Organ of the Evangelical Church in Kleinich

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Organ of the Evangelical Church in Kleinich
General
place Evangelical Church Kleinich
Organ builder Mute, 3rd generation
Construction year 1809
Last renovation / restoration 1985/86 by Klais
epoch classicism
Organ landscape Hunsrück-Nahe-Saar
Illustrations
Stumm organ on the east gallery of the Evangelical Church in Kleinich

Stumm organ on the east gallery of the Evangelical Church in Kleinich

Technical specifications
Number of registers 15th
Number of rows of pipes 15th
Number of manuals 1

The organ of the Evangelical Church in Kleinich is a late work of the third generation of the Hunsrück organ-building family Stumm . It was created in 1809 and has 15 registers , which are divided between a manual and a pedal ; the “Vox humana” stop is probably the last stop of its kind built by Stumm. The instrument was last restored in 1986 and is still largely in its original condition.

history

In a contract between the parish of Kleinich and Franz Stumm from July 21, 1806, a new organ for 1280 Rhenish guilders and 3 Carolin tips is agreed. With the help of a signature on the wave board of the pedal coupling behind the knee panel in the console and an inscription on the back wall of the organ case, the organ can be dated to 1809. The organ was inaugurated on July 18, 1809. The instrument comes from the third generation of the Stumm family of organ builders from Hunsrück, who were mainly influenced by Philipp (1734–1814), Franz (1748–1826) and Friedrich Carl (1744–1823) Stumm . The construction of the Evangelical Church in Kleinich , which dates from 1789/90, was completed by the organ . The organ was the first organ in the new church and there was no organ in the previous building either.

Small repairs were made by Stumm in 1811 and 1817. In 1847 Josef Claus from Lieser repaired the organ. Gustav Stumm (seventh generation) from Kirn replaced the three wedge bellows with a magazine bellows in 1887 and exchanged the registers Gamba 8 ′ and Trompete 8 ′ with Aeoline 8 ′ and Gamba 8 ′. The pewter prospect pipes were delivered to the armaments industry in 1917 and replaced after the First World War . The Oberlinger company cleaned the organ in 1954. A year later, an electric fan was installed. Restoration plans had existed since the 1960s. The Oberlinger's suggestion to replace the Vox humana 8 ' with a trumpet 8' that would keep it in tune was not complied with. A recommended expansion of the pedal keyboard to 25 tones was also not implemented for historical reasons.

In 1981, the district synod approved a grant of 150,000 DM for the restoration. Further grants from the regional church office and the regional monument office as well as the community's own funds secured the financing. Between 1985 and 1986 the Johannes Klais Orgelbau company restored the organ according to strict monument preservation standards. The original tuning could not be made out, so the later equal tuning was retained. As a reversible measure, the pipe sticks were given elastic sealing rings. Klais restored the 1809 disposition . Pipe feet corroded by tin plague were replaced, two wedge bellows were reconstructed and the manual keyboard, which was no longer in its original state, was renewed. The Stumm organ in Einöllen (1813) served as a model for the keyboard and the organ bench . The rededication took place on June 8, 1986. The total cost of the restoration was DM 244,259.

description

The organ was installed by Friedrich Carl and Franz Stumm in the parapet of the east gallery on a separate gallery above and behind the pulpit altar , as it is often called "in the face of the community" . The structure of the case follows the structure characteristic of Stumm, which was often carried out by the Stumm between 1750 and 1828: The division of the pipe fields reflects this late baroque type. The seven-axis prospectus has three round towers. The elevated round central tower is flanked by two narrow flat fields that nestle against the central tower. Two narrow, lowered round towers form the transition to the outer harp fields, which rise above the curved floor plan.

The design of the decorations points to Empire . The lambrequins are decorated with laurel wreaths, the pipe bases with medallions and the arched friezes with garlands. The narrow blind wings have laurel branches. An inscription on the lower case bears the inscription from 1 Cor 16:13  LUT : "Watch, stand in faith, be male and be strong!"

