Bangstede	Bangsteder Church		I / p	9	Organ by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs (1794–1795)
2010-2011	Mittelkirchen	St. Bartholomew		II / P	32	Restoration of the organ by Arp Schnitger (1688) and Jacob Albrecht / Johann Matthias Schreiber (1750–1753) → Organ by St. Bartholomäus (Mittelkirchen)
2011	Hurry	Eilsumer Church		I / P	9	Maintenance, re-intonation, re-tuning to Bach-Wohltemperiert the organ by Karl Schuke (prospectus by Joachim Kayser )
2011	Adeje , Tenerife	St. Ursula		I.	5	Organ by an unknown German organ builder (1765); Division in bass / treble between b and b; Gedact 8 'in oak, Principal 4' in the prospectus, fifth 3 ', Octave 2', third 1 3 / 5 '
2013	Remove	St. Laurence		II / P	24	Rehabilitation of the organ by Alfred Führer (1962), which integrates three preserved registers by Arp Schnitger (1710–1713)
2013	Freiburg / Elbe	St. Wulphardi		II / P	24	Measures against lead corrosion on the organ by Alfred Führer, the registers from the 16th to 18th centuries Century integrated
2013	Weener	Organeum				Square piano by Louis Kulmbach (Heilbronn, around 1825)
2014	Himmelpforten	St. Mary		II / P	25th	Organ by Hans Scherer the Elder (1587–1590) / Paul Ott (1955–1956)
2016	La Laguna , Tenerife	Convento de St. Catalina		I.	5	Rococo organ by an unknown organ builder (mid-18th century), made entirely of oak, 5 stops (Gedackt 8 ′ and flute 4 ′ made of oak, Nasat 3 ′ made of lead, Principal 2 ′ and Mixtur III made of tin)
2016	Guía de Isora , Tenerife	Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Luz		I / P	5	Organ WM Hedgeland (1870), blind pipes in the prospectus, 5 stops (Open Diapason 8 ′, Stop Diapason 8 ′, Dulciana 8 ′, Principal 4 ′, Pedal: Sub Bass 16 ′)
2017	La Victoria de Acentejo , Tenerife	Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación		I.	6th	German baroque organ (around 1780), brass beaker trumpet 8 ′ in the prospectus, 5 full and half stops original
2017	Tacoronte , Tenerife	Iglesia de Santa Catalina		I / p	6th	English organ by Bevington & Sons (1856), 6 stops in a swell box, sounding prospectus
2018	Bramel	Protestant church		II / P	11	Organ by Johann Hinrich Röver (1877)
2018	La Orotava , Tenerife	San Agustin		I.	7th	unknown German organ builder, mid 17th century; 6 registers original

Awards

In 2004, Immer won the special prize in the “Industry, Trade, Service” category at the 2004 apprenticeship ace because of his services to training and craftsmanship.

literature

• Craftsmen set the tone . In: Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland (Ed.): We are craftsmen: 100 years Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland . Aurich 2008, p. 46 f ( web11-aur.hwk-universal.de online [PDF; 3.8 MB ]).
• An East Frisian organ builder in the Canary Islands . In: Reformed . No. 3 , 2005, p. 10-11 .
• Eva Requardt-Schohaus: Prize for Norder organ builder Bartelt Immer . In: Ostfriesland-Magazin . No. 1 , 2005, p. 52 .
• Harald Vogel , Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . Hauschild, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 .
• Harald Vogel, Reinhard Ruge, Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: Organ landscape Ostfriesland . 2nd Edition. Soltau-Kurier-Norden, Norden 1997, ISBN 3-928327-19-4 .
• Birgit Wessel: As fresh as ever . In: North German craft . 115th year, no. 1/2 , January 21, 2010, p. 14 .

Web links

• Homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homepage Bartelt Immer: Research , accessed on March 6, 2017.
2. ↑ Michael Hillebrand: He has been providing the right whistle since 1978. In: Ostfriesen-Zeitung of February 8, 2017, p. 10.
3. ↑ MPA Bremen , accessed on March 6, 2017.
4. ^ Organ in Canum , accessed on March 6, 2017.
5. ↑ The St. Pauli Organ , accessed on March 6, 2017.
6. ↑ Training ace (PDF; 46 kB), accessed on March 6, 2017.