Organs of the main church Sankt Michaelis

Organs of the main church Sankt Michaelis
General
place	St. Michaelis main church
Organ builder	Steinmeyer
Construction year	1962 (large organ) 2009 (Fernwerk) 1914 ( Marcussen organ) 2010 (Bach organ) 1917 (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy organ)

The main church Sankt Michaelis in Hamburg has five organs: the Marcussen organ on the concert gallery (north gallery), the large Steinmeyer organ on the west gallery, above in the attic a remote work , in the crypt the romantic Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy organ and since the Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Organ on the south pore in Advent 2010 . There is also a central console on the concert gallery.

Steinmeyer organ

The large organ was built between 1960 and 1962 by the organ building company GF Steinmeyer & Co. (Oettingen) as Opus 2000 and replaced the former Walcker organ. The design of the prospectus is largely based on this predecessor. It is the main organ of the Hamburg main church St. Michaelis and an important testimony to the organ building of the 1960s. In 2009/2010, the Steinmeyer organ was restored to its original state by the company Freiburger Orgelbau Hartwig and Tilmann Späth with only small changes (addition of a pedal register Subbass 16 '). Because of its special timbre it is classified as an important neo-baroque sound monument.

The instrument has 86 registers with a total of 6674 pipes, distributed over five manuals and pedal . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electropneumatic. In contrast to the Marcussen organ, the great organ is arranged in the neo-baroque style. During the restoration of the organ in the years 2009-2010, the previous mechanical cord action was exchanged for a wooden action.

I positive C-g 3 01. Quintadena 16 ′ 02. Principal 08th' 03. Pointed flute 08th' 04th octave 04 ′ 05. Reed flute 04 ′ 06th octave 02 ′ 07th Flat flute 02 ′ 08th. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 09. Mixture VI – VIII0 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 10. Cimbel III 01 ⁄ 6 ′ 11. bassoon 16 ′ 12. Trumpet 08th' 13. Vox humana 8th' Tremulant

II Hauptwerk C – g 3 14th Principal 16 ′ 15th octave 08th' 16. octave 04 ′ 17th octave 02 ′ 18th Fifth 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 19th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 20th Mixture VI – VIII 02 ′ 21st Scharff IV 02 ⁄ 3 ′ 22nd Cornett V (from f)0 08th' 23. Trumpet 16 ′ 24. Trumpet 08th' 25th Trumpet 04 ′

III Swell C – g 3 26th Bourdon 16 ′ 27. Principal 08th' 28. Viol flute 08th' 29 Beat (from c)0 08th' 30th octave 04 ′ 31. Flute travers 04 ′ 32. octave 02 ′ 33. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 34. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 35. Seventh 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′ 36. Mixture IV-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 37. Bombard 16 ′ 38. Trumpet 08th' 39. Hautbois 08th' 40. Clairon 04 ′ Tremulant

IV Kronwerk C – g 3 41. Hollow flute 08th' 42. Pointed Gamba0 08th' 43. Principal 04 ′ 44. Pointed flute 04 ′ 45. octave 02 ′ 46. Gemshorn 02 ′ 47. octave 01' 48. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 49. Terzian II 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 50. Sharff VI 01' 51. shelf 16 ′ 52. Krummhorn 08th' 53. prong 04 ′ Tremulant

V breastwork C – g 3 54. Quintadena 08th' 55. Dumped 08th' 56. Principal 04 ′ 57. recorder 04 ′ 58. octave 02 ′ 59. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 60. Sesquialtera II0 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 61. Scharff V – VII 01' 62. Cimbel II 01 ⁄ 3 ′ 63. Dulcian 16 ′ 64. Bear whistle 08th' 65. Schalmey 04 ′ Tremulant Zimbelstern

Pedal C – g 1 66. Principal 32 ′ 67. octave 16 ′ 68. Gemshorn 16 ′ 69. Subbass (2009) 16 ′ 70. octave 08th' 71. Dumped 08th' 72. octave 04 ′ 73. Coupling flute 04 ′ 74. Night horn 02 ′ 75. Peasant flute 01' 76. Backset V 04 ′ 77. Rauschpfeife III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 78. Mixture VI – VIII 02 ′ 79. trombone 32 ′ 80. trombone 16 ′ 81. Dulcian 16 ′ 82. Trumpet 08th' 83. Upright shelf 08th' 84. Trumpet 04 ′ 85. Vox humana 04 ′ 86. Singing Cornett0 02 ′