The windchests of the manual are divided. The manual loops are unusually not covered with leather. Instead, a foundation board was glued to the pulpit body. The pedal is positioned behind on the gallery floor and has only 15 tones. In contrast to the manual wind chest, the pulpit body of the pedal wind chest is not plugged. The tremulant is an original wing tremulant. The pedal coupling engages the manual keyboard via a wavy board. The tongue register Vox humana in Kleinich is probably the last that the Stumm family of organ builders built.

Disposition since 1986 (= 1809)

I Manual C – f 3
01. Principal 8th' K
02. Bourdon B / D 8th' S.
03. Gamba B / D 8th' K
04th Transverse flute (from c 1 ) 8th' S / K
05. Octav 4 ′ S / K
06th Lull B / D 4 ′ S.
07th Quint 3 ′ S.
08th. Octav 2 ′ S.
09. Salicional 2 ′ S.
10. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ S.
11. Mixture III 1' S.
12. Trumpet B / D 8th' K
13. Vox humana B / D 8th' S.
Tremulant S.
Pedals C – d 0
14th Sub-bass 16 ′ S.
15th Octave bass 8th' S.
S = mute, 1809
K = Klais, 1985/1986

Technical specifications

  • 15 registers, 15 rows of pipes
  • 2 reconstructed wedge bellows
  • Action :
    • mechanical sound contracture
    • mechanical stop action
  • Mood :

literature

  • Jürgen Leonhard (author), Evangelical Christ Church Parish Kleinich (Ed.): 200 years of the Stumm organ in Kleinich. “Anyone who hears the sound of this organ must break out in enthusiasm”. Kleinich 2009, [without ISBN].
  • Hans-Wolfgang Theobald (Author), Evangelical Church Community Kleinich (Ed.): Inauguration of the restored Stumm organ in the Evangelical Church in Kleinich on Sunday, June 8th, 1986 at 2.30 p.m. Kleinich 1986, [without ISBN].
  • Matthias Thömmes: Organs in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Paulinus Verlag, Trier 1981, ISBN 3-7902-0137-5 , p. 114.

CD recordings

  • Two famous silent organs in dialogue. Bad Sobernheim & Kleinich. DDD, Ambiente 2008 ( Franz Raml plays works by Raison, JCF Fischer, Speth, JS Bach, JL Krebs, Vogt)
Other recordings

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Wolfgang Theobald : Inauguration of the restored Stumm organ [1986], p. 3.
  2. ^ A b c d Franz Bösken , Hermann Fischer , Matthias Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 4/1: Districts of Koblenz and Trier, districts of Altenkirchen and Neuwied (A – Ma) (= contributions to the music history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 40). Schott , Mainz 2005, ISBN 978-3-7957-1342-3 , pp. 502-503.
  3. ↑ Leonhard: 200 years of the Stumm-Orgel in Kleinich [2009], p. 7.
  4. ↑ Hugo Hammen (author), Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Kleinich (ed.): Festschrift for the 200th anniversary of the church in Kleinich on August 4th and 5th, 1990. Kleinich 1990, [without ISBN], p. 18. Hammen goes from June 17th from, others from May 17, 1809.
  5. ↑ Leonhard: 200 years of the Stumm organ in Kleinich [2009], p. 11.
  6. ↑ a b Orgelbau Klais (PDF file; 867 kB), accessed on February 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ Leonhard: 200 years of Stumm-Orgel in Kleinich [2009], pp. 12-13.
  8. ↑ Leonhard: 200 years of the Stumm-Orgel in Kleinich [2009], p. 18.
  9. ^ Theobald: Inauguration of the restored silent organ [1986], p. 9.
  10. ↑ Leonhard: 200 years of the Stumm organ in Kleinich [2009], p. 16.
  11. ^ Franz Bösken : The organ builder family Stumm from Rhaunen-Sulzbach and their work. A contribution to the history of organ building on the Middle Rhine. Mainzer Altertumsverein , Mainz 1981 (special print from Mainzer Zeitschrift , year 55, 1960), [without ISBN], p. 74.
  12. ^ Theobald: Inauguration of the restored Stumm-Organ [1986], p. 3.
  13. ↑ Kleinicher Stumm-Organ from 1809 , accessed on February 5, 2015.
  14. ^ Theobald: Inauguration of the restored silent organ [1986], p. 6.
  15. ↑ CD-Wiki , accessed on February 6, 2015.

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