Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Building Details | Minster, Basel, Switzerland

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Details of Minster, Basel, Switzerland

Organ History
1711	Built by 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

Organ History
	Built by Frederick Haas
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

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	60	60	2	T

I. Hauptwerk
1.	Principal	16'	English tin.
2.	Bordun	16'	wood.
3.	Octave	8'	English tin.
4.	Gemshorn	8'	probe tin.
5.	Viol de Gamba	8'	English tin.
6.	Bordun	8'	wood.
7.	Flauto	8'	wood.
8.	Quint	5 ¹/₃'	wood.
9.	Octave	4'	English tin.
10.	Gemshorn	4'	probe tin.
11.	Hohlflote	4'	wood.
12.	Quint	2 ²/₃'	probe tin.
13.	Waldflote	2'	probe tin.
14.	Mixture	V (4')	probe tin.
15.	Cornet	III [5-8-12]	probe tin.
16.	Fagotto	16'
17.	Trompette	8'	tin.
i	II/I
II. Oberwerk
18.	Quintaton	16'
19.	Principal	16'
20.	Bordun	8'
21.	Viola de amour	8'
22.	Salicional	8'
23.	Dolce	8'
24.	Octave	4'
25.	Flauto Traverso	4'
26.	Fugara	4'
27.	Klein Gedact	4'
28.	Quinte	2 ²/₃'
29.	Octave	2'
30.	Mixture	IV (2')
31.	Cornet	V
32.	Fagott and Clarinett	8'
III. Echowerk
33.	Lieblich Bordun	16'
34.	Spitzflote	8'
35.	Harmonika	8'
36.	Flauto Traverso	8'
37.	Still Gedact	8'
38.	Spitzflote	4'
39.	Dolcissimo	4'
40.	Flûte de amour	4'
41.	Quinte	2 ²/₃'
42.	Flautino	2'
43.	Phyzharmonika	16'
44.	Phyzharmonika	8'
45.	Vox humana	8'
46.	Vox humana	8'
Pedal
47.	Untersatz	32'	wood.
48.	Octave Bass	16'	wood.
49.	Violon Bass	16'	English tin.
50.	Violon Bass	16'	wood.
51.	Sub-bass	16'	wood.
52.	Quinte	10 ¹/₃'	wood.
53.	Octave Bass	8'	proof tin.
54.	Violoncello	8'	proof tin.
55.	Flote	8'	wood.
56.	Quintflote	5 ¹/₃'	wood.
57.	Octave	4'
58.	Posaune	16'
59.	Trompette	8'
60.	Clarine	4'
ii	I/P

List of Organists
1576-1640	Samuel Mareschal (1554-1640)
	Benedikt Jucker (1811-1876)
1876-1906	Alfred Glaus (1853-1919)
1905-	Adolf Hamm (1882-1938)
	Rudolf Moser (1892-1960)

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