Organ of the Simultankirche Bechtolsheim
| Organ of the Simultankirche Bechtolsheim | |
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| General | |
| place | Simultaneous church Bechtolsheim |
| Organ builder | Johann Philipp and Johann Heinrich Stumm |
| Construction year | 1752-1756 |
| Last renovation / restoration | 2014/15 by Förster & Nicolaus (cleaning and restoration) |
| epoch | Baroque |
| Organ landscape | Rheinhessen |
| Technical specifications | |
| Number of pipes | 1509 |
| Number of registers | 27 |
| Number of rows of pipes | 32 |
| Number of manuals | 2 |
| Wind chest | Slider drawer |
| Tone tract | mechanically |
| Register action | mechanically |
The organ of the Simultankirche Bechtolsheim was built in 1756 by the brothers Johann Philipp and Johann Heinrich Stumm from Sulzbach near Rhaunen.
The 27 sounding registers are distributed over two manuals and a pedal . The instrument is one of the largest silent organs. The gaming table is located on the left side of the housing, which is in its original state. The pipework is made of wood and tin.
The organ has been restored or rebuilt three times: in 1765/1767 repairs were carried out by the Stumm workshop, in 1899 a rebuilding by Heinrich Bechstein ( Groß-Umstadt ) and in 1977 a restoration by Gebr. Oberlinger ( Windesheim ).
Building history
New building in 1756 by Stumm
The brothers Johann Philipp and Johann Heinrich Stumm from Sulzbach near Rhaunen received the order for a new organ on December 30, 1752. They completed the organ in 1756 for 900 Reichsgulden . It is one of the largest organs from the Stumm workshop. The seven-axis prospectus of the main plant (upper plant) is characterized by two high round towers, to which narrow harp-shaped flat fields nestle on both sides. In the center there is a low round tower. It corresponds to a raised round tower in the middle of the five-axis lower positive. The flanking harp fields drop off to the side and merge into narrow corner towers.
Renovations and alterations
The organ has been restored or rebuilt four times:
Repairs were carried out by the Stumm workshop in 1765/1767, and the cracked bellows were also overhauled.
Heinrich Bechstein from Groß-Umstadt rebuilt the organ in 1899 at the request of the organist at the time and changed the layout . The sub-positive was made quieter in line with contemporary tastes by removing loud registers or replacing them with others. The organ received new manual keyboards, the pedal keyboard was retained, as was the wind chests . The viola da gamba 8 ′, Vox angelica 2 ′ bass, third 1 3/5 ′ registers were lost. Changes to the mixture in the main plant to the "cornet mixture" in the substation, the changes were even more serious: the mixture, fifth, vox humana and krummhorn were removed. Instead of the Salicional 2′ – 4 ′ a Salicional 8 ′ was inserted.
A restoration by Gebr. Oberlinger from Windesheim followed between 1976 and 1977 , who restored the original disposition. The range of the pedals has been expanded by one octave from C – d 0 to C – d 1 and new pipes have been added. The manual keyboards were renewed based on the model of the Stumm organ in Bärstadt . In order to protect the gaming table from dirt and unauthorized access, a lockable cover was installed in 1984 by a local master carpenter.
Regular concerts and other events took place from 2013 to support the financing of an estimated 100,000 euros. From the middle of September 2014, the organ was expanded by Förster & Nicolaus for cleaning and renovation . The re-installation of the organ began in March 2015. The organ was inaugurated again on June 13th and 14th, 2015 with two festive church services.
Disposition since 1977 (= 1756)
Today up to three quarters of the original material is still present. The prospect pipes are still in their original condition. Only the registers Gamba, Mixtur (partially) and Vox angelica in the main work and Flaut travers, Solicional, Quint, Mixtur, Krummhorn and Vox humana in the substation were renewed in 1977. The bellows consist of a Bechstein magazine bellows. The disposition is:
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- Koppel (organ) | n: II / I, I / P, II / P
- S = mute, 1756
- O = Oberlinger, 1977
Technical specifications
- 27 registers, 32 rows of pipes, 1509 pipes
- Game table : side play
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Action :
- mechanical slide box
- mechanical stop action.
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Mood :
- Height a 1 = 447.8 Hz
- Equal mood
Organists
In the early years, the organists at the Stumm organ in Bechtolsheim included the teachers from the two neighboring school buildings. "Soon after the inauguration, the church council decided in 1757 that the teachers (whose office included organist service) should not play the organ outside of church services in order not to damage the new work."
Thomas Renner has been the regular church musician and organist of the Protestant parish since 1989. As of 2007, Franz-Josef Schäfer and Johannes Witting were the organists, both also responsible for the churches in Gau-Odernheim and Biebelnheim (Assumption of Mary).
literature
- Contributions to the silent organ
- Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 1: Mainz and suburbs - Rheinhessen - Worms and suburbs (= contributions to Middle Rhine music history 6 ). Schott, Mainz 1967, ISBN 978-3-7957-1306-5 , p. 249-251 .
- Hans Martin Balz , Reinhardt Menger: Old organs in Hessen and Nassau. Merseburger Berlin / Kassel 1997, pp. 34-35.
- More general literature, also on the church building
- Helmut Maas, Johannes Witting: Simultankirche Bechtolsheim - Little Church Leader. Flyer for the Open Monument Day 2007.
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments , Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland. German art publisher, 1972/1984.
- Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Volume 20.1: Alzey-Worms district . Verbandsgemeinde Alzey-Land . (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ). Published on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Science, Further Education and Culture by the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate Directorate State Monument Preservation. Edited by Michael Huyer and Dieter Krienke. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2013, ISBN 978-3-88462-327-5 , pp. 70-76.
Web links
- The silent organ on the side of the simultaneous church
- Website of the fundraising campaign to save the Bechtolsheim Stumm organ
- Organ of the Simultankirche Bechtolsheim - presence on organ database
- Organ of the Simultankirche Bechtolsheim - presence on organ information
- Video recording of the bells and the silent organ (total running time: 49:16 minutes); Published on July 3, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ orgel-information.de: The organ of the Simultankirche Bechtolsheim , accessed on July 27, 2017.
- ↑ Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate , p. 76.
- ↑ a b c d Episcopal Ordinariate, Dec. IX / 4, Bechtolsheim organ file.
- ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 1, 1967, p. 251.
- ↑ Presence on the organ database , accessed on July 29, 2016.
- ^ Concert for Stumm-Organ / charity event: Thomas Renner plays on Saturday in the Bechtolsheimer Simultankirche. Allgemeine Zeitung of April 17, 2013, accessed July 8, 2014.
- ↑ Martin Balz, in: Heimatjahrbuch des Landkreis Alzey-Worms , 2006, p. 49.
- ↑ Die Brücke - Community letter from the Catholic parishes of Bechtolsheim – Bieblenheim – Gau-Odernheim (Petersberg parish group). ; appears every two months with an edition of 900 copies; Edition: June – September 2014; Printing: Deanery Alzey; last page (imprint)