Organ of the St. Marien Church (Barth)
| Organ of the St. Marien Church (Barth) | |
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| General | |
| place | St. Mary's Church (Barth) |
| Organ builder | Johann Simon Buchholz and Carl August Buchholz |
| Construction year | 1821 |
| Last renovation / restoration | 2001–2003 by Wegscheider |
| epoch | Early Romanticism |
| Organ landscape | Western Pomerania |
| Technical specifications | |
| Number of pipes | 2,939 |
| Number of registers | 50 |
| Number of rows of pipes | 62 |
| Number of manuals | 3 |
| Wind chest | Grinder drawer, cone drawer |
| Tone tract | mechanically |
| Register action | mechanical or Barker lever |
| Number of 32 'registers | 1 |
| Number of 64 'registers | - |
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| Eminent organists |
Emil Handke |
The organ of the Marienkirche ( Barth ) is the Buchholz organ with the largest original inventory of organ pipes in Germany . The early romantic organ was built by the Berlin organ builders Johann Simon Buchholz and (mostly) Carl August Buchholz . Today it has three manuals and a pedal with 50 registers .
Building history
New building by Buchholz in 1821
The organ was commissioned in 1820 in connection with a comprehensive renovation and redesign of the church space and inaugurated in 1821. It originally had two manuals and a pedal with 42 registers, with a range of manual notes reaching up to g 3 . The prospectus was designed in a classical style, whereby Buchholz was inspired by Karl Friedrich Schinkel . As part of a renewed, neo-Gothic church renovation, Barnim Grüneberg expanded the instrument in 1896 and added a third manual work with eight registers on mechanical cone chests, designed as a swell. In the second manual (main work) he replaced the third 1 1/3 'and trumpet 8' (disc) registers with a hollow flute 8 '. A new neo-Gothic prospect was built to match the new church furnishings .
During the First World War, the tin prospect pipes had to be handed in to be melted down for weapons production. They were replaced by zinc pipes .
In 1964 it was the Eule company from Bautzen that cleaned, repaired and partially rebuilt the organ. Eule removed the hollow flute installed in 1896. He did not reinstall the original Contraposaune 32 'register.
Due to a lack of care, the organ became almost unplayable by the turn of the century.
Renovation by Wegscheider 2001–2003
From 2001 to 2003 the instrument was extensively renovated by the Wegscheider organ workshop . The funds for this came from the ZEIT Foundation , the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , church institutions and private hands. Wegscheider restored the bellows, the wind turbine, the pipework, the action, the console and the prospectus. He also reinstalled the newly made Contraposaune 32 'register. The instrument contains 2939 pipes. About 90% of the components are original.
In 2003 the instrument was inaugurated again. Herta Däubler-Gmelin was the patron of the renovation .
The instrument is significant not only because it has the highest original inventory of Buchholz pipework. The fact that it has different drawer and action systems makes this organ something special.
Disposition since 2003
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- Pair : I / II, III / II
- Playing aids : Schwellwerk Tutti (step), valve manual, valve upper work, valve pedal (large pedal), valve pedal (small pedal), evacuant
- System: II, III and pedal sliderchest with purely mechanical play and key action (for drawknobs III must be hooked into the exfoliated state). I cone drawer with mechanical action mechanism. Stop action with Barker lever .
- Remarks
- ^ Expansion in 1896 by Karl Barmin Grüneberg, Stettin
Technical specifications
- 50 registers, 2939 pipes.
Organists
- Emil Handke
- Bettina Wissner
literature
- Matthias Gretzschel : Organs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Saved for the time . Hamburger Abendblatt Axel Springer AG, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-921305-26-8 .
Recordings / sound carriers
- Emil Handke: The Buchholz organ of the St. Marien Church in Barth. 1993, motet, CD (works by Lemmens, Bach, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Liszt, Lefebure-Wely and Dupré)
