Organ of the parish church St. Martin (Dudelange)

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The steel Huth organ is one of Georg and Eduard Stahlhuth in the parish church of St. Martin in Dudelange , Luxembourg built organ . The organ is one of the largest and most beautiful in all of Luxembourg.

history

Tender

Organ console

After the construction of the new parish church of St. Martin, built in neo-Gothic style, the town of Dudelange and the parish decided to buy a new organ that was appropriate for the location. An organ commission for the “preliminary study of projected organ building” was set up in 1911 specifically for this purpose. After a heated argument between the city architect, members of the city council and the organ commission, the contract was finally put out to tender. It should be emphasized that the city of Dudelange acted as the sole client and financier. There were no limits to the organ builder's disposition of the organ, but there were strict guidelines regarding the materials to be used and the general aesthetics.

criteria

List of the criteria to be fulfilled: 1. Invitation to tender according to the international regulations for organ building. 2. Use of first class materials. 3. A high proportion of 16 'and 8' registers . Use of typical German-Romantic sound elements, e.g. B. roll sills, cone chests and pneumatics 4. Borrowings from English organ building: double principals, tuba mirabilis, oboe 8 ′ of English construction and water motors. 5. Explicitly required French characteristics in the main work: trumpet 8 ′ and clarinet 8 ′. 6. Equipping the organ with two swell boxes.

Selection and completion

Seven organ builders then submitted cost estimates to the community: Steinmeyer , Seifert , Schlag & Söhne , Walcker , Voit , Stahlhuth and Dalstein. Steinmeyer and Seifert dropped out due to the high price. At Voit, the quality of the work was questioned. Schlag und Sons ignored the conditions and was therefore not considered. At Walcker and Dalstein, some complaints were made with inferior materials, insufficient engine power and rejected warranty claims. Only Stahlhuth's cost estimate was seen as recommendable. Stahlhuth, an organ virtuoso who was equally well versed in German and French organ building and had a profound knowledge of English organ technology, was finally awarded the contract. On August 11, 1911, Stahlhut was officially commissioned by the city council. On July 28, 1912, the organ was inaugurated with a concert in the Dudelange church. The Stahlhuth company was supposed to take over the maintenance of the organ by contract, but after the First World War the business passed into foreign hands.

Extensions and restoration

In the summer of 1962, the organ was renovated and enlarged for the first time according to the neo-baroque sound aesthetic that was prevalent at the time. Among other things, an electric action was installed, the historical console replaced and massive changes to the pipe inventory were made. After the organ was barely playable in the mid-1990s, the organ was again extensively restored and expanded in 2002 by the Thomas Jann Orgelbau company . The changes made in 1962 were largely reversed; The instrument was expanded to 78 sounding registers with German-Romantic and French-symphonic timbres and instead of the neo-baroque positive that was added in 1962, a new bombing mechanism with 84 horizontal tongues was built.

Disposition

The organ currently has 5261 pipes in 82 registers , divided into four manuals and pedal . Of these, 6 registers are extensions and 4 registers are transmissions from the manual to the pedal.

I Grand Orgue C – c 4
01. Principal * 16 '
02. Drone * 16 '
03. Major Principal * 08th'
04th Minor principal * 08th'
05. Seraphon Gedackt *0 08th'
06th Fugara * 08th'
07th Gemshorn * 08th'
08th. Reed flute * 08th'
09. Fifth 5 1 ⁄ 3  '
10. Octav * 04 '
11. Flûte harmonique * 04 '
12. third 3 1 ⁄ 5  '
13. Fifth * 2 2 ⁄ 3  '
14th Octav * 02 '
15th Third * 3 1 ⁄ 5  '
16. Large mix III-IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  '
17th Mixture IV-V 02 '
18th Bombard 16 '
19th Trumpet * 08th'
20th horn 08th'
21st Clairon 04 '
Tremulant
II Positive expressive C – c 4
22nd Drone * 16 '
23. Gamba (Ext. No. 26) 16 '
24. Principal * 08th'
25th Seraphon flute * 08th'
26th Gamba * 08th'
27. Vox coelestis * 08th'
28. Quintatön * 08th'
29 Lieblichgedackt * (Ext. No. 22)0 08th'
30th Octav * 04 '
31. Flauttraverso * 04 '
32. Gamba (Ext. No. 26) 04 '
33. Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
34. Quintgamba 2 2 ⁄ 3  '
35. Piccolo * 02 '
36. Gamba (Ext. No. 26) 02 '
37. Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  '
38. Terzgamba 1 3 ⁄ 5  '
39. Plein-jeu V-VI 2 2 ⁄ 3  '
40. Cor anglais 16 '
41. Tuba mirabilis * 08th'
42. Trumpet * 08th'
43. Clarinet * 08th'
Tremulant
III Récit expressif C – c 4
44. Quintatön 16 '
45. Violin principal * 08th'
46. Flûte harmonique * 08th'
47. Violin * 08th'
48. Unda maris * 08th'
49. Delicately packed * 08th'
50. Salicional * 08th'
51. Octav 04 '
52. Reed flute * 04 '
53. Fugara * 04 '
54. Flageolet * 02 '
55. Program harm. III-V 2 2 ⁄ 3  '
56. Bombard 16 '
57. Trompette harmonique0 08th'
58. Basson Hautbois * 08th'
59. Oboe * 08th'
60. Vox humana * 08th'
61. Clairon harmonique 04 '
Tremulant


