Organ of the Evangelical Church in Nieder-Moos

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Organ of the Evangelical Church in Nieder-Moos
Nieder-Moos Organ Totale.jpg
General
place Evangelical Church Nieder-Moos
Organ builder Johann-Markus Oestreich
Construction year 1790/1791
Last renovation / restoration 1978 by Förster & Nicolaus
epoch classicism
Organ landscape Hesse
Technical specifications
Number of registers 23
Number of rows of pipes 30th
Number of manuals 2

The organ of the Evangelical Church in Nieder-Moos was built by Johann-Markus Oestreich in 1790/1791 . The instrument, which has been preserved almost unchanged, has 23 registers and is the most important Hessian, listed organ from the classicism period .

Building history

The prospectus of the organ in Lauterbach (1768) served as a model.

In the previous church there was also an organ, about which no details are known. After the construction of the new church (1784–1787), Johann-Markus Oestreich from Oberbimbach was commissioned on January 18, 1790 to build a new organ. Oestreich came from an organ building dynasty that shaped the organ landscape of Hesse over a period of five generations . Some of Oestreich's prospectuses are still preserved.

The Nieder-Mooser organ was inaugurated on January 21, 1791. The broad, 15-axis prospectus, which is designed in the late Rococo style, is unusual . It was contractually stipulated that the prospectus should resemble that of the Lauterbach organ, which was completed in 1768 by Philipp Ernst Wegmann from Frankfurt. In fact, he finds his closest parallel here, so that in the past, Oestreich was also assumed to be the builder for Lauterbach.

Organ builder Link from Reinhardts carried out a repair in 1834, a stranger repaired it in 1858 and Johann Georg Förster another in 1897. Förster soldered side whiskers to the large prospect pipes and leathered the throats of the reeds . The original wedge bellows were replaced by a magazine bellows in 1931 by Hermann Behringer (Friedberg). Förster & Nicolaus repaired the prospect pipes in 1953 and connected an electric blower in 1955.

Restoration 1978

Crown on the case

Förster & Nicolaus restored the plant in 1978. The two extended tongue registers, which were heavily infested with woodworms , were still preserved and could be reinstalled. All that had to be reconstructed was the top octave of the quinta, the third choir of the positive mixture and the two top mixed choirs and the upper cymbal choir in the main work. In addition, the organ was thoroughly cleaned and worn out consumables replaced.

A vacant Vox humana originally planned but not installed in 1791 was added in 2004 by Förster & Nicolaus. The reconstruction was based on the construction of the existing original tongue registers from Oestreich.

description

Lower case of the Nieder-Mooser organ

The Nieder-Mooser organ is one of the very few works in Hesse from the late 18th century that has been preserved almost intact. Even the original well-tempered mood (Kirnberger II) was not changed.

The front-playing instrument has an exceptionally wide system with 15 pipe fields. The positive, which takes up the five-part middle section of the prospectus, is located above the gaming table . Two pointed towers on the side are connected to the round central tower by two flat fields. The three positive pipe towers are completed at the top by straight cornices. The main work is presented on the left and right with five pipe fields of different heights. On the outside, the organ is flanked by medium-sized round towers. This is followed by two harp fields at different heights on each side, a flat field and a harp field with a cornice snail. The two central pointed towers and the side round towers are crowned with classicist vases. The gilded veil over the pipes is discreetly designed in the style of the late rococo. Above the case, the six harp fields are decorated with elaborate gold-plated carvings, which already show the characteristics of the plait style . A gold cross in a wreath is placed above the central tower.

The wide lower case is divided laterally by a total of eight panels. On the central gaming table system, the registers are attached to both sides in two rows. On the two manuals, the white upper keys with white bone leg occupied, while the lower keys are kept black. The pedals are positioned behind the organ and cannot be seen from the front. The pedal keyboard is only one and a half octaves.

The register "Dui Flöt" is a punk . The double labia on the two opposite sides, which lead to an amplification of the tone, are unusual . This type of construction is also encountered at the Frankfurt company Wegmann. The "Gelind Getakt" was probably given the fantasy name "Loure" on the register plate in 1897.

In 1984 the trumpet served as a template for the reconstruction of the lost register in Nieder-Erlenbach .

