ORGAN HUNTING in the Netherlands - Postlude - Groningen - Sietze de Vries & Sander Booij

ORGAN HUNTING in the Netherlands
Postlude
Sietze de Vries & Sander Booij improvise variations on "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten" at three different organs in the home of Sietze and Sonja de Vries, Groningen.
The organ on the far right is the newest addition to the collection and Sander, who is an organ builder and voicer, has been voicing it in the recent weeks. It is a rather special instrument, built by aeroplane engineer Johan Timmerman, who used many unconventional parts for the organ, such as parachute cloth instead of goat skin for the bellows and kerosene gauging rods for mechanical purposes. The pipes are also fairly diverse. Johan Timmerman himself had already succeeded in turning it into something quite decent before Sander started to voice it. The mean tone temperament was applied to the organ just before the inauguration, which took place February 15, 2020.
ORGAN INFO - From left to right in the room:
Frisius organ
1982/83: Sieghardt Mohrmann (Lamstedt, D), designed by former owner Joachim Frisius (Berlin)
2017: Relocation to Niezijl, NL
2018: Revoicing by Sander Booij (www.sanderbooij.com)
Treble:
Gedackt 16’ (metaal)
Holzgedackt 8’
Rohrflöte 4’
Oktav 2’
Sexquialtera II (5 1/3’ and 3 1/5’)
Bass:
Holzgedackt 8’
Rohrflöte 4’
Oktav 2’
Krummhorn 8’ (wooden resonators)
The stops from the bass-part are seperately playable in the Pedal.
The bass / treble can be divided on f-sharp’ or b-flat’
Compass manual: C-d’’’’
Compass Pedal: C-f’
Temperament: Neidhardt für die große Stad
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Hill organ
1874: Hill & Son
The Hill organ Opus 1530 was made for Miss Rebekah Hope of Stanton House, Lower Bebbington, Cheshire (The Wirrall) as a Chamber organ for the family residence. It cost £225.
Miss Hope's father was Thomas Arthur Hope a prominent Liverpool banker. Their London home was at 2 Great Cumberland Place, Kensington
After the organ was relocated in a small church at the beginning of the 20th century, it was sold to Feenstra Orgelrestauratie, NL in 2001.
2011: Relocation to Niezijl by Feenstra and some volunteers. The badly damaged façade pipes were repainted by Luit Vasse (Zuidhorn)
2013: The Oboe 8’ replaces the Wald flute 4’ in the Swell (from stock Feenstra).
Great (I):
Open Diapason 8’
Hohlflute 8’
Harmonic Flute 4’
Swell (II):
Pierced Gamba 8’
Dulciana 8’
Gemshorn 4’
Oboe 8’
Pedal:
Bourdon 16’
Coupler I+II / Pedal coupler I
Compass: Great C-g’’’ / Swell c-g’’’ / Pedal: C-e’ (flat pedalboard)
Temperament: equal
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Timmerman organ
1958-1978: Johan Timmerman (Heemstede) with material and help of Flentrop (Zaandam)
2019/20: Relocation to Niezijl and major work on the organ case by Marthijn Slooijer en Laurens Drooger (orgelmakerij Boogaard)
2020: Revoicing and changes by Sander Booij
Manuaal I:
Holpyp 8’
Praestant 4’
Octaav 2’
Nasard 1 1/3’
Manuaal II:
Quintadena 8’
Roerfluyt 4’
Gemshoorn 2’
Pedaal:
Bourdon 16’
Gedekt 8’
Quintadena 4’
Nagthoorn 2’
Trompet 8’ (reserved)
Manuaalkoppel / Pedaalkoppel I / Tremulant
Compass: C-g’’’ / Pedal: C-d’
¼ Meantone temperament
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[@DevonHowardOrganist]

What Sietze has created with his church house is incredible! I'll never forget walking through the space when he first bought it. He and Sonja were truly visionary to have taken it from that place to what it is today! Fun to hear the collaborative improvisation as well!

[@grocheo1]

I am speechless.... thanks!

[@zimnaya]

Beautiful, sensitive playing. Wonderful instruments....what a joy to sit, to listen and to immerse oneself in such mellow and mellifluous music !

[@relax4524]

Mooi gedaan!