HERE 2 Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Building Details | Cathedral, Merseburg, Saxony, Prussia

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Details of Cathedral, Merseburg, Saxony, Prussia


Organ History
1629Built
1698Enlarged
1853Rebuilt & enlarged by Ladegast
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
48180-T

I. Hauptwerk (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
1.Sub-Bourdon32'(to tenor c key, CCC pipe)
2.Principal16'English tin.
3.Bourdon16'wood.
4.Principal8'tin.
5.Doppel Gedact8'wood.
6.Gamba8'tin.
7.Hohlflote8'wood.
8.Gemshorn8'tin.
9.Quint Gedact5 1/3'tin.
10.Octave4'tin.
11.Gedact4'metal.
12.Gemshorn4'metal.
13.Quint2 2/3'metal.
14.Octave2'metal.
15.DoubletteII [8-15]
16.MixtureIV
17.ScharfIV
18.CornetIII-V
19.Fagotto16'
20.Trompette8'
II. Oberwerk (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
21.Quintaton16'metal.
22.Principal8'tin.
23.Rohrflote8'tin.
24.Gamba8'tin.
25.Gedact8'tin.
26.Flauto Amabile8'wood.
27.Octave4'metal.
28.Rohrflote4'metal.
29.Spitzflote4'wood.
30.Quint2 2/3'metal.
31.Waldflote2'metal.
32.Terz1 3/5'metal.
33.Sifflote1'metal.
34.MixtureIV
35.Schalmey8'metal.
36.Stahlspiel
III. Rückpositiv (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
37.Bourdon16'wood.
38.Principal8'English tin.
39.Flauto Traverso8'wood.
40.Quintaton8'metal.
41.Fugara8'tin.
42.Octave4'metal.
43.Gedact4'metal.
44.Octave2'metal.
45.MixtureIV
46.CornettII-V
47.Oboe8'
IV. Brustwerk (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
48.Lieblich Gedact16'wood.
49.Geigen Principal8'tin.
50.Lieblich Gedact8'wood.
51.Salicional8'
52.Flauto Dolce8'wood.
53.Unda MarisII tin (8')
54.Octave4'tin.
55.Zartflote4'wood.
56.Salicional4'metal.
57.Nasat2 2/3'metal.
58.Octave2'metal.
59.CymbaleIII
60.Progressiv-HarmonicaII-IV
61.Æoline16'
Pedal (Tracker CC-f 30 notes)
62.Untersatz32'wood.
63.Principal16'English tin.
64.Sub-bass16'
65.Violon Bass16'
66.Salicet Bass16'
67.Grossnasat10 2/3'
68.Principal8'
69.Bass-flote8'
70.Violoncello8'
71.Terz6 2/5'metal.
72.Rohr Quint5 1/3'metal.
73.Octave4'metal.
74.Flote4'wood.
75.Scharf-flote4'metal.
76.MixtureIV
77.CornettIV
78.Posaune32'
79.Posaune16'
80.Dulcian16'
81.Trompette8'
Accessories
Cymbelstern



List of Organists
-1698Friedrich Alberti (1642-1710)
Valentin Hausmann (1678-1736)
Johann Theodor Römhild (1684-1756)
Wilhelm Schneider (1783-1843)
1818-22Johann G. Werner (1777-1822)
1844-47August G. Ritter (1811-1885)
1848David H. Engel (1816-1877)
1921-38Wilhelm Trenkner (1874-1949)