Organ of the old reformed church (Bunde)

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Organ of the old reformed church (Bunde)
Organ old reformed church Bunde (front) .JPG
General
place Evangelical Old Reformed Church (Bunde)
Organ builder Alfred leader
Construction year 1979/1980
epoch 20th century
Organ landscape Ostfriesland
Technical specifications
Number of pipes 926
Number of registers 13
Number of rows of pipes 19th
Number of manuals 2
Organ console

The organ of the old reformed church in Bunde was built in 1979/1980 by the organ building workshop Alfred Führer in Wilhelmshaven . The instrument is of supraregional importance and its sound and craftsmanship is in the tradition of historical organs of the North German Baroque and is a model for a new phase in organ building , which aims at a synthesis between the community choral organ and the character organ .

history

For the previous building, the Paul Faust company delivered the first organ with five registers in 1923. In 1946/1947 it was the first post-war building in East Frisia to be expanded by Paul Ott to 13 votes. After the construction of today's Evangelical Reformed Church in Bunde , the instrument was moved to the new building in 1965, but became more and more prone to failure until it was finally completely lost. The new organ was built in 1979 by the Führer company under the direction of Fritz Schild in Wilhelmshaven and inaugurated in February 1980. KMD Rolf Hallensleben and Harald Vogel took over the planning and accompanied the construction. The cost of the instrument was DM 137,713 (equivalent to € 70,411.54).

description

Solid wood (oak) and leather were preferably used for the housing and the inner system. The pipe material consists of 27% tin and 73% lead. The conductors are made of lead, the wind tunnels are made of wood. The mechanics dispense with guides, so that the consonant response of the principal pipes can be influenced. In the classic, five-part prospectus , the Rückpositiv in the gallery parapet represents the reduced form of the main structure. The elevated, polygonal central tower in the main structure is flanked by two flat fields. These rise above a rectangular ornamental field with bas-reliefs, which are closed off by a profiled border . The pointed side towers, which slightly protrude from the flat fields, rest on curved consoles. In the Rückpositiv the side towers are polygonal and the elevated central tower is pointed. Here the connecting flat fields are the same height as the side towers. All pipe fields have openwork bas-reliefs with tendril motifs as a veil . The upper and lower cornices show the architrave , frieze and crown molding.

A large magazine bellows in a separate bellows system ensures a flexible breathing wind (pressure: 75 mm water column ). For economic reasons, the manual range extends from C – d 3 and the pedal range from C – d 1 , C sharp is coupled to C sharp 0 in all works and the pedal trumpet sounds as a transmission of the manual trumpet. The sub-bass is housed in the Hauptwerk case.

The principals have a wide bore , as well as the forest flute and sesquialtera, in order to achieve a cornet effect. The sesquialtera consists of the nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ and the third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′, whereby the nasard can also be played without the third with the help of the advance . Reed flute and Gedackt sound fundamentally and are based on the model of Dutch hollow flutes in the bass as (wooden) Gedackt and in the treble made of metal, whereby the reed flute is soldered into the treble (from c 1 ) tubes. The mixture is designed somewhat milder than in comparable period instruments due to the strong room acoustics with two fifth and two Oktavchören (C: 1 1 / 3  ', 1', 2 / 3 ', 1 / 2 '). At Scharf, the three choirs are higher (on C: 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′, 1 ⁄ 2 ′, 1 ⁄ 3 ′), so that a combination of both manual plenary registrations is possible. Even a tutti with all registers is possible. In favor of the song accompaniment, the trumpet is strongly voiced in the bass .