• Couple
  • Normal coupling: III / I, IV / I, V / I, I / II, III / II, IV / II, V / II, IV / III, V / III, V / IV, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P, V / P.
  • Sub-octave coupling: III / III through coupling (2009)
  • Super octave coupling: III / III through coupling (2009).
• Playing aids : Computer- controlled typesetting system

Fernwerk

Exit opening of the remote plant

St. Michaelis has had a remote plant since 1912 . The old remote plant was in the attic and was built in connection with the large Walcker organ from 1912, which was located on the site of today's Steinmeyer organ. This Fernwerk was said to have excellent acoustic properties, because in combination with the Walcker organ, which was in the meantime the largest church organ in the world, it was one of the most famous instruments of its time. However, the old remote plant became unusable in 1945.

Based on the old remote control, the Klais company built a new remote control in 2009, which can only be operated from the central console. The intonation of the registers was carried out by Reiner Janke from Freiburg Organ Builders. The sound radiation into the room took place then as now via a sound channel to an opening in the middle of the church ceiling.

I Manual C – c 4 (expanded to c 5 ) 01. Drone 16 ′ 02. Principal 08th' 03. Tibia II 08th' 04th Salicional 08th' 05. Echo gamba 08th' 06th Beat (from c 0 ) 08th' 07th Fugara 04 ′ 08th. Gemshorn 04 ′ 09. Harmonia aetheria IV (up to c 4 ) 10. horn 08th' rain

I Manual (high pressure charging) C – c 4 11. Principal 08th' 12. Gamba 08th' 13. Tuba (comb. With tuba 8 ′) 16 ′ 14th Tuba (from No. 13) 08th'

Pedal C – f 1 15th Violon 16 ′ 16. Drone (= No. 1) 16 ′ 17th Violon (from No. 15) 08th'

• Coupling (central console)
  • Normal coupling: FW / I, FW / II, FW / III, FW / IV, FW / V, FW / P; HD / I, HD / II, HD / III, HD / IV, HD / V, HD / P
  • Sub-octave coupling: FW / FW, HD / HD
  • Super octave coupling: FW / FW, HD / HD, each expanded

Marcussen organ

The second large organ in the Michaeliskirche is on the side gallery. The so-called “concert organ” goes back to an instrument with 42 registers, which was built in 1914 by the Danish organ builder Marcussen & Søn and extensively reworked in the 1950s by the Walcker organ builder . Walcker removed the original pneumatics, electrified the instrument, added a third manual and changed the disposition permanently. The original closed nature of the instrument from 1914 has been largely lost.

View of the Marcussen organ

In the course of the renovation measures for the organs in 2009/2010, the concert organ was restored and reconstructed in terms of sound and technology by the company Klais , Bonn. The tonal goal was to recreate a surround sound that approximates the original sound.

Much of the pipework, the case and all wind chests were preserved. By analyzing comparable instruments and using the commemorative publication from the time of its construction, in which the entire instrument was carefully depicted, the historical organ substance (console, some registers) that no longer existed could be reconstructed. The manual that was added later has been removed. The organ now has its own pneumatic two-manual console, which is sunk into the orchestra gallery. The Marcussen organ has had 40 registers with 2751 pipes since 2010.

I main work C – c 4 01. Principal 16 ′ 02. Drone 16 ′ 03. Principal 08th' 04th Gamba 08th' 05. Gemshorn 08th' 06th Dulcian 08th' 07th Double flute 08th' 08th. Reed flute 08th' 09. octave 04 ′ 10. Open flute 04 ′ 11. Quintatön 04 ′ 12. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 13. octave 02 ′ 14th Mixture III-IV 15th Trumpet 08th'

II Swell C – c 4 (–c 5 ) * 16. Lovely Gedackt 16 ′ 17th Principal 08th' 18th Salicional 08th' 19th Aeoline 08th' 20th Vox coelestis from c 0 08th' 21st Concert flute 08th' 22nd Dumped 08th' 23. Quintatön 08th' 24. octave 04 ′ 25th Gemshorn 04 ′ 26th Flute 04 ′ 27. Octave flute * 02 ′ 28. Third* 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 29 Cornett IV – VI * 30th Intoxicating fifth * 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 31. oboe 08th'

Pedal C – f 1 32. Principal bass 16 ′ 33. Violin bass 16 ′ 34. Sub bass 16 ′ 35. Gedacktbass (= No. 16) 16 ′ 36. octave 08th' 37. Dumped 08th' 38. Fifth 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 39. Fifth 05 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 40. octave 04 ′ 41. trombone 16 ′ 42. Trumpet 08th'

In the swell, all registers except for those marked with * are expanded up to c ⁵

• Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P.
• Coupling (central console) :
  • Normal coupling: HW / I, HW / II, HW / III, HW / IV, SW / I, SW / II, SW / III, SW / IV, HW / P, SW / P
  • Sub-octave coupling: SW / SW through coupling
  • Super octave coupling: SW / SW expanded, through coupling.
• Notes A.

