Klop Early Keyboard Instruments

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Klop Early Keyboard Instruments (Dutch: Klop Orgel- en Klavecimbelbouw ) is a musical instrument manufacturer in Garderen ( Barneveld municipality ) in the Netherlands . It builds keyboard instruments based on historical models, especially chest organs , but also larger organs such as harpsichords and spinets .

history

Gerrit Cornelius Klop (born January 10, 1935 - † December 5, 2018) was initially a chemist. In 1966 he began building harpsichords based on historical models in his home in De Meern. In 1980 he moved the workshop to Garderen, where it still exists today.

In 1995 the son Henk Klop (* 1960) took over the company. His son Niels Klop (* 1990) has been working with us since 2014. The company has about 10 employees.

Instrument making

Chest organs are mainly built in the present. These are made according to historical models. The pipes are made entirely of wood and are hand-built. The registers are mostly divided . The instruments are relatively easy to transport. Larger organs as well as harpsichords, spinets and other keyboard instruments are also manufactured.

Works (selection)

According to its own information, the Klop company has so far built more than 2000 instruments in the Netherlands, but also for Germany , Belgium , Denmark , Finland , Sweden , Australia , the USA and other countries.

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1991 Bremen St. Petri Cathedral
BremerDom-07.jpg
 II / P 9 in the east crypt, based on the Italian organo di legno of the Renaissance - organ
1993 Berkel-Enschot , the Netherlands Sint Caeciliakerk II / P 18 (15)
1994 Berlin-Zehlendorf Jerusalem Church
Church Schönow (Berlin-Zehlendorf) Organ.JPG
 II / P 26 (23) Moved to Berlin-Schönow in 2009
1996 Slikkerveer Maranathakerk II / P 25 (22)
1998 Duisburg- Marxloh Evangelical Church of the Cross
Duisburg, Marxloh, Kreuzeskirche, 2017-09 CN-13.jpg
 II / P 25th
2001 Engers , Hesse Heinrich House II / P 17 (16)
2005 Halle (Saale) Evangelical College for Church Music II / P 15th
2014 Bad Salzuflen Church of the Resurrection
Klop Chest Organ Church of the Resurrection BS.jpg
 I. 4th split loop
2016 Oberrohrbach Leobendorf Catholic branch church
Oberrohrbach Filialkirche11.jpg
 II / P 12
2016 Seoul , Korea Ewha University II / P 11
2017 Lich Marienstiftskirche
Klop Chest Organ 2017 (1) .jpg
 I. 5 Chest organ

Publications

  • Gerrit C. Klop: Harpsichord Tuning: course outline . Garderen, 1974, standard work on tuning historical keyboard instruments.

literature

  • Uwe Pape: Klop . In: Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (eds.): Handbook of North German Organ Builders. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. P. 293f.

Web links

Commons : Orgeln von Klop  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • About us own website
  • Klop organ database, 159 organs and chest organs
  • Gerrit C. Klop Orgelnieuws from December 10, 2018, review (Dutch)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Organ in Berlin-Schönow Orgeldatabase (Dutch)
  2. ^ Organ in Marxloh Orgeldatabase
  3. ↑ Organ in the Heinrich-Haus organ database