Organs of the University of Music and Theater Munich

There are several large organs in the building of the Munich University of Music and Theater at Arcisstraße 12. The largest of these is the Kuhn organ in the large concert hall.

Big concert hall

The Kuhn organ

In 1999 Orgelbau Kuhn built an organ with 52 registers on three manuals and a pedal in the large concert hall, which can seat 640 people . She has the following disposition :

I main work C – a 3 Bourdon 16 ′ Principal 8th' Hollow flute 8th' Covered 8th' Gamba 8th' Octave 4 ′ Night horn 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 2 ′ Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Cornet V 8th' Trumpet 8th'

II Positive C – a 3 Principal 8th' Reed flute 8th' Salicional 8th' Octave 4 ′ Coupling flute 4 ′ Forest flute 2 ′ Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sif flute 1' Sharp III 1' Sesquialter II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Trumpet 8th' Krummhorn 8th' Tremulant

III Swell C – a 3 Quintaton 16 ′ Bourdon 8th' Flûte harmonique 8th' Viol 8th' Voix céleste 8th' Flûte octaviante 4 ′ viola 4 ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octavine 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Plein-jeu V. 2 ′ Basson 16 ′ Trompette harmonique 8th' Hautbois 8th' Voix humaine 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Tremulant

Pedal C – g 1 Pedestal 32 ′ Principal 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Violon 16 ′ Octave 8th' Pointed flute 8th' Octave 4 ′ flute 4 ′ Back set IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' Trumpet 4 ′

• Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
• Playing aids : 5 × 256 typesetting combinations
• Comments: sliding drawer , mechanical play and electrical stop action

Organ hall room A14

Sandtner organ (1974)

The Sandtner organ

The organ hall A14 offers space for around 70 listeners. A large three-manual Sandtner organ with 49 stops has been located on its front side since 1974 . The key actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electrical.

I main work C – a 3 Gemshorn 16 ′ Principal 8th' Flûte harmonique 8th' Covered 8th' Octave 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 2 ′ Flageolet 2 ' Mixture IV Scharff III-IV Trumpet 16 ' Trumpet 8th' Vox humana 8th' Tremulant

II Positive C – a 3 Principal 8th' Covered 8th' Pointed Octave 4 ′ Cane-covered 4 ′ Octave 2 ′ Forest flute 2 ' Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sesquialter II Zimbel III 1' Dulcian 8th' Tremulant

III Swell C – a 3 Bourdon 16 ′ Principal 8th' Reed flute 8th' Salicional 8th' Vox coelestis 8th' Octave 4 ′ Hollow flute 4 ′ viola 4 ' Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ flute 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Bilgramette 1' Mixture VI 2 ′ Trompette harmonique 8th' oboe 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Tremulant

Pedal C – g 1 Principal 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Octave 8th' recorder 8th' Choral bass 4 ′ Night horn 4 ′ Rauschpfeife IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' Schalmey 4 ′

• Pairing :

- mechanical: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P - electrical: II / I, III / I, III / II

• Playing aids : 128 typesetting combinations
• Comments: sliding drawer , mechanical play and electrical stop action

West Organ (2019)

The west organ

The play cabinet of the west organ

Opposite the Sandtner organ, Rowan West built a new, second organ in 2019, which was inaugurated on November 20, 2019. It is known as the "Bach organ" because it was specially built for studying and performing organ music by Johann Sebastian Bach and composers of his time. With 28 registers, it offers a wide range of different voices, just as they were typical in northern Germany during the Baroque period. In terms of construction, style and technology of the action mechanism, register mechanics and wind supply, it is based as closely as possible on the famous models of Arp Schnitger , Johann Friedrich Wender , Tobias Heinrich Gottfried Trost , Zacharias Hildebrandt , Gottfried Silbermann and the Scherers . For example, the tin plates for the organ pipes were sand-cast and the prospect pipes were polished in the same way as was customary at the time. The lengths and structure of the pipes correspond to the historical models, and it was intonated without core stitches as at that time. The organ is tuned to the right temperament , and to make it easier to play with historical instruments, it is one semitone higher than the concert pitch (a ¹ = 465 Hz). The solid oak case is based on the style of Gottfried Silbermann.

Rowan West: "... we tried to build an organ that Bach would recognize with pleasure when he sat down at the instrument today and that he could feel at home with."

The disposition is:

I main work C – d 3 Bourdon 16 ′ Principal 8th' Reed flute 8th' Viol di Gamb 8th' Octava 4 ′ Pointed flute 4 ′ Fifth 3 ′ Octava 2 ′ Cornett IV Mixture IV Trumpet 8th' Vox humana 8th'

II Hinterwerk C – d 3 Dumped 8th' Quintadena 8th' Salicional 8th' Principal 4 ′ Night horn 4 ′ Nasat 3 ′ Sesquialtera II Octava 2 ′ Quinta 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′ Dulcian 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C – f 1 Sub-bass 16 ′ Octave bass 8th' Thought bass 8th' Octava 4 ′ trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th'

• Manual coupling : II / I
• Coupling: I / P, II / P

Classroom A21

The Pirchner organ

In classroom A21 there is an instrument made by Orgelbau Pirchner in 1981. It has 13 stops on two manuals and a pedal. The disposition is:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 Dumped 8th' Prefix 4 ′ Flat flute 2 ′ mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Dulcian 8th'

II Positive C-g 3 Wooden flute 8th' Reed flute 4 ′ Principal 2 ′ Sif flute 1' Sesquialter 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Tremulant

Pedal C – f 1 Sub-bass 16 ′ Flute octave 8th' Night horn 4 ′

• Pairing : II-I, II-P, IP

Classroom A26

The Schuke organ

The Schuke organ in classroom A26 has three manuals and 38 stops. It was built in 1988.

I main work C – a 3 Bourdon 16 ′ Principal 8th' Tube bare 8th' Octave 4 ′ flute 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Super octave 2 ′ Mixture III-IV Trumpet 8th'

II Positive C – a 3 Reed flute 8th' Principal 4 ′ recorder 4 ′ Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Dolkan 2 ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sifflet 1' Cymbel III Krummhorn 8th' Tremulant

III Swell C – a 3 Flûte harmonique 8th' Viol 8th' Voix céleste (from c 1 ) 8th' Prestant 4 ′ Wooden flute 4 ′ Piccolo 2 ′ Fittings IV Cornett III 1' Cor anglais 16 ' Hautbois 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Tremulant

Pedal C – g 1 Violon 16 ′ Sub-bass 16 ′ Octave bass 8th' Flute bass 8th' Hollow flute 4 ′ Back set III trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th'

• Pairing :

- Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P - Sub-octave coupling: III / I - Super-octave coupling: III / I

• Playing aids : typesetting system , tutti, register crescendo roller
• Comments: sliding drawer , mechanical play and electrical stop action

Individual evidence

1. ^ Munich - University of Music and Theater, Great Hall On the website of Orgelbau Kuhn, accessed on December 8, 2019.
2. ^ The new west organ of the Munich University of Music and Theater. Brochure from HMTM, Munich 2019, p. 14.
3. ↑ Bavarian organ database online