In addition, a special well-tempered temperature (Vogel VI) was created, which prefers the frequently used keys of F major and D major of the Geneva Psalter .

meaning

View into the main work, in front the trumpet 8 ′

The Bunder Führer-Orgel has received international attention and has attracted organists and organ builders from all over the world. In the organ landscape of East Friesland , which has over 100 historical organs from seven centuries, the prototypical new building represents an important enrichment. It stands in the tradition of north German organs of the 17th century, without copying a specific instrument. In addition to the Arp Schnitger organ in Weener , it was the most important teaching instrument for the North German Organ Academy (1978-2003 in Bunderhee ) and can be heard regularly as a concert instrument at the Dutch-German Dollart Festival (1981-2003). It can be seen as a model for a utility organ that offers a wide variety of sound options with a limited number of registers. The character organs of the north German organ type around 1700 served as a model , as they found their climax in the organ works by Arp Schnitger . The Führer organ was built according to the tonal and technical principles of classic organ building, without copying a specific organ. In addition to being used as a concert organ, it was designed for the needs of community singing. This is supported by a flexible wind supply and a special well-tempered mood . The principal choirs , flute, reed and aliquot parts enable diverse and characteristic solo, consort and French registrations (e.g. jeu de tierce and grand jeu ) and a reproduction of North German baroque literature and Bach's organ works , but are also available from later stylistic epochs open.

Disposition since 1980

I main work C – d 3
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
octave 4 ′
octave 2 ′
Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Trumpet 8th'
II Rückpositiv C – d 3
Dumped 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Nasat
(from Sesquialtera)		 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ + 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Sharp III 2 ⁄ 3 ′
Dulcian 8th'
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Trumpet (HW) 8th'
  • Coupling : Pedal coupler (Klötzchenkoppel Pedal / Hauptwerk), manual coupler (sliding coupler).
  • Tremulant : Bock tremulant on the main channel.
Remarks
  1. ↑ C – h 0 covered.
  2. ↑ Boots made of wood.
  3. ↑ C – H made of wood.
  4. ↑ Boots made of wood.
  5. ↑ wood.

Technical specifications

  • 13 stops, two manuals and pedal
  • 926 pipes
  • Action :
    • Tone action: mechanical
    • Stop action: mechanical
  • Wind supply:
    • Magazine bellows in a separate bellows system
    • Wind pressure: 75 mm water column
  • Mood :
    • Height a 1 = 440 Hz
    • Well-tempered mood (Vogel VI)

literature

  • Church council of the EAK Bunde (ed.): Chronicle of the Evangelical Old Reformed Congregation Bunde 1858–2008 . H. Risius-Verlag, Weener 2008, p. 264-273 .
  • Peter van Dijk: Het organ in the old reformed church in Bunde (Dld.) . In: Het Orgel . Volume 76, No. 1 , 1980, p. 281-286 .
  • Walter Hilbrands : Bunde: Model of a new organ . In: Ostfriesland-Journal . Vol. 15, No. 3 , 1985, pp. 30-31 .
  • Jan Goens: Organ in the old reformed church in Bunde / East Frisia . In: The church musician . tape 31 , 1980, pp. 194 .
  • Uwe Pape , Burkhart Goethe: Fifty years of organ building leaders . Pape, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-921140-26-9 .
  • Harald Vogel : Small organ studies. Shown on the model of the Führer organ in the old reformed church in Bunde . 2nd Edition. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2008, ISBN 3-7959-0334-3 .
  • Harald Vogel, Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . Hauschild Verlag , Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 , p. 28-43 .
  • Harald Vogel, Reinhard Ruge, Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: Organ landscape Ostfriesland . 2nd Edition. Soltau-Kurier-Norden, Norden 1997, ISBN 3-928327-19-4 , p. 131, 150 .

Recordings / sound carriers

  • Fifty years of organ building leaders. 1982, Pape Verlag, Teldec 66.22959, LP (works by JS Bach, C. Franck, M. Reger, S. Scheidt, H. Purcell, F. Liszt).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Chronicle of the Evangelical Old Reformed Congregation Bunde . P. 268.
  2. ↑ Vogel: Brief organ studies. 2008, p. 28.
  3. ↑ See Dijk: Het orgel , 1980, pp. 284–285: Pure fifths on D, F sharp, C sharp, G sharp, E flat, B flat and F, equal floating on B, - 1 ⁄ 4 comma (= mean tone ) on C, G, A and E.
  4. ↑ Orgeldatabase: Organ of the Eben Ezer Church in Bunde , accessed on July 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ See Die Zeit of August 13, 1993, Where Europe Already Sounds , accessed on January 12, 2014.

Coordinates: 53 ° 11 ′ 4.8 ″  N , 7 ° 16 ′ 21.5 ″  E