Organ of the Hofkirche Innsbruck

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Organ of the Hofkirche Innsbruck
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General
place Court Church (Innsbruck)
Organ builder Jörg Ebert
Construction year 1561
Last renovation / restoration 1977 by Jürgen Ahrend
epoch Renaissance
Organ landscape Austria
Technical specifications
Number of registers 15th
Number of rows of pipes 32
Number of manuals 2
Tone tract mechanically
Register action mechanically
Ebert organ with closed double doors

The Ebert organ in the Hofkirche in Innsbruck is the largest, almost intact renaissance organ in Austria . It has 15 stops on two manuals and an attached pedal .

There are two organs in the Hofkirche in Innsbruck: The instrument discussed here was created by the organ builder Jörg Ebert in the 16th century , the other organ around 1900 by Hans Mauracher, born in 1847.

Building history

Jörg Ebert from Ravensburg built the organ between 1555 and 1561. After receiving the order for this organ in 1555, it was complained in 1557 that Ebert had not yet started construction. The year 1558 is given on the keyboard frame, which suggests that the play area was essentially completed. A year later, the defaulting carpenter who made the case was threatened with jail time to do his job. It was not until June 7, 1561 that the Upper Austrian Chamber reported the successful acceptance of the instrument.

It is still in its original place of installation, the presbytery above the western sacristy door . The instrument is designed as a swallow's nest organ hanging on the wall . Major changes were made by Daniel Herz in 1655. From 1700–1701 the organ was significantly expanded by Johann Caspar Humpel in terms of pitch and register number (to 26 registers). Of the original registers, only the mixture and the cymbal in the Rückpositiv were replaced by an 8 'labial part and the sound of one register was changed.

From 1832 the instrument had become unplayable. In 1884 Johann Deininger prevented the planned demolition of the organ. During the Second World War it was outsourced to protect against acts of war. From 1965 to 1970 and from 1975 to 1977 the organ was restored by Jürgen Ahrend in two stages, whereby the alterations and extensions carried out in 1701 were reversed. As part of this restoration, the organ was provided with an electric fan that charges two four-fold wedge bellows for the wind supply (originally there were eight bellows).

The main work with the exception of the shelf and the Rückpositiv are on slider drawers . Hauptwerk and Rückpositiv have double doors. The sound can also be changed by closing the doors. The structure of the Rückpositiv without an 8 'register is also remarkable. All pipes of the two mixtures and cymbals have a super-octave 2 ′.

Wind tunnels, wind chests , whistle sticks, grid boards, register mechanics and main wave board are original. The keyboards and the bellows as well as parts of the sound system were reconstructed by Ahrend. Six registers have been preserved in their original form, five have been reconstructed and the rest have been added to different parts.

Disposition

I In the large corpus CDEFGA – g 2 a 2
labeling translation
principal Principal 8th'
covers fleten Dumped 8th'
octaf octave 4 ′
quint Fifth 2 23
quintez Super octave 2 ′
hindrance Mixture V-X
ziml Zimbel II
Hörnndl Sesquialtera II
dream Trumpet 8th'
shelf Shelf (B / D) 8th'
tremor Tremulant
II In the Rugg positive FGA – g 2 a 2
labeling translation
open fletl Principal 4 ′
covered fletl Dumped 4 ′
mixture Mixture III-V
ziml Zimbel II
Hörnndl Sesquialtera II
CDEFGA – b pedal 0
plays in Hauptwerk
  • Coupling : II / I manual slide coupling.

Remarks

  1. Composition of hindersaz on I:
    C: 2 ′ + 1 13 + 1' + 23 + 12
    cis 0 : 2 ′ + 1 13 + 1' + 23 + 12 ′ (2 ×)
    f sharp 0 : 2 ′ (2 ×) + 1 13 ′ (2 ×) + 1 ′ (2 ×) + 23  
    c sharp 1 : 2 ′ (3 ×) + 1 13 ′ (2 ×) + 1 ′ (2 ×) + 23  
    f sharp 1 : 4 ′ + 2 23 + 2 ′ (3 ×) + 1 13 ′ (2 ×) + 1 ′ (2 ×)
    c sharp 2 : 4 ′ (2 ×) + 2 23 ′ (3 ×) + 2 ′ (3 ×) + 1 13 ′ (2 ×)  
    f sharp 2 : 4 ′ (3 ×) + 2 23 ′ (3 ×) + 2 ′ (4 ×).
  2. Composition from ziml to I:
    C: 13 + 14
    cis 0 : 12 + 13
    f sharp 0 : 23 + 12
    c sharp 1 : 1' + 23
    f sharp 1 : 1 13 + 1'
    c sharp 2 : 2 ′ + 1 13
    f sharp 2 : 2 23 + 2 ′.
  3. Composition from Hörnndl to I:
    C: 1 13 ′ + 45
    f sharp 1 : 2 23 ′ + 1 35 ′.
  4. The shelf stands on its own drawer in the “chest”, below the main work drawer. At e 0 / f 0 it is divided into bass and treble. The activation of the bass and treble halves takes place via shut-off valves. Its action can be turned off via the register suit .
  5. In the main works channel.
  6. Composition of mixtur on II:
    Q: 2 ′ + 1 13 + 1'
    a 0 : 2 ′ + 1 13 + 1' + 23
    a 1 : 2 ′ (2 ×) + 1 13 ′ (2 ×) + 1'
    e 2 : 4 ′ (2 ×) + 2 23 + 2 ′ + 1 13 ′.
  7. Composition of ziml on II:
    Q: 23 ' + 12
    e 1 : 1' + 23
    a 1 : 1 13 + 1'
    e 2 : 2 ′ + 1 13 ′.
  8. Composition of Hörnndl on II:
    Q: 23 ′ + 25 '
    a 0 : 1 13 ′ + 45
    a 1 : 2 23 ′ + 1 35 ′.

Technical specifications

  • Keyboard range:
    • Main work: 41 tones
    • Rückpositiv: 38 tones
    • Pedal: 19 tones (CDEFGA – b 0 ). The pedal plays with its own valves in the main work cell.
  • Wind supply:
    • Two wedge bellows
    • Wind pressure: 90 mm water column
  • Mood :

See also

literature

  • Günter Lade (Ed.): 40 years of organ building Jürgen Ahrend 1954–1994 . Self-published, Leer-Loga 1994.
  • Alfred Reichling, Matthias Reichling: The Ebert organ in the flow of time . In: Scientific Yearbook of the Tyrolean State Museums , 5. Innsbruck 2012, pp. 91–99, digital version (PDF)
  • Hemma Kundratitz: The wings of the Ebert organ. On the history of the setting of the organ case, especially the wing paintings. In: Scientific Yearbook of the Tyrolean State Museums , 5, Innsbruck 2012, pp. 71–77, digital version (PDF)
  • Reinhard Jaud: The Ebert organ in the Innsbruck court church . In: Franz Josef Stoiber (ed.): Beautiful organs. Building history - sound - prospectus design (=  publication of the Society of Organ Friends . No. 283 ). Figaro, Laaber 2019, ISBN 978-3-946798-17-0 , pp. 132-137 .
  • Kurt Estermann (Ed.): The organs of the Hofkirche in Innsbruck. Part 1: The Ebert organ (= Tyrolean organ treasure. Volume 5). Helbling, Innsbruck 2019, ISBN 978-3-99069-232-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Ebert organ