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Restoration of the Organ in the Ecumenical Cathedral High School in Magdeburg


Location: Ecumenical Cathedral High School, Magdeburg
Builder: Ernst Roever
Year: Um 1900
System: Pneumatic unit chest


Aims of the restoration:
  • Reconstruction of the organ housing, in accordance with the only existing picture and other existing organ fa栤es.

  • Restoration of the pipework to its original condition.

  • Reconstruction of the scaling of the missing pipework, based on existing R� organs.

  • Restoration of the organ's pneumatic system.

History:
  • Ca 1900 Used as temporary organ for Halberstadt Cathedral, during the building of the main Cathedral organ (installed in 1901).

  • 1904 Used as temporary organ for Magdeburg Cathedral, during the construction of the main organ.

  • 1908 Installed in L�g High School for Girls (This picture is our only source of information about the original fa栤e).


  • 1954 Alterations to the instrument during its time at L�g.



  • 1994 Organ was dismantled, and stored at the Landeskirche in Hannover.

  • 1999 The instrument was temporarily transferred for its restoration to the main organ loft in Magdeburg Cathedral. The existing housing was provisionally built.



  • 2000 Installation of the instrument on the occasion of the Ecumenical Cathedral High School moving to new premises at No. 5, Hegelstrasse.


Specification after restoration Specification before restoration
I. Manual (C-f" ') I. Manual (C-f" ')
1 Bordun 16'
2 Prinzipal 8'
3 Gamba 8'
4 Hohlfloete 8'
5 Gedackt 8'
6 Octave 4'
7 Mixtur 2fach
II. Manual (C-f" ') II. Manual (C-f" ')
8 Gedackt 8'
9 Salicional 8'
10 Aeoline 8'
11 Voix c諥sta 8'
12 Flauto dolce 4'
Pedal(C-d') Pedal(C-d')
13 Subbass 16'
14 Offenbass 8'
15 Gedacktbass 8'
Accessories Accessories
Feste Kombinationen:
p, mf, f, ff, Tutti.-

Manualcoppel II/I
Octavcoppel
Pedalcoppel I/P
Pedalcoppel II/P

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