Organ of the Evangelical Church in Eichwalde

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The organ of the Evangelical Church in Eichwalde was built in 1908 by the organ builder Friedrich Weigle (son) in collaboration with the harmony company J. & P. ​​Schiedmayer (Stuttgart) as Opus 352. It is located in the Eichwalde village church in the state of Brandenburg . This worldwide only preserved Parabrahm organ was completely restored in 2002 by the organ workshop Ch. Scheffler (Sieversdorf near Frankfurt (Oder)).

Disposition since 1908

Prospectus of the Parabrahm organ
Gaming table

The organ has 3 manuals, 15 stops, 9 of which are high pressure organ stops and a built-in harmonium , which is connected to the III. Manual is played. The tone action occurs pneumatically.

I Rear swell C – f 4
Double flute 8th'
Seraphone viol 8th'
Seraphon principal 8th'
octave 4 ′
Fifth 2 23

II Front swell C – f 4
Seraphon-Gedackt 8th'
Tuba mirabilis 8th'
III Harmonium C – f 4
bass / treble
violoncello 8th' / violin 8th'
Violin orchestra. 8th' / Violin orchestra. 8th'
horn 8th' / oboe 8th'
trombone 8th' / flute 8th'
Violon 16 ′ / Viol 16 '
Echo bass 16 ′ / Vox humana 16 '
Sound presenter / Sound presenter
Clay swell / Clay swell
Forte fixes / Forte fixes
Pedal C – f 1
Dacked bass 16 ′
Principal bass 16 ′
Bass tuba (from III. Manual) 16 ′
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P.
    • Super octave coupling: I, II / I, III / I.
    • Sub-octave coupling: I, II / I.
  • Playing aids : Fixed combination (FF with trigger (pusher)), Tutti III. Manual, cuff as a step, swell steps for I. and II. Manual, expression steps for the harmonium.

Technical specifications

  • 15 registers
  • Game table (s) :
    • Free-standing / play cabinet.
    • 3 manuals

literature

  • Christian Ahrens: The parabrahm organ built by Friedrich Weigle and J. & P. ​​Schiedmayer (1908) in Eichwalde. in: Ars Organi 45 (1997), pp. 195-203.
  • Wolf Bergelt , Christian Muhrbeck: Organ trips to the cabinet of rarities. Carl Gottlieb Weigle and successors, in organ tours through the Mark Brandenburg , Verlag Freimut & Selbst, Berlin 2005, pp. 352–357.
  • Burkhard Fritz: The history of the Parabrahm organ in: Festschrift 100 Years of the Evangelical Church of Eichwalde, pp. 97-101, published by the Evangelical Church of Eichwalde, 2008
  • Festschrift for the rededication of the restored Parabrahm organ in the Evangelical Church of Eichwalde on the occasion of the 94th Kirchweih festival on the 3rd Advent in 2002. 52 pages, published by the Evangelical Church of Eichwalde, 2002
  • Uwe Pape , Berthold Schwarz (ed.): 500 years of organs in Berlin's Protestant churches. Pape Verlag, Berlin 1991, Vol. 1, pp. 20, 218, 275-276, 278-279

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Disposition of accessed June 12, 2009