Restoration of the Scholtze Organ in Schönhausen, Elbe
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Location: |
Protestant Church, Schoenhausen |
| Builder: |
Gottlieb Scholtze |
| Year: |
1750-1770 |
| System: |
Mechanical slider chest |
| Characteristics: |
Atmosphere: unsettled after Neidhardt III
Schönhausen is the birth place of the Bismarcks
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Specification:
| 1 |
Principal |
8' |
| 2 |
Gedackt |
8' |
| 3 |
Octave |
4' |
| 4 |
Cornett 3f. |
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| 5 |
Octave |
2' |
| 6 |
Rohrfloete |
4' |
| 7 |
Nassat |
3' |
| 8 |
Quinte |
1 1/2' |
| 9 |
Mixtur 4f. |
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| 10 |
Trompete |
8' |
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| 10 |
Subbaß |
16' |
| 11 |
Octave |
8' |
| 12 |
Octave |
4' |
| 13 |
Posaune |
16' |
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Sonnenzug |
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2 Sperrventile |
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Tremulant |
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Calcant |
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Aims of the Restoration
- To take an inventory of the existing organ.
- To identify the origingal components from Scholtze (1750-70) as well as the alterations to appearance and specification during the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Replacement, reconstruction and restoration of the organ housing, key action, stop action, and the pipework of G. Scholtze's original windchest.
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