Organ of the church of Denstedt

The organ of Denstedt Church (also Liszt organ ) was planned by Johann Gottlob Töpfer and built by the Peternell brothers in Seligenthal . Franz Liszt used it regularly for organ music.

Building history

The Peternell company, highly valued by Töpfer, carried out the construction in 1859/60 to the complete satisfaction of the expert. Franz Liszt and Alexander Wilhelm Gottschalg held their organ conferences on this instrument , because they thought it was a good organ and the church was idyllically situated in close proximity to Gottschalg's place of work in Tiefurt .

The instrument is of particular importance because, despite its small size, due to its disposition for Liszt and Gottschalg, it appeared to be adequate for the organ music they composed, improvised or preferred. On the other hand, this organ is a good example of Potter's disposition process.

As early as 1985, one of the first sponsors for the restoration of the church and organ was the British musician and festival director Sir Yehudi Menuhin . In 2011 a restoration was carried out by Orgelbau Rühle . Since then, the instrument has also had a wind throttle .

Disposition since 1859

I main work C – f 3 Principal 8th' Quintatön 16 ′ Hollow flute 8th' Viola di gamba 8th' Octave 4 ' Hollow flute 4 ′ Fifth flute 3 ′ Octave 2 ′ Mixture IV 2 ′

II upper structure C – g 3 Lovely dacked (from c 0 ) 16 ′ Violin principal 8th' Lovelydacked 8th' harmonica 8th' Violin principal 4 ′ Flauto dolce 4 ′

Pedal C – d 1 Sub bass 16 ′ Violon 16 ′ Principal bass 8th' Dacked bass 8th'

• Coupling : II / I, I / P.
• Playing aids : Calcanten alarm clock.

Technical specifications

• 19 registers.

literature

• Michael von Hintzenstern: Franz Liszt was this queen's guest . In: Weimar letter . 2007, p. 20-22 .

Web links

• Information about the organ of the church of Denstedt

Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 5.1 ″  N , 11 ° 23 ′ 9.4 ″  E