1. ↑ Transmission from pedal (No. 32) and swell mechanism (No. 17).

Central gaming table

Central gaming table

Since the 1950s there has been an effort to approach an ideal state by electrically connecting the two large organs, but this has not been realized.

The central console was added with the restoration of the Steinmeyer organ and the Marcussen organ in 2009/10 and is located in the concert gallery. From there, the Steinmeyer organ, the Marcussen organ and the Fernwerk can be played together, which is ideal for symphonic organ music. At the five-manual console with pedal, the organist has a total of 145 registers with over 10,000 pipes at his disposal, which can be used to create an impressive sound in the church.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach organ

View of the Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Organ

The new construction of this organ in 2010 by the Freiburg organ builders Hartwig and Tilmann Späth replaces the previous choir organ, which was located in the doorway between the sacristy and the choir and had to be abandoned for liturgical reasons. It was set up opposite the Marcussen organ on the upper small south pore. In terms of technology and disposition, it is based on baroque sound ideals and tries to revive a piece of early Hamburg music tradition - it is named after Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , the son of Johann Sebastian Bach , also known as "Hamburg Bach" , the 1768 successor of his godfather Georg Philipp Telemann was church music director in Hamburg.

I main work C – f 3 1. Principal 08th' 2. Wooden flute 08th' 3. Octave 04 ′ 4th Transverse flute0 04 ′ 5. Octave 02 ′ 6th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′

II Oberwerk C – f 3 07th Dumped 08th' 08th. Reed flute0 04 ′ 09. Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 10. flute 02 ′ 11. Dulcian 08th'

Pedal C – f 1 12. Sub bass 16 ′ 13. Open bass0 08th'

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy organ

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy organ in the crypt of the Hamburg Michel

There is a crypt under the main church . It measures approx. 44 m × 42 m and is structured by supporting columns that support the church floor. The crypt is used for church services and concerts. The organ is a romantic instrument that was built in 1917 by the organ builder Johannes Strebel . In 2009/2010 the instrument was restored by the Freiburg organ builders Hartwig and Tilmann Späth and equipped with a mobile electric console. The organ has seven registers, which are divided into two manuals and pedal, and has 363 pipes. It is therefore the smallest of all the organs in Hamburg's Michel.

I Manual C-g 3 1. Principal 8th' 2. Viola di gamba0 8th' 3. Hollow flute 8th' 4th octave 4 ′

II Manual C-g 3 5. Darling Covered0 8th' 6th Salicional 8th'

Pedal C – d 1 7th Sub bass 16 ′

• Pairing :
  • Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Sub-octave coupling: II / I
  • Super octave coupling: I / I, II / II - expanded.
• Playing aids : Computer- controlled typesetting system .

literature

• Johannes Habich : The great St. Michaelis Church in Hamburg . 4th edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich [including] 1993 (large architectural monuments; H. 310).
• Matthias Gretzschel : St. Michaelis. The Hamburg Michel. Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-921305-27-6 .
• Hermann Heckmann : Builder of the Baroque and Rococo in Mecklenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck . Verlag Bauwesen, Hamburg, Berlin 2000, ISBN 978-3-345-00692-0 .
• Günter Seggermann: The organs of the main church St. Michaelis in Hamburg: A contribution to the history of the Hamburg organ building . 2nd Edition. Schnell and Steiner, Munich and Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-7954-0668-4 .
• Markus Zimmermann: The organs of the main church St. Michaelis in Hamburg . 3. Edition. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7954-6884-2 .

Web links

• st-michaelis.de
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach organ and Strebel organ (in the crypt) on the website of Freiburger Orgelbau Hartwig and Tilmann Späth
• Hamburg, main church St. Michaelis on the website of Johannes Klais Orgelbau
• Hans-Jürgen Wulf: The organs of the main church St. Michaelis Hamburg (PDF; 1.8 MB)

Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '54 "  N , 9 ° 58' 44"  E