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Details of St. Sophia’s, Dresden, Saxony

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

Organ History
1720Built by Gottfried Silbermann
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
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)