Since the Reformation, “organists” have been named in the archives of the Schifferkirche St. Nicolai Lüneburg in Scharnebeck Monastery . There is no record of the instrument itself. An unknown organ builder created a work from 1603 on whose disposition nothing is known. When the old monastery church became dilapidated and was demolished in 1712, the organ was also lost.
New building by Anonymous 1754
The St. Marienkirche Scharnebeck
Immediately after the monastery church was rebuilt, a new instrument was installed in 1754, of which only the number of works (main work and pedal) and stops (16) are recorded. The layout suggests that the organ was created around Matthias Dropa . An unknown organ builder created a work, the prospectus of which was donated by the bailiff GL Graff vd Schulenbourg. The main work had 11 (10) registers with a keyboard range of four octaves and the pedal had 6 (5) registers. The organ was equipped with a Zimbelstern .
New building by Röver in 1895
The organ builder: Carl Johann Heinrich Röver from Stade built a new work behind the baroque prospect. For this purpose, this was expanded on the outside by two flat fields. The complete mechanism of the Zimbelstern was missing, only the visible wooden star Röver fixedly integrated into the prospect remodeling. The instrument had a pneumatic action and the following disposition:
I main work C – f 3
Drone
16 ′
Principal
8th'
Gamba
8th'
Hollow flute
8th'
octave
4 ′
Gemshorn
2 ′
Mixture IV
Cornet III
II Positive C – f 3
Violin principal
8th'
Salizional
8th'
Lull Dolce
8th'
Lovely Gedackt
8th'
Lull amabile
4 ′
Pedal C – f 1
Violon
16 ′
Sub bass
16 ′
Principal bass
8th'
Dacked bass
8th'
trombone
16 ′
Conversion by Gustav Steinmann in 1939
The old organ from Röver / Steinmann / Hammer
By Gustav Steinmann organ building from Vlotho -Wehrendorf took place in 1939 a conversion behind the historic prospectus. Steinmann used a cone store and an electro-pneumatic action. Several registers of the Röver organ were taken over into the new disposition:
I main work C – f 3
Drone
16 ′
R.
Principal
8th'
R.
Hollow flute
8th'
R.
octave
4 ′
R.
Forest flute
2 ′
Fifth
2 2 ⁄ 3 '
Mixture IV
R.
Krummhorn
8th'
II Positive C – f 3
Violin principal
8th'
R.
Lovely Gedackt
8th'
Lull amabile
4 ′
R.
Flute
2 ′
Sesquialtera II
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass
16 ′
R.
Principal
8th'
Octave bass
4 ′
Night horn
2 ′
trombone
16 ′
R.
Remarks
R = from Röver organ
Conversion by Emil Hammer in 1954
In 1954, another renovation was carried out by Emil Hammer Orgelbau (Hanover). The cone chest and the electro-pneumatic action have been retained. The instrument had the following disposition:
I main work C – f 3
Drone
16 ′
R.
Principal
8th'
R.
Quintad
8th'
octave
4 ′
R.
Gemshorn
2 ′
Fifth
2 2 ⁄ 3 '
S.
Schallmey
8th'
II Positive C – f 3
Dumped
8th'
Principal
4 ′
Forest flute
2 ′
Sif flute
1 1 ⁄ 3 '
Zimbel III
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass
16 ′
R.
Wooden principal
8th'
octave
4 ′
Mixture III
trombone
16 ′
R.
Remarks
R = Röver
S = stone man
New building by Hillebrand in 1994/95
After the completely dilapidated Röver pneumatic instrument had left the Hillebrand brothers ( Altwarmbüchen ) built a new plant. The main work is behind the changed historical prospectus of the founder GL Graff vd Schulenbourg from 1754. This was restored to its original state by removing the outer flat fields supplemented by Röver. A new lower case has been designed for the breastwork, game and stop mechanism. Also new is the pedal mechanism in its own housing, which is about one meter behind the main mechanism (invisible from the nave).
All parts of the organ were made according to historical models, including the lengths of the pipes. The goal thereby achieved is a sound pattern corresponding to the north German organ baroque. The organ today has the following disposition:
