Organ of the Trinity Cathedral in Liepāja
| Organ of the Trinity Cathedral in Liepāja | |
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| General | |
| place | Trinity Cathedral |
| Organ builder | Johann Heinrich Joachim Heinrich Andreas Contius Carl Alexander Herrmann Barnim Grüneberg |
| Construction year | around 1750 1774–1779 1877 1885 |
| epoch | romance |
| Organ landscape | Courland / Pomerania |
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| Technical specifications | |
| Number of pipes | about 7,000 |
| Number of registers | 131 |
| Number of rows of pipes | 152 |
| Number of manuals | 4th |
| Number of 32 'registers | 3 + 2 |
The organ of the Trinity Cathedral in Liepāja is the largest organ with mechanical action in the world. It was built by Johann Heinrich Joachim around 1750 and Heinrich Andreas Contius in 1779 and expanded by Carl Alexander Herrmann in 1877 and Barnim Grüneberg in 1885. It has 131 stops on four manuals .
history
Joachim, Contius and Herrmann 1750–1877
Around 1750 Johann Heinrich Joachim built a new organ for the Trinity Church in Libau in Courland. This had 36 registers with two manuals.
From 1774 to 1779 it was replaced by an instrument by Heinrich Andreas Contius with 38 registers, as the previous instrument did not work satisfactorily. The son-in-law Johann Andreas Stein from Augsburg was involved in the construction. The prospectus and many pipes were taken over, as recent studies have shown.
In 1844 Carl Paul Otto Hermann carried out extensions or minor work. In 1847 the organ had 39 registers. In 1877 Carl Alexander Herrmann expanded the instrument to 79 registers with four manuals. It was the largest in the Baltic States.
Barnim Grüneberg 1885
Since the organ in the Riga Cathedral had been expanded to 119 voices between 1882 and 1884, the parish commissioned the organ builder Barnim Grüneberg to expand the Libau organ. In 1885 this had 131 stops on four manuals, making it the largest organ in the world. In 1912 it was exceeded by the new building in the Michaeliskirche in Hamburg.
The organ is in need of restoration. Organ concerts take place regularly in the Trinity Church.
organ
The organ has 131 registers with four manuals and a pedal. It contains registers and pipes from all building eras, as Barnim Grüneberg was largely able to retain the previous material when it was expanded in 1885. The disposition is as follows:
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- Pair : III / II, IV / II, IV / III, I / P
- Playing aids : 15 stop valves, calcant bell, bell for church servants, evacuants
- Mechanical play and stop action
- Slider chests
Replica of the Contius organ in Leuven
A replica of the organ by Heinrich Andreas Contius from 1774/79 has been made for the Michaeliskirche in Leuven (Leuven) in Belgium since 2016, according to the historical disposition. The work is carried out by Flentrop Orgelbouw and other organ builders on behalf of the Contius Foundation.
literature
- Joachim Walter: The Grüneberg organ in Liepaja (Liebau), Latvia . In: Ars Organi . 51st year 2003, issue 4.
- Günter Seggermann: The Grüneberg organ in the Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Libau (Liepaja): The largest organ in the world with a mechanical action. In: The church musician . 43rd year 1992, issue 3.
Web links
- History of the organ Teisvienibasfonds.lv (German)
- Organ tour on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the Teisvienibasfonds.lv organ (German)
- ↑ Organ from 1847 with disposition (Dutch)
- ^ Organ with disposition (Dutch), accessed on May 26, 2019.
- ↑ Information Contiusfoundation 2016 (Dutch, English)