List of organs in Hungary

The list of organs contains the most important organs in Hungary .

history

Reconstruction of the Aquincum organ

Ludwig Mooser

Josef Angster

The oldest known organ in Hungary in the then Roman Aquincum from the 3rd century has been preserved in parts.

Up until the 19th century, organs in Hungary were mainly built by German-speaking organ builders. Ludwig Mooser from Salzburg settled in Eger in 1863 and built some important organs. Josef Angster founded the country's most important organ building company in 1866. The Bohemian company Rieger opened a branch in Budapest around 1900. Miklós Váradi took over the management of a workshop in 1912.

In 1949 the organ building companies were nationalized. Váradi was again allowed to produce under his name from 1981, followed by the founding of Aquincum Orgelbau (Aquincum Orgonagyár) in Budapest and the Pecs Organ Manufactory (Pécsi Organoepitö). After 1990 some organs from Germany were also bought.

Organs (selection)

The oldest surviving organ in Hungary is in St. George's Church in Sopron from 1633/1756, numerous organs from the 19th and 20th centuries have also been preserved. The largest organs, sorted by the number of stops .

place	building	builder	year	Manuals	register	Remarks
Széged	cathedral	Angster organ building	1930	V / P	127 (91 + 25 + 11)	Main organ, choir organ and remote control connected, expanded in 2002 by Pécsi Orgonaépitö, 15 other stops not yet used, 9040/9740 pipes, planned 10,180
Budapest	Matthias Church	Rieger	1909	V / P	101 (88 + 23)	Main organ and choir organ playable together, originally IV / P, 77, expanded and restored several times, approx. 7000 pipes → organ
Eger	cathedral	Ludwig Mooser , u. a.	1864-2001	V / P	99	extended by Angster Orgelbau, Gonda, Erdösi, Váradi → Orgel
Budapest	St. Stephen's Basilica	Angster organ building	1905	IV / P	93	originally III / P, 65, extended by Rieger in 1938, extension and restoration by Váradi from 1989–1993
Budapest	Müpa , Béla Bartók concert hall	Mühleisen , Organ Manufactory Pécs	2006	V / P	91	6554 whistles
Esztergom (Gran)	St. Adalbert's Cathedral	Ludwig Mooser , Vagi Organoépitö	1856-2016	IV / P (V / P)	approx. 90 (145)	expanded and renewed by Váradi Orgonaépitö, 145 stops planned → organ
Budapest	Church of St. Anthony of Padua	Aquincum Orgonagyár	1992	IV / P	80
Budapest -Belváros	church	Váradi	1997	III / P	78	until 1945 Rieger organ
Pécs (Fünfkirchen)	Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul	József Angster	1889	IV / P	73	expanded and restored by Váradi, Pécsi Orgonaépitö until 1997
Budapest	Franz Liszt Music Academy	Klais organ building	2018	IV / P	71	Reconstruction of the organ by Voit & Sons from 1909 → organ
Budapest	Franciscan Church of St. Peter of Alcantara	Rieger , Aquincum Orgonagyár	1902?	IV / P	63	1991 Conversion or new building by Aquincum Orgonagyár
Budapest	Great synagogue	Yes	1996	IV / P	63	replaced Angster organ → organ
Kalocsa (Kollotschau)	cathedral	József Angster	1876	III / P	63	originally III / P, 45, some reeds from the time of Angster in Paris with Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, 1923 extended by Angster, 1986 extended by Váradi
Szombathely	Cathedral of the Assumption	GF Steinmeyer	1915	III / P	62	originally in the Ludwigsbau concert hall in Augsburg , in 1966 in the Herz-Jesu-Kirche , moved to Szombathely in 1997
Debrecen	reformed Church	Jakob Deutschmann	1838	III / P	57	1996 Reconstruction by Aquincum Orgonagyár
Kecskemét	Zoltán Kodály Music Center	Yes	1983	III / P	39
Kecskemét	reformed Church	Organ manufacture Pécs	2001	III / P	36
Békés	reformed Church	Sasko	1872	II / P	32
Budapest	Castle Church	Pécsi Orgonaépitö	2017	III / P	26th	Bach organ
Tihany	Monastery church	Aquincum organ building	1993	II / P	24	Baroque prospectus from 1765, according to the Silbermann organ in Großhartmannsdorf
Sopron	St. George	Johann Wöckherl	1633, 1756, 2008	I.	10	oldest surviving organ in Hungary, positive, 2003-2008 restoration and reconstruction of the organ from 1756