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Details of St. Sophia’s, Dresden, Saxony

Royal Church-of-the-Evangelists, Dresden, Saxony


Organ History
1720Built by Gottfried Silbermann
Status
Unknown
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
23232-T

I. Hauptwerk
1.Bourdon16' 
2.Principal8' 
3.Spitzflote8' 
4.Rohrflote8' 
5.Octave4' 
6.Gemshorn4' 
7.Quint2 2/3' 
8.Octave2' 
9.Terz1 3/5' 
10.MixtureIV 
11.CymbaleIII 
12.CornettIV 
13.Trompette8' 
14.Clarion4' 
II. Oberwerk
15.Quintaton16' 
16.Principal8' 
17.Gedact8' 
18.Quintaton8' 
19.Unda Maris8' 
20.Octave4' 
21.Rohrflote4' 
22.Nasat2 2/3' 
23.Octave2' 
24.Quint1 1/3' 
25.Sifflote1' 
26.MixtureIII 
27.Vox humana8' 
Pedal
28.Principal Bass16' 
29.Sub-bass16' 
30.Violon8' 
31.Posaune16' 
32.Trompette8' 

Organ History
1750Built by Gottfried Silbermann
Status
Unknown
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
233332T

I. Hauptwerk (Tracker CC-d3 51 notes)
1.Bourdon16' 
2.Quintaton16' 
3.Principal8' 
4.Spitzflote8' 
5.Rohrflote8' 
6.Octave4' 
7.Gemshorn4' 
8.Quint2 2/3' 
9.Octave2' 
10.Terz1 3/5' 
11.MixtureV 
12.CymbaleIII 
13.CornettV 
14.Trompette8' 
15.Clarion4' 
iOberwerk to Hauptwerk  
II. Oberwerk (Tracker CC-d3 51 notes)
16.Quintaton16' 
17.Principal8' 
18.Gedact8' 
19.Quintaton8' 
20.Unda Maris8' 
21.Octave4' 
22.Rohrflote4' 
23.Nasat2 2/3' 
24.Octave2' 
25.Super-octave1' 
26.MixtureIII 
27.Vox humana8' 
28.Tremulant  
Pedal (Tracker CC-c 25 notes)
29.Principal16' 
30.Bourdon16' 
31.Sub-bass16' 
32.CornettVIII 
33.Posaune16' 
34.Trompette8' 
iiHauptwerk to Pedal  



List of Organists
Christoph Walter
1581August Nörmiger (1550-1613)
1609Hans Leo Haßler (1564-1612)
1625-Johann Klemm (1595-1659)
Kaspar Kittel (1603-1639)
1641Matthias Weckmann (1621-1674)
-1663Bartolomeo Albrici
-1666Adam Krieger (1634-1666)
1703-Christian Petzold (1677-1733)
1709-Christian Petzold (1677-1733)
1726-Johann Christoph Richter (1700-1785)
1733Giovanni A. Ristori (1692-1753)
1733-48Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)
1785August Siegmund Binder (1761-1815)
1863-97Edmund Kretschmer (1830-1908)
1864Theodor Berthold (1815-1882)
Max Birn (1863-1926)
Paul Geist (1865-1895)
1898-1901Eduard Tregler (1868-1932)
1901-Karl Maria Pembauer (1876-1939)
Volker Gwinner (1912-2004)