Organ of the Blankenhagen village church

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Organ of the Blankenhagen village church
Blankenhagen organ.jpg
General
alternative name Schnitger organ
place Blankenhagen village church
Organ builder Arp Schnitger
Construction year 1686-1687
Last renovation / restoration 2002–2003 Schuke , Potsdam
epoch Baroque
Technical specifications
Number of registers 12
Number of rows of pipes 15th
Number of manuals 2
Tone tract Mechanically
Register action Mechanically

The organ of the village church Blankenhagen in the Rostock district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was built by Arp Schnitger . The parapet organ was created 1686–1687 with twelve stops on two manuals and attached pedal for the Reformed Church in Hamburg-Altona and was transferred to the village church of Blankenhagen in 1833 . After a renovation in 1851, Schnitger's case, a wind chest , three registers are complete and three are partially preserved.

Building history

New building by Schnitger in 1686

View of the organ

Schnitger built the two-manual organ for the Evangelical Reformed Church in Hamburg-Altona. After a hot summer in 1717 the wind supply had suffered damage and was repaired by Schnitger. In his notes, Schnitger refers to the construction costs, which were so low “ that not even a glass of wine was left ”.

The two-storey prospectus structure resembles Schnitger's Dutch instruments in Harkstede (1694), Eenum and Godlinze (both 1704) in the province of Groningen , with the substation in Blankenhagen behind the flat subprospectus. In the upper part with a principal 4 ′, the classic five-part division with a polygonal central tower and two flanking pointed towers can be seen. The towers are connected by two-story flat fields that are divided by transom strips . The case is decorated on both sides with gold-plated, carved acanthus work with volutes , which can be found as the upper and lower ends of the pipe fields. The upper structure is finished off at the top and bottom by strongly profiled cornices. Carving crowns the side towers and nestles against the central tower. Because of the low ceiling height, it is missing on the central tower. The substation has three axes and is equipped with flat fields without towers. A wide central field is surrounded by two-story flat fields. In the free outer panels, musical instruments are shown in a gilded carved garland. The relatively sparse ornaments indicate that the organ was intended for a reformed church. Of Schnitger's organs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, only this work has been partially preserved.

Later work

View of the interior of the organ

After the construction of the new church, Johann Dietrich Busch moved the organ to the new church in 1730. Johann Paul Geycke carried out repairs and possibly other changes here in 1777 and 1796. When Heinrich Rasche built a new organ in 1832, the parish sold the Schnitger organ to Blankenhagen. There it was set up in a different disposition by Rasche in 1833, who had probably taken it in payment.

In 1851, Rasche undertook a major expansion and put the organ, which was originally probably behind, on the side. Schnitger's wind chest of the substation was moved behind the upper five-part prospectus. Behind it, in the position of a rear work, a new wind chest was created, which offers space for the large Bordun 16 ′ and Principal 8 ′ registers. This significantly increased the depth of the organ. Rasche also used three more new registers. Rasche made new keyboards with the additional notes C sharp and D flat in the bass octave and covered his manubriums (register pulls) with porcelain plates. In 1899 Schnitger's bellows and after 1917 the prospect pipes were replaced.

restoration

Organ console

The organ building company Alexander Schuke restored the instrument in the years 2002 to 2003. The grown condition, as it was mainly due to Rasches rebuilding, was retained and the organ was not returned to its previous condition. Schuke reconstructed the lost principal pipes in the prospectus and the mixture .

Disposition since 1999

I Manual C – c 3
1. Drone 16 ′00 Ra
2. Principal0 08th' Ra / Schu
3. Dumped 08th' S / Ra
4th Octave 04 ′ Ra
5. flute 04 ′ Ra
6th Octave 02 ′ S (?)
7th Mixture III Schu
II Manual C – c 3
08th. Darling Dumped0 8th'00 S.
09. Flauto dolce 8th' Ra
10. Principal 4 ′ S / Schu
11. Pointed flute 4 ′ S.
12. recorder 4 ′ S.
Pedal C – d 1
attached
Remarks
S = register by Schnitger (1687)
Ra = register by Rasche (1851)
Schu = Schuke (2003)

Technical specifications

literature

Web links

Commons : Organ of the Blankenhagen village church  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Edskes, Vogel: Arp Schnitger and his work. 2nd edition 2013, p. 151.
  2. ↑ Edskes, Vogel: Arp Schnitger and his work. 2nd edition 2013, p. 224.
  3. ↑ Edskes, Vogel: Arp Schnitger and his work. 2nd edition 2013, p. 34.
  4. ↑ Mecklenburgisches Orgelmuseum: Organ in Blankenhagen, Protestant village church , accessed on March 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ Arp Schnitger Orgeln: Orgel in Blankenhagen, Dorfkirche (English), accessed on March 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ Church music Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Organ in Blankenhagen , accessed on March 2, 2018.

Coordinates: 54 ° 10 ′ 12.3 ″  N , 12 ° 20 ′ 34 ″  E