Organ of the castle church in Lahm (Itzgrund)

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Organ of the castle church in Lahm (Itzgrund)
Lahm Autumn Organ1.jpg
General
place Castle church in Lahm / Itzgrund
Organ builder Heinrich Gottlieb Herbst
Construction year 1732
epoch Baroque
Organ landscape Central Germany
Technical specifications
Number of registers 29
Number of rows of pipes 39
Number of manuals 2
Wind chest mechanical slider chests
Tone tract mechanically
Register action mechanically
Number of 32 'registers 1

The organ of the Castle Church in Lahm was 1728-1732 by Heinrich Gottlieb fall from the central German Halberstadt in Franconia Lahm in the castle church built. Since the baroque substance was essentially preserved, it is a valuable testimony to central German organ building in the 18th century. The organ has two manuals and a pedal as well as 29 sounding registers .

Building history

As part of the construction of the castle church from 1728–1732, the patron saint Adam Heinrich Gottlob von Lichtenstein had a representative organ built by Heinrich Gottlieb Herbst, son of Heinrich Herbst the Younger. Due to family ties to Erxleben Castle near Haldensleben , the castle belonged to the family of his first wife Anna Ursula Catharina von Alvensleben , Lichtenstein became aware of Herbst. The solemn organ consecration took place at the church inauguration on May 4th, 1732, the Jubilate Sunday.

It is unclear whether there was an influence of Johann Sebastian Bach through his nephew Johann Lorenz Bach on the disposition . He was his pupil in Weimar from 1715 to 1717 and schoolmaster, cantor and organist of the castle church for over half a century (1718–1773).

A major repair was carried out in 1842 by the Neustadt organ builder Hofmann for 290 guilders . Three restorations were carried out in the 20th century. In 1934, after more than 200 years, the Steinmeyer ( Oettingen ) company carried out the first general overhaul of the instrument and very carefully made the organ fully functional again. The pedal trombone was made to sound for the first time and the mood was slightly increased. 1962 followed work by Paul Ott ( Göttingen ). In 1979 the organ was dismantled during construction work in the church. The last restoration was carried out in 1983 by Hoffmann und Schindler ( Ostheim vor der Rhön ). Currently (as of 2011) the organ is being serviced by the Bamberg organ builder Thomas Eichfelder.

On September 11, 2011, the First German Organ Day took place on the autumn organ in the Lahm Castle Church.

Disposition since 1732

I main work CD – c 3
Quinta Thöne 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Viola di gamba 8th'
Gedact 8th'
Quinta 6 ′
Octav 4 ′
Flaut-Douce 4 ′
Nassat 3 ′
Super octave 2 ′
Mixture IV
Trumpet 8th'
II Oberwerk CD – c 3
Quinta Thöne 8th'
Gems horn 8th'
Praestanda 4 ′
Flut traverses 4 ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Sexquialtera II
Cymbel III
Vox humana 8th'
Pedal I CD – d 1
(in the parapet)
Violon bass 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Octav 4 ′
Mixture V
Trombone bass 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'


Pedal II CD – d 1
(on the rear wall)
Sub-bass 16 ′
Quint-grosso 12 ′
Getact 8th'
Trombone bass 32 ′

Technical specifications

  • 29 registers
  • Action :
    • Tone action: mechanical
    • Stop action: mechanical
  • Wind supply:
    • Wind pressure: 68 mm water column

brochure

Tabs on the left

The organ prospectus consists of three separate cases. In the middle is the main prospectus and to the side the pedal brochures in the shape of a tower, attached according to the North German model. The main prospectus consists of five parts and has a straight floor plan under a swaying, curved upper cornice. The Lichtenstein coat of arms is affixed to the top center. The pedal towers each consist of two rectangular fields of different heights. The larger towers each adorn a Zimbelstern and large vases as an attachment. The carving is fine tendril work with acanthus leaves and applied ribbon work that carries a palmette .

The play cupboard in the lower case of the main prospectus houses two black manual keyboards and 34 register pulls, each with three vertical rows, each with five, seven, and five pulls one above the other.

literature

  • Martin Balz: Divine Music. Organs in Germany . (= 230th publication of the GdO ). Theiss, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 3-8062-2062-X , p. 170 f.
  • Johannes G. Mehl: The baroque organ in Lahm / Itzgrund. In: Congress Report. Society for Music Research. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1953, pp. 78–82.
  • Gottfried Löblein: 250 years of Lahm Castle Church and its autumn organ. Manuscript 1982, 2nd edition 1983, Lahm im Itzgrund (parish office).
  • Jürgen-Peter Schindler: The autumn organ of the castle church in Lahm. In: Ars Organi . Vol. 33, 1985, pp. 112-121.

Web links

Commons : Organ of the Schlosskirche in Lahm  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Old Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part IV. Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1980, p. 130 f
  2. ↑ Parishes
  3. ↑ This assumption was fed by Bach's preference for certain registers that can be found in the Herbst organ, for example the quintadena 16 ′, the viola da gamba 8 ′, the 32 ′ in the pedal and the pedal trombone. See on Bach's organ report by Werner Neumann, Hans-Joachim Schulze (ed.): Documents by Johann Sebastian Bach . Bärenreiter, Kassel [et al.] 1963, pp. 152-174 (Bach documents 1).

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 5.2 ″  N , 10 ° 52 ′ 0.2 ″  E