Organ of the Uttum church

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Organ of the Uttum church
Uttum organ.jpg
General
place Uttum Church
Organ builder unknown
Construction year around 1660
Last renovation / restoration 1956/57 by Ahrend & Brunzema
epoch Late renaissance
Organ landscape Ostfriesland
Technical specifications
Number of registers 9
Number of rows of pipes 13
Number of manuals 1
Tone tract Mechanically
Register action Mechanically
Organ on the east gallery

The organ of the Uttum church is one of the most important renaissance organs , which is still almost completely original and can be played. The valuable instrument in the East Frisian Uttum was built around 1660 by an unknown master using older pipe material from the 16th or the beginning of the 17th century and reflects the heyday of Dutch organ art of the Renaissance, as it also found its way into the organ landscape of East Frisia . The organ has nine stops on a manual and no pedal .

Building history

The construction falls in the time of the second preacher Cornelius Wybenius Müller (1655–1666). Pipe material was used either from the previous organ or from an abandoned organ of a monastery church. An old tradition connects the beginnings of the Uttum organ with the Sielmönken monastery , which was abandoned after the Reformation . In their list of works, the brothers Cornelius and Michael Slegel state that they built two organs in villages near Emden in 1549, which could apply to Uttum.

In 1716 the double doors are made and the crowns are placed over the three pipe towers. In the following period, various repairs are documented, but without any modifications: Johann Friedrich Constabel (1748), Dirk Lohman (1769–1770), Hinrich Renken de Vries (1785–1786), Gerhard Janssen Schmid (1795–1796, 1805) , Johann Christian Grüneberg (1811), Johann Diepenbrock (1881).

In 1804 the organ, which originally stood on the west gallery , was relocated. After a new ceiling was put in from 1827 to 1829, as it was rebuilt in 1829 by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs on the east gallery.

In 1917, the six largest prospect pipes were mistakenly sold for war purposes, although they were made of lead rather than tin; they are replaced by new ones in 1924. The missing game mechanism was also renewed between the world wars .

From 1956 to 1957 the organ was restored by Ahrend & Brunzema ( Leer-Loga ). The sesquialtera, the fourth choir of the mixture , the six deepest prospect pipes are reconstructed from the pipes , as well as the keyboard and the brittle wind chest . The old mean-tone mood could be proven beyond doubt and was put back on.

The case and the three wedge bellows are still original. The old intonation is also largely preserved.

In January 2020, a restoration measure was initiated, which is initially planned for six months. The restoration of the two wing doors, the three wedge bellows and a careful restoration of the trumpet 8 'are planned. The work will be carried out again by the Ahrend company (owner Hendrik Ahrend).

particularities

The structure of the case with the trapezoidal central tower and the two bass pipes standing next to each other in the middle is typical of the Groningen organ style of the 17th century. From a visual point of view, the gilded labia and the five flame ornaments that fill the spaces between the prospect pipes in the bass tower are eye-catching. An angel's head is attached above the gaming table . Underneath, as a gold inscription, “Matthias Ennen Ludimagister” ( schoolmaster ) can be read; around 1700 he worked in personal union as organist and teacher in Uttum. Also unusual is the veil in the form of winding snakes over the front pipes and on the case. The rooster on the organ is possibly evidence of a foundation by the Hane family, whose heraldic animal can also be seen on the mortuary tablets on the east gallery and which, in addition to Uttum, also owned properties in Marienhafe and Leer ( Haneburg ). The buttons on the registers are unusually large. The address “Noli me tangere” (“Don't touch me”) is attached to the shut-off valve. On the lower case there are relief carvings that are similar to those of the organ in Visquard .

The old pipes contain a lot of lead and have an unusual sound intensity. Most of them come from an older instrument. Prestant and Gedackt still have the old Gothic keel arch labia shape. The principals , as it were singing, have a wide bore and an extraordinarily vocal quality, which is supported by the flexible wind of the wedge-shaped bellows. The octave 2 'is so wide in the treble that a flute sound is created that is not suitable for the principal plenum . The mixture has a deep composition and a wide length . It is not as strong as in the organs that were later designed for congregational singing and ideally suited for the performance of polyphonic music. In contrast, the high-lying sesquial tera functions as a third-octave mixture and can be used sensibly in a tongue plenum. Both quintads and the Gedackt are also made of heavy lead. Their sound is characterized by great color and transparency. Finally, a specialty is the old trumpet with the lead heads and open throats, which sounds unusually colorful, rich in overtones and full like a whole group of winds. Along with that of the organ in Westerhusen, it is considered to be one of the oldest preserved trumpet registers in the world.

Disposition since around 1660

Manual CDEFGA – c 3
Praestant 08th' heavy lead pipes; six deepest pipes reconstructed
Quintads 16 ′ Soldered lead pipes with long side whiskers
Gedact 08th' Soldered, hammered lead pipes with pointed labia
Quintads 08th' old; Lead pipes (like Quintadeen 16 ′)
Octaaf 04 ′ old
Octaaf 02 ′ old; hammered lead pipes (such as Gedact 8 ′); Widely mensored in treble
Sesquialtera II reconstructed
Mixture III-IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ old (like Octaaf 4 ′); fourth choir reconstructed
Trumpet 08th' old; open throats (new in the lowest octave); Heads and strongly conical lead cups

Technical specifications

  • 9 registers, 1 manual, no pedal
  • Action :
    • Tone action: mechanical
    • Stop action: mechanical
  • Wind supply:
    • 78 mm water column wind pressure
    • 3 wedge bellows in the bellows house behind the gallery
  • Tuning pitch :
    • Height approx. A semitone over a 1 = 440 Hz
  • Temperature :
    • Mid-tone temperature with slight modification (C sharp-G sharp and E-flat B as perfect fifths, whereby the wolf fifth is softened somewhat)

literature

  • Walter Kaufmann : The organs of East Frisia . East Frisian Landscape, Aurich 1968.
  • Günter Lade (Ed.): 40 years of organ building Jürgen Ahrend 1954–1994 . Self-published, Leer-Loga 1994.
  • Uda von der Nahmer: Wind song. Organs, wind and relatives . Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, Aurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-940601-03-2 .
  • Ralph Nickles: Organ inventory of the Krummhörn and the city of Emden . Hauschild Verlag , Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-929902-62-1 .
  • Harald Vogel , Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . Hauschild, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 .
  • Harald Vogel, Reinhard Ruge, Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: Organ landscape Ostfriesland . 2nd Edition. Soltau-Kurier-Norden, Norden 1997, ISBN 3-928327-19-4 .

Recordings / sound carriers

  • Organ country East Frisia . 1989, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, HM 939-2, CD (Harald Vogel in Norden, Uttum, Rysum, Westerhusen, Marienhafe, Weener: works by D. Buxtehude, C. Goudimel, Anonymus, JP Sweelinck, S. Scheidt, C. Paumann , A. Schlick, A. Ileborgh, P. Hofhaimer, H. Isaac, HL Hassler, G. Böhm, JS. Bach).
  • Organ landscapes. Episode 4: A musical journey to eight organs in the Ostfriesland region (part 1) . 2013, NOMINE eV, LC 18240 (Thiemo Janssen in Rysum, Osteel, Westerhusen, Marienhafe, Dornum and Agnes Luchterhandt in Uttum, Pilsum, north).
  • Organs in East Frisia . Vol. 2. 1997, Organeum, OC-09602, CD (Harald Vogel in Rysum, Uttum, Norden, Marienhafe).
  • Thomas Tomkins: Keyboard Music . Vol. 4. 1997, music production Dabringhaus & Grimm, 607 0706-2, CD (Bernhard Klapprott in Uttum)
  • Wind song. Organs, wind and relatives: woe, windswept, woe ... Krumhorn organ sounds. 2012, Verlag der Ostfriesische Landschaft (Winfried Dahlke in Rysum, Uttum, Westerhusen and Pilsum with works by Ghizeghem, Lassus, Palestrina, Böddecker and others)
  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: The Complete Keyboard Works. Now rejoice, dear Christians my, Toccata d3, Fantasia F2, Fantasia g2. 2015, Glossa GCD 922420 (Bernard Winsemius and Harald Vogel).

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Kaufmann: Orgeln , 1968, p. 228.
  2. ↑ See Nickles: Organ inventory. 1995, pp. 111, 46 f, 128, 308, 528.
  3. ↑ See Kaufmann: Orgeln, 1968, p. 229, who erroneously states that the entire prefix is ​​new; But see Lade (Ed.): 40 years of organ building. 1994, p. 30, and Vogel: Orgellandschaft, 1997, pp. 125–126.
  4. ↑ Irmi Hartmann: It will fall silent for half a year. In: Ostfriesischer Kurier. 153, No. 9, Saturday, January 11, 2020, p. 21.

Coordinates: 53 ° 27 '8 "  N , 7 ° 9' 17.2"  E