Disposition since 2004

I main manual C – f 3
Principal 8th'
Viol de gam 8th'
Quinta Thön 8th'
Clocked 8th'
octave 4 ′
flute 4 ′
Quinta 3 ′
Super octav 2 ′
Cimbel II 2 ′
Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′
Trumpet 8th'
II Second Clavier C – d 3
Principal 4 ′
Clocked gently 8th'
Slack travers 8th'
Flaschiolet 2 ′
Dui Flöt 4 ′
Quinta 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′
Mixture III 1'
Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – g 0
Sub bass 16 ′
Octavbass 8th'
Violon bass 8th'
Trombone bass 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I (sliding coupling as block coupling with separate register pull), I / P
Remarks
  1. ↑ C – dis in the prospectus
  2. ↑ a b metal
  3. ↑ a b c d wood
  4. ↑ C – A in the prospectus
  5. ↑ 2nd choir 1978
  6. ↑ 4th and 5th choirs 1978
  7. ↑ Boot wood, mug metal
  8. ↑ C – b 1 in the prospectus
  9. ^ "Loure", wood
  10. ↑ C – H from Gedackt, from c 0 wood, open 1 in the prospectus
  11. ↑ Open, cylindrical
  12. ↑ Gedackt with double labia, wood, from a 0 metal
  13. ↑ 3rd choir 1978
  14. ↑ 2004 added
  15. ↑ wood (including the throats)
Cimbel II 2 ′
C: 2 ′ + 1'
c 2 : 4 ′ + 2 ′
Mixture Hauptwerk IV – V 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′
C: 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ + 1' + 4 ⁄ 5 ′ + 2 ⁄ 3 ′ + 1 ⁄ 2 ′
c 0 : 2 ′ + 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ + 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ + 1'
c 1 : 4 ′ + 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ + 2 ′ + + 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture positive III 1 ′
C: 1'
f 0 : 2 ′
f 1 : 4 ′

Technical specifications

  • 23 registers
  • Action :
    • Tone action: mechanical
    • Stop action: mechanical
  • Wind supply:
    • 4 bellows 8 × 4 shoe
  • Mood :
    • Tuning pitch at 4 ′: g sharp 1 = 870 Hz (about a semitone over a 1 = 440 Hz)
    • Well-tempered mood ( Kirnberger II )

literature

  • Hans Martin Balz : Divine Music. Organs in Germany (=  230th publication by the Society of Organ Friends ). Konrad Theiss, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 3-8062-2062-X , p. 128 f .
  • Hans Martin Balz, Reinhardt Menger: Old organs in Hessen and Nassau (=  publication of the Society of Organ Friends . Volume 72 ). Merseburger, Kassel 1979, ISBN 3-87537-169-0 .
  • Franz Bösken , Hermann Fischer : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.1 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 1: A-L . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 .
  • Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.2 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 2: M-Z . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1331-5 .
  • Dieter Großmann: Kurhessen as an organ landscape . In: Acta Organologica . tape 1 , 1967, p. 69-112 .
  • Gottfried Rehm : The organ builder family Oestreich . In: Acta Organologica . tape 7 , 1973, p. 37-66 .

Recordings / sound carriers

  • Organs in Hessen from four centuries . Reinhardt Menger in Worfelden, Hatzfeld, Nieder-Moos, Biebesheim and Frankfurt am Main. Bauer Studios SACD 9088-3 / CD Cantate Domino
  • The Oestreich organ of the ev. Nieder-Moos church. Reinhardt Menger plays works by CPE Bach, J. Haydn and WA Mozart.

See also

Web links

Commons : Organ in Nieder-Moos  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3, Part 2 (M-Z). 1988, p. 677.
  2. ↑ See the overview at Gottfried Rehm: Die Orgelbauerfamilie Oestreich , accessed on March 26, 2018 (PDF).
  3. ^ A b State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. Vogelsbergkreis II. Part 1: Freiensteinau, Grebenhain, Herbstein, Lautertal (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ). Theiss, Darmstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-8062-3055-0 , p. 110.
  4. ^ Dieter Großmann: Organs and Organ Builders in Hessen . 2nd Edition. Trautvetter & Fischer, Marburg 1998, ISBN 3-87822-109-6 , pp. 79-84.
  5. ↑ a b c courtship: divine music. Organs in Germany. 2008, p. 146.
  6. ^ A b Balz, Menger: Old organs in Hessen and Nassau. 1997, p. 114.
  7. ↑ a b Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3, Part 2 (M-Z). 1988, p. 678.
  8. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3, Part 2 (M-Z). 1988, p. 667.

Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 26.3 "  N , 9 ° 23 ′ 1"  E