The organs of the Nikolaikirche Jüterbog are historical organs . The main organ was built in 1908 by Wilhelm Rühlmann and has 49 registers with three manuals . The positive from Christoph Werner from 1657 is the oldest surviving organ in Brandenburg.
An organ in the St. Nikolai Church was mentioned as early as 1417 . A new instrument was built in 1502 and around 1658.
1727–1728 Georg Theodor Kloß from Weißenfels built a new organ with 32 registers. Johann Christian Angermann from Jüterbog created the prospectus. The organ was unplayable after a few years.
In 1737 a contract was signed with Joachim Wagner . Its new building was inaugurated in 1741. This also had 32 registers. At Pentecost 1908 the instrument was played for the last time, with 28 voices still working at the time.
Rühlmann organ from 1908
Wilhelm Rühlmann from Zörbig installed a new instrument in six weeks, which was inaugurated on July 19, 1908. This had 44 registers with three manuals. In 1929, the organ building company Sauer added a Rückpositiv with 5 voices, changed two registers and added a Vox humana 8 '. The suggestions came from Pastor Georg Kempff .
1960–1961 some registers in the sense of organ movement were replaced by neo-baroque ones by the Voit company from Rathenow. 1998–1999 the pneumatic action was restored.
Disposition 2010
In 2010 the organ had 50 sounding stops on three manuals and a pedal.
I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal
16 ′
Principal
8th'
Viol
8th'
Hollow flute
8th'
Gemshorn
8th'
Dumped
8th'
octave
4 ′
Flute harmonique
4 ′
octave
2 ′
Fifth
2 2 ⁄ 3 ′
Cornett III
Mixture IV-V
Trumpet
8th'
II breastwork C – g 3
Dumped
16 ′
Principal
8th'
Quintad
8th'
Flauto traverso
8th'
Principal
4 ′
Flauto amabile
4 ′
Forest flute
2 ′
Fifth
1 1 ⁄ 3 ′
third
1 3 ⁄ 5 ′
Rauschzymbel
1'
Vox humana
8th'
III Swell C – g 3
Lovely Gedackt
16 ′
Dolce
8th'
Portal flute
8th'
Reed flute
4 ′
Salicet
4 ′
Fifth
2 2 ⁄ 3 ′
octave
2 ′
Minor principal
1'
oboe
8th'
Krummhorn
8th'
tremolo
III Rückpositiv C – g 3
Silent
8th'
Principal
4 ′
Sesquialter II
octave
2 ′
Sif flute
1'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Principal
16 ′
Violon
16 ′
Sub bass
16 ′
Quintbass
10 2 ⁄ 3 ′
Octave bass
8th'
Bass flute
8th'
Russian horn
4 ′
Duplicate
4 ′ + 2 ′
trombone
16 ′
Trumpet
8th'
Trumpet
4 ′
Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
Disposition of the Rühlmann organ
An extensive restoration began in 2017. The aim was to restore the Rühlmann organ to its original state. Sauer's return positive was retained. The organ was inaugurated again on Pentecost Sunday 2019.
I main work C – c 4
1.
Principal
16 ′
2.
Bordon
16 ′
3.
Principa
8th'
4th
Viol
8th'
5.
Gemshorn
8th'
6th
Hollow flute
8th'
7th
Dumped
8th'
8th.
octave
4 '
9.
octave
2 ′
10.
Flute harmonique
4 ′
11.
Intoxicating fifth II
12.
Cornett III-IV
13.
Mixture IV-V
14th
Trumpet
8th'
II breastwork C – c 4
15th
Dumped
16 ′
16.
Violin principal
8th'
17th
Salicional
8th'
18th
Dolce
8th'
19th
Flauto traverso
8th'
20th
Double flute
8th'
21st
Principal
4 ′
22nd
Flauto amabile
4 ′
23.
Forest flute
2 ′
24.
Mixture II-III
25th
Clarinet
8th'
26th
viola
8th'
III Swell C – c 4
27.
Lovely Gedackt
16 ′
28.
Principal
8th'
29
Portal flute
8th'
30th
Aeoline
8th'
31.
Vox celestre
8th'
32.
Salicet
4 ′
33.
Reed flute
4 ′
34.
Harmonica aetherea III
35.
oboe
8th'
Pedal C – g 1
36.
Principal
16 '
37.
Sub bass
16 ′
38.
Violon
16 ′
39.
Dumped
16 ′
40.
Fifth
10 2 ⁄ 3 ′
41.
octave
8th'
42.
cello
8th'
43.
Dulciana
8th'
44.
octave
4 ′
45.
trombone
16 ′
46.
Trumpet
8th'
Coupling : II / I, III / I (also as sub-octave coupling), III / II (also as sub-octave coupling), III / III (super-octave coupling); I / P, II / P, III / P
In 1657 Christoph Werner built a positive with five votes. This was restored in 1929 by W. Sauer . In 1949 the following disposition was given.
Manual CD – c 3
Dumped
4 ′
Principal
2 ′
Fifth
1 1 ⁄ 3 ′
Oktavlein
1'
Cymbel II
1975 Eberswalder Orgelbau restored the instrument. It then had the following disposition (?)
Manual CD – c 3
Dumped
8th'
Wooden flute
4 ′
Principal
2 ′
Sif flute
1'
Zimbel II
( 1 ⁄ 2 ′)
From 2017 to 2018, Karl Schuke from Berlin restored the original disposition. The positive has a mid-tone mood and is the oldest surviving organ in Brandenburg.
