The first organ of the church of St. Nicholas was built in 1497 by Johannes Coci. It was a six-stop instrument, equipped with eight bellows, positioned near the altar. In 1577 the second manual was added, probably by Matthias Mahn. Antonius and Henricus Moitzen, in 1621, carried out some repairs. In 1647 the oberwerk was enlarged by Hans Christoph Fritzsche, and, in 1668, Joachim Richborn carried out further repairs. Matthias Dropa, in 1698, added some stops and extended the range of the two manuals. Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer worked on the instrument from 1727 to 1730, moving it above the choir, adding the two bass towers, a third manual and six new stops. After this intervention, the instrument underwent some minor repairs by Dietrich Christoph Gloger in 1745, by Johann Paul Geyke in 1767, by the two Wilhelmys in 1784 and 1857, and by Johann Hinrich Röver in 1884 and 1921. The organ retained its Baroque sound characteristics unaltered until the twentieth century, comprising thirty-five registers divided into three manuals and pedalboard. In 1925 Karl Kemper carried out a restoration, followed by another, carried out by Paul Ott, in 1956-1958. Ott, however, significantly altered the sound setting of the instrument, distancing it far from its original characteristics. In 1965-1967 Rudolf von Beckerath intervened to remedy the manipulations carried out by Ott. The last restoration, philological, was conducted in 2003-2004 by Jürgen Ahrend, who brought the instrument back to its 1730 condition. Currently the organ has a completely mechanical transmission, the air is produced by four wedge bellows, the wind pressure is 77 mm in water column, the pitch of A corresponds to 478.6 Hz and the temperament is Werckmeister III. The phonic arrangement is as follows: I Rückpositiv CDEFGA-c3 Principahl 8' M Gedact 8' F/C Quintadöhn 8' F Octav 4' M/D Gedact 4' F Nasat 3' M Octav 2' D Blockfloit 2' M Sexquialtera II F Mixtur IV F Dulcian 16' F Kromhorn 8' F/D II Oberwerk CDEFGA-c3 Quinta döhn 16' F/C Principahl 8' F Gedact 8' F Octav 4' F Waldfloit 2' F Mixtur V F Cimbel III F Trometh 8' K
Come sempre, impeccabile esecuzione di tutti i brani sotto tutti i punti di vista, ringrazio il Maestro per aver gettato luce su questo considerevole compositore "Johann Heinrich Buttstett", sicuramente un insolito autore dotato di una straordinario temperamento, ovvero personalità. Un vero peccato che questo grande artista sia stato un poco trascurato nel tempo, eppure le sue elaborate armonie sono sempre state dotate di un prodigioso talento!
Complimenti maestro Tomadin sempre un piacere ascoltare le tue registrazioni per esecuzioni e anche l’organo molto bello e con una rilevanza storica 👍🔝👋
The first organ of the church of St. Nicholas was built in 1497 by Johannes Coci. It was a six-stop instrument, equipped with eight bellows, positioned near the altar. In 1577 the second manual was added, probably by Matthias Mahn. Antonius and Henricus Moitzen, in 1621, carried out some repairs. In 1647 the oberwerk was enlarged by Hans Christoph Fritzsche, and, in 1668, Joachim Richborn carried out further repairs. Matthias Dropa, in 1698, added some stops and extended the range of the two manuals.
Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer worked on the instrument from 1727 to 1730, moving it above the choir, adding the two bass towers, a third manual and six new stops. After this intervention, the instrument underwent some minor repairs by Dietrich Christoph Gloger in 1745, by Johann Paul Geyke in 1767, by the two Wilhelmys in 1784 and 1857, and by Johann Hinrich Röver in 1884 and 1921. The organ retained its Baroque sound characteristics unaltered until the twentieth century, comprising thirty-five registers divided into three manuals and pedalboard.
In 1925 Karl Kemper carried out a restoration, followed by another, carried out by Paul Ott, in 1956-1958. Ott, however, significantly altered the sound setting of the instrument, distancing it far from its original characteristics. In 1965-1967 Rudolf von Beckerath intervened to remedy the manipulations carried out by Ott. The last restoration, philological, was conducted in 2003-2004 by Jürgen Ahrend, who brought the instrument back to its 1730 condition.
Currently the organ has a completely mechanical transmission, the air is produced by four wedge bellows, the wind pressure is 77 mm in water column, the pitch of A corresponds to 478.6 Hz and the temperament is Werckmeister III. The phonic arrangement is as follows: I Rückpositiv CDEFGA-c3 Principahl 8' M Gedact 8' F/C Quintadöhn 8' F Octav 4' M/D Gedact 4' F Nasat 3' M Octav 2' D Blockfloit 2' M Sexquialtera II F Mixtur IV F Dulcian 16' F Kromhorn 8' F/D II Oberwerk CDEFGA-c3 Quinta döhn 16' F/C Principahl 8' F Gedact 8' F Octav 4' F Waldfloit 2' F Mixtur V F Cimbel III F Trometh 8' K
Come sempre, impeccabile esecuzione di tutti i brani sotto tutti i punti di vista, ringrazio il Maestro per aver gettato luce su questo considerevole compositore "Johann Heinrich Buttstett", sicuramente un insolito autore dotato di una straordinario temperamento, ovvero personalità.
Un vero peccato che questo grande artista sia stato un poco trascurato nel tempo, eppure le sue elaborate armonie sono sempre state dotate di un prodigioso talento!
Complimenti maestro Tomadin sempre un piacere ascoltare le tue registrazioni per esecuzioni e anche l’organo molto bello e con una rilevanza storica 👍🔝👋
Grazie mille caro Pietro, Sei sempre molto gentile
Magnífico repertorio e interpretación! Felicitaciones!!!