Organs of the Pelplin Cathedral

The organs of the cathedral in Pelplin are among the most important in northern Poland . The large organ was built by Carl August Buchholz in 1844/1845 and today has 72 stops . The choir organ behind a prospect from 1679 was reconstructed in 2003 by Zdzisław Mollin based on the historical model and has 45 stops.

Main organ

Organs of the Pelplin Cathedral
General
alternative name	Main organ
place	cathedral
Organ builder	Carl August Buchholz
Construction year	1844-1845
Last renovation / restoration	Bruno Goebel 1908 Marek Cepka 1998
epoch	romance
Organ landscape	West Prussia
Illustrations
Technical specifications
Number of registers	72
Number of manuals	3
Number of 32 'registers	2

history

The main organ was built by Carl August Buchholz from Berlin from 1844 to 1845 and was one of his largest structures. The prospectus was created by the sculptor Wallbaum from Danzig - Neufahrwasser . The organ had 55 registers on three manuals .

In 1908 Bruno Goebel from Königsberg expanded the instrument. In 1998 Marek Cepka carried out further modifications.

Disposition

The organ today has 72 registers on three manuals and a pedal.

I main work C – a 3 Principal 16 ′ Bourdon 16 ′ Principal 8th' shawm 8th' Gemshorn 8th' Reed flute 8th' Flauto trav. 8th' Nassard 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 4 ′ Pointed flute 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Super octave 2 ′ Night horn 2 ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Sif flute 1' Cornett V Scharff V Cymbel V Trumpet 8th'

II Positive C – a 3 Favorite Dacked 16 ′ Gamba 16 ′ Principal amabile 8th' Dumped 8th' Fugara 8th' Quintatön 8th' Salicional 8th' Octave 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Gemshornq. 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Super octave 2 ′ recorder 2 ′ Third flute 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sesquialter II Piffaro II Program harm. III-V Mixture IV English horn 8th' Tremulant

III Swell C – a 3 Quintatön 16 ′ Praestant 8th' Viola di gamba 8th' Concert flute 8th' Darling Dumped 8th' Aeoline 8th' Vox Coelestis 8th' Octave 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Viola d'amour 4 ′ Nassard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Decima quinta 2 ′ Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Intoxicating fifth II Program harm. II-IV Hautbois 8th' Vox angelica 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C – f 1 Sub bass 32 ′ Principal 16 ′ Violone 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Salicional 16 ′ Nassard 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Principal 8th' Violon 8th' Bass flute 8th' third 6 2 ⁄ 5  ′ Octave 4 ′ Flauto minor 4 ′ Mixture V trombone 32 ′ trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' Cornett 4 ′

• Pair : Super I / I, II / I, Super II / I, III / I, Super III / I, III / II, Super III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
• Playing aids : 2048 free combinations
• Action : electric

Choir organ

Organs of the Pelplin Cathedral
General
alternative name	Choir organ
place	cathedral
Organ builder	Zdzisław Mollin
Construction year	2003
epoch	21st century
Organ landscape	Poland
Illustrations
Technical specifications
Number of registers	42
Number of manuals	3

history

The choir organ was built by Johann Georg Wolff from 1677 to 1679 . It had three manuals and about 45 stops.

In 2003 Zdzisław Mollin reconstructed the organ based on the historical model with 42 stops on three manuals and a pedal behind the preserved prospectus.

Disposition

The disposition of the choir organ is as follows:

I Rückpositiv CDEFGA – c 3 Gedact 8th' Principal 4 ′ Pipe floit 4 ′ Octava 2 ′ Forest floit 2 ′ Siffloit 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Super Octava 1' Sesquialtera II 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Dulcian 16 ′ Krummhorn 8th' Tremulant

II main work CDEFGA – c 3 Drone 16 ′ Principal 8th' Salicional 8th' Floit 8th' Octava 4 ′ Capstan whistle 4 ′ Octava 2 ′ Sedecima 1' Intoxicating fifth II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Mixture V Trombet 16 ′ Trombet 8th'

III breastwork CDEFGA – c 3 Floit 8th' Block floit 4 ′ Octava 2 ′ Nassat 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′ Sedecima 1 ⁄ 2 ′ Scharff III shelf 8th' Upright shelf 4 ′

Pedal C – d 1 Subbas 16 ′ Octava 8th' Viola di gamba 8th' Quinta 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Octava 4 ′ Gemshorn 4 ′ Super Octava 2 ′ Peasant floit 2 ′ Mixture V trombone 16 ′ Trombet 8th' Cornet 2 ′

• Pairing : III / II
• Playing aids : shut-off valve I

Web links

Commons : Organs of Pelplin Cathedral  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Organs in Pelplin Organy.art, with dispositions (Polish)
• Organ Data Bank: main organ (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Main organ Pelplin.org, with disposition and history (Polish)
2. ↑ choir organ Pelplin.org, (Polish) with predisposition and history
3. ↑ organ Databank: choir organ (Dutch), accessed on 3 March of 2019.