The organ was built in 1868 by the Durlach organ manufacturer Louis Voit & Sons for the St. Gallus Church in Ladenburg. Over time the instrument has seen many changes; around 30% of the pipework, the mechanics including the console and the neo-Gothic carving were lost. However, essential parts of the organ remained original (all wind chests, the case with the exception of the neo-Gothic carvings, around 70% of the pipework, parts of the warehouse and the wind turbine). After the organ was removed from the Ladenburg Church, these parts were stored in the Rastatt depot of the State Office for Monument Protection.
Implementation and restoration 2002–2005
The Protestant parish of Marbach took over the organ and commissioned the organ building company Freiburger Orgelbau Hartwig Späth with the restoration and partial reconstruction of the Voit organ. In the years 2002 to 2005 the instrument was restored and missing parts were reconstructed according to the old model (Voit organ in Weidenthal / Pfalz, etc.). The restoration was carried out by the Freiburger Orgelbau Hartwig and Tilmann Späth workshop (restoration: Claus-Uwe Lindl, intonation: Reiner Janke , restoration and addition of the colored covering of the case: Herbert Eninger, Unterwaldhausen).
The work was financially supported by the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg Monument Foundation.
Disposition since 2005
I main work C – f 3
1.
Bourdon
16 ′
2.
Principal
8th'
3.
Viola da gamba
8th'
4th
flute
8th'
5.
Covered
8th'
6th
Fifth
5 1 ⁄ 3 ′
7th
Octave
4 ′
8th.
Gemshorn
4 ′
9.
Forest flute
4 ′
10.
Octave
2 ′
11.
Cornet III-V
8th'
12.
Mixture IV
2 ′
13.
Trumpet
8th'
II substation C – f 3
31.
Quintatön
16 ′
32.
Principal
8th'
33.
Salicional
8th'
34.
Fugara
8th'
35.
Darling Covered
8th'
36.
Octave
4 ′
37.
Dolce
4 ′
38.
Hollow flute
4 ′
39.
Acuta IV
2 2 ⁄ 3 ′
40.
Bifara (from c 0 )
8th'
41.
Harmonica
8th'
III Oberwerk C – f 3
22nd
Hollow flute
8th'
23.
Flute travers
8th'
24.
Covered
8th'
25th
Aeoline
8th'
26th
Flauto amabile
4 ′
27.
Reed flute
4 ′
28.
Flautino
2 ′
29
Cornetino III (from g 0 )
2 2 ⁄ 3 ′
30th
Vox humana
8th'
Pedal C – f 1
14th
Violon bass
16 ′
15th
Subbas
16 ′
16.
Quintbass
10 2 ⁄ 3 ′
17th
Octavbass
8th'
18th
Flute bass
8th'
19th
violoncello
8th'
20th
Trombone bass
16 ′
21st
Clairon
4 ′
Coupling : II / I, III / II (couples to I through), I / P, II / P, III / P.
Evangelical parish of Marbach (ed.): The Voit organ 1868 in the Alexanderkirche Marbach: Festschrift for the rededication on June 5, 2005 . Marbach 2005.
Recordings / sound carriers
Light in the stone: bells, organ and wind instruments from the Alexander Church in Marbach am Neckar. 2006, Association for the Preservation of the Alexanderkirche Marbach am Neckar e. V./Bauer Studios, CD (recitation: Dorothee Roth , organ: Hermann Toursel with Rune Elmedhed: The Creation sings - Three Meditations for Organ ).