IV Clavier bombarde C – c 4
62. Bombarde en chamade 16 '
63. Trumpet en chamade 08th'
64. Trumpet en chamade 5 1 ⁄ 3  '
65. Clairon en chamade 04 '
Pedale C – g 3
66. Pedestal * 32 '
67. Major bass * 16 '
68. Minorbass * (= No. 1) 16 '
69. Sub bass * 16 '
70. Gamba (= No. 23) 16 '
71. Bordun * (= No. 22) 16 '
72. Octave bass * 08th'
73. Dacked bass 08th'
74. Cello * 08th'
75. Delicately packed (= No. 29) 08th'
76. Flute 04 '
77. Choral Bass (Ext. No. 72) 04 '
78. Contrabombarde (Ext. No. 79)0 32 '
79. Trombone * 16 '
80. bassoon 16 '
81. Tuba * 08th'
82. Clairon * 04 '
  • Annotation:
the registers marked with * are from 1912, restored or reconstructed
the 4 registers of the Bombardwerk are made up of a row of pipes (84 pipes)
In addition, there is a cornet 8 'stop for the main work which, however, is only a group for the existing stops (8,11,13,14,15).
there are also group moves on the console for registers 29,31,33,35,37 (cornet 8 ') and for 23,26,32,34,38 (gamba choir 8') in the swell of the second manual

Pairing :

  • Normal coupling: P / I, 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, III / I, II / II, III / II, III / III
  • Super octave coupling: II / I, III / I, II / II, III / II, III / III, I / P, II / P, III / P

Playing aids :

  • Composition system: with 4995 storage spaces, Tutti
  • a third balancing step serves either as a crescent swell (with 2 different programming: C1, C2) or as a step for the separately swellable horn (20)
  • the console has a midi interface with which the organ can be recorded and played back.


Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amis de l'Orgue Saint-Martin, Conseil de la fabrique d'Eglise de la Paroisse Saint-Martin. The Dudelange church and its steel hat organ, Imprimerie Saint-Paul, 2002.
  2. ↑ Amis de l'Orgue Saint-Martin, Conseil de la fabrique d'Eglise de la Paroisse Saint-Martin. The Dudelange church and its steel hat organ, Imprimerie Saint-Paul, 2002., p. 293.
  3. ↑ Amis de l'Orgue Saint-Martin, Conseil de la fabrique d'Eglise de la Paroisse Saint-Martin. The Dudelange Church and its steel hat organ, Imprimerie Saint-Paul, 2002., pp. 293–294.
  4. ↑ Amis de l'Orgue Saint-Martin, Conseil de la fabrique d'Eglise de la Paroisse Saint-Martin. The Dudelange church and its steel hat organ, Imprimerie Saint-Paul, 2002., p. 303.
  5. ↑ Amis de l'Orgue Saint-Martin, Conseil de la fabrique d'Eglise de la Paroisse Saint-Martin. The Dudelange church and its steel hat organ, Imprimerie Saint-Paul, 2002., pp. 303-304.
  6. ↑ Amis de l'Orgue Saint-Martin, Conseil de la fabrique d'Eglise de la Paroisse Saint-Martin. The Dudelange church and its steel hat organ, Imprimerie Saint-Paul, 2002., p. 305.
  7. ↑ Amis de l'Orgue Saint-Martin, Conseil de la fabrique d'Eglise de la Paroisse Saint-Martin. The Dudelange church and its steel hat organ, Imprimerie Saint-Paul, 2002., p. 327.
  8. ↑ Amis de l'Orgue Saint-Martin, Conseil de la fabrique d'Eglise de la Paroisse Saint-Martin. The Dudelange church and its steel hat organ, Imprimerie Saint-Paul, 2002., pp. 337–338.
  9. ↑ Amis de l'Orgue Saint-Martin, Conseil de la fabrique d'Eglise de la Paroisse Saint-Martin. The Dudelange church and its steel hat organ, Imprimerie Saint-Paul, 2002., p. 341.
  10. ↑ Information on the current disposition