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Details of St. John’s Cathedral, Breslau, Silesia, Prussia


Main Organ

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
360603T

I. Hauptwerk (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
1.Principal16'
2.Quintaton16'metal.
3.Octave8'tin.
4.Gemshorn8'metal.
5.Salicet8'metal.
6.Quintaton8'metal.
7.Flaut major8'wood.
8.Quint5 1/3'metal.
9.Super-octave4'metal.
10.Rohrflote4'metal.
11.Gemshorn4'metal.
12.Quint2 2/3'metal.
13.Sedecima2'metal.
14.ScharfIVmetal.
15.MixtureVIImetal.
16.Trompette8'tin.
iEchowerk to Hauptwerk
iiOberwerk to Hauptwerk
II. Echowerk (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
17.Bourdon16'maple-wood.
18.Principal8'tin.
19.Salicet8'tin.
20.Flaut allemande8'metal.
21.Doppel Rohrflote8'maple.
22.Octave4'tin.
23.Salicet4'tin.
24.Spitzflote4'metal.
25.Doppel Rohrflote4'maple.
26.Nasat2 2/3'metal.
27.Super-octave2'metal.
28.CymbaleIIImetal.
29.MixtureIVmetal.
30.Clarinett8'tin.
III. Oberwerk (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
31.Principal8'tin.
32.Gamba8'metal.
33.Flaut Traverse8'
34.Quintaton8'
35.Flaut Douce8'
36.Flaut major8'
37.Octave4'metal.
38.Flaut minor4'wood.
39.Quint2 2/3'metal.
40.Super-octave2'metal.
41.MixtureIVmetal.
42.Hautbois8'metal.
Pedal (Tracker CCC-c 25 notes)
43.Principal32'tin to FFFF sharp, and in front, the lower pipes of wood.
44.Octave16'metal.
45.Violon16'wood.
46.Gamba16'wood.
47.Sub-bass16'oak.
48.Quintaton16'oak.
49.Gemshorn-quit10 2/3'metal.
50.Principal8'tin.
51.Gemshorn8'metal.
52.Violoncello8'wood.
53.Doppelflote8'oak.
54.Quint5 1/3'metal.
55.Sedecima4'metal.
56.Nachthorn4'oak.
57.Posaune32'wood.
58.Posaune16'wood.
59.Fagotto16'wood.
60.Trompette8'tin.
iiiHauptwerk to Pedal

Choir Organ

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
112121T

Hauptwerk (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
1.Principal8'
2.Gamba8'
3.Flaut allemande8'
4.Flaut major8'
5.Octave4'
6.Doppel Rohrflote4'
7.Nasat-quint2 2/3'
8.Super-octave2'
9.MixtureIV
Pedal (Tracker CCC-c 25 notes)
10.Sub-bass16'
11.Octave Bass8'
12.Super-octave4'
iHauptwerk to Pedal

Little Organ

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
188-T

Hauptwerk
1.Salicet8'
2.Quintaton8'
3.Principal4'
4.Flaut amabile4'
5.Flaut allemande4'
6.Quint2 2/3'
7.Super-octave2'
8.MixtureIII



List of Organists
1804Josef Ignaz Schnabel (1767-1831)
1831-52Bernhard Hahn (1780-1852)
-1842Franz Wolf (-1842)
1842-84M. Brosig (1815-1887)
Bernhardt Hahn (1823-1870)
Emmanuel Adler (1845-1926)
1891-Max Filke (1855-1911)
1935-45Günther Nierle (1902-1962)