In June 1924, Max Deoplo gave the impetus to build a large open-air organ in Kufstein . In 1926 a giant free organ with 80 registers was planned, which Vinzenz Goller advocated. It should be built by the Salzburg Orgelbau-AG Cäcilia (→ Max Dreher ). On December 1, 1930, the order to build a much more modest instrument was given to the organ builder Wilhelm Sauer (owner Oscar Walcker) from Frankfurt ad Oder . The disposition was made by Franz Schütz , who later also made the acceptance report. The instrument with electric action was built into the citizen's tower of the fortress in the following months and at that time it was already the largest open-air organ in the world. It had 26 high pressure registers and a glockenspiel, divided into two manuals and a pedal . The organist recorded the organ of a 90 m from the gaming table which, in a game table house stand, which was built specifically for this purpose. By installing an organola , the organ could be made to sound without an organist.
The inauguration ceremony took place on Sunday May 3, 1931 , a week before the start of the German banking crisis . The celebrations were reportedly by all German broadcasters, e.g. B. the Deutschlandsender broadcast. According to a conservative estimate, over 20,000 guests were present in Kufstein. The church consecration was carried out by Prince Archbishop Ignatius Rieder , who also gave the welcome speech and celebrated a field mass in the courtyard of the fortress. The Mayor of Kufstein, Georg Pirmoser, held the keynote speech, and the Federal President of the Republic of Austria , Wilhelm Miklas , also made the appearance. In addition to numerous associations were delegations of the Austrian. The Federal Army and the German Steel Helmet were represented, as was the German envoy in Vienna, Kurt Rieth . After the ceremonial speeches, after a moment of silence, the organ sounded for the first time, played by Franz Schütz with the hymn Great God, we praise you .
In 1971 the builder company expanded the instrument and provided it with new technology. By 2008 it comprised 4,307 pipes, 46 stops on four manuals and various playing aids.
Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, IV / I, III / II, IV / II, IV / III, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P.
Super octave coupling: II / I, III / I, IV / I, III / II, IV / II, IV / III, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P.
Sub-octave coupling: II / I.
Playing aids : 30 typesetting combinations, tutti, crescendo roller with indicator, roller from manual, 16 ′ from, manual tongues off, tongues off, tongue chorus on / labiale off, sill for II. Manual, general sill.
Expansion in 2009
In 2009, an addition to 65 registers and the new construction of the console and the electric action by Orgelbau Eisenbarth ( Passau ) were carried out. Since then, the instrument has comprised 4,948 pipes and an electronic setting system . After the house has been remodeled, the organist can also be seen giving his lecture.
Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, IV / I, III / II, IV / II, IV / III, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P.
Sub-octave coupling: I / I, II / I, III / I, IV / I, II / II, III / II, IV / II, III / III, IV / III, IV / IV
Super octave coupling: I / I, II / I, III / I, IV / I, II / II, III / II, IV / II, IV / III, IV / IV, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P.
Game aids : setter system with 10,000 combinations, crescendo rollers W1 and W2 with indicator, roller from manual, USB connection, programmable game recording device
Remarks
(n) = new register (2008,2009)
(A) = preliminary excerpt from registers 34 and 40
The hero's organ is played daily at 12:00 p.m., in July and August at 12:00 p.m. and at 6:00 p.m. to commemorate the fallen of both world wars . Since May 30, 1981, the 50th anniversary of the organ, all victims of violence have been commemorated.
At the end of the ten-minute lecture, in a version for organ, the tune of the good comrade can be heard . The instrument can be heard all over the city and, if the wind conditions are favorable, in the Kaisertal.
↑ The order itself had Dr. Oskar Walcker (1869–1948) from Ludwigsburg received. In: Buntes Allerlei. The hero organ at Geroldseck Castle . Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , Volume 98, Issue 5, Gustav Bosse Verlag , Regensburg 1931, p. 423.
↑ a b c d The hero organ. Heldenorgan Foundation, Kufstein 1932
↑ Information about the organ on the website of the organ builder
