Biographical Dictionary of the Organ

Organ History
1572	Built by Nikolaus Niehoff
1600	Repaired by Nikolaus Niehoff
1734	Repaired by Johann Jakob Schmitt of Mülbeim
1817	Rebuilt & enlarged by Engelbert Maas
1821	Rebuilt & enlarged by Engelbert Maas
Status
Destroyed
Sources
J. I. Wedgwood - “Some Continental Organs and their Makers”, 1910.
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ”, 1877.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	40	40	-	-

I. Hauptwerk ( CC-f3 54 notes)
1.	Principal	16
2.	Octave	8
3.	Viol di Gamba	8
4.	Hohlflote	8
5.	Super-octave	4
6.	Rauschwerk	2 2/3
7.	Flautin	2
8.	Cymbale
9.	Sesquialtera	2 2/3
10.	Posaune	16
11.	Trompette	8
II. Oberwerk ( CC-f3 54 notes)
12.	Principal	8
13.	Rohrflote	8
14.	Viola di Gamba	8
15.	Queerflote	8
16.	Rohrflote	4
17.	Super-octave	2
18.	Cornett
19.	Contra Faggott	16
20.	Clarion	8
21.	Krumhorn	8
22.	Glockenspiel
III. Echowerk ( CC-f3 54 notes)
23.	Hohlflote	8
24.	Queerflote	8
25.	Prestant	4
26.	Hohflote	4
27.	Super-octave	2
28.	Super-flote	2
29.	Quint-flote	1 1/3
30.	Cymbale
31.	Clarinette	8
Pedal ( CCC-c 25 notes)
32.	Contra Violin	16
33.	Sub-bass	16
34.	Violin	8
35.	Octave Sub-bass	8
36.	Super-octave	4
37.	Posaune	16
38.	Trompette	8
39.	Clarion	4
40.	Clarinett	2

Organ History
	Proposed specification by A. W. Gottschalg by
Status
Proposed
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ”, 1877.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	104	104	13	-

I. Positiv ( CC-g3 56 notes)
1.	Principal	16
2.	Flute Conique	16
3.	Contra Fagotto	16
4.	Principal	8
5.	Double Gedackt	8
6.	Salicional	8
7.	Rohrflote	8
8.	Dolce	8
9.	Quintaton	8
10.	Bassoon and Clarionet	8
11.	Trompette Harmonique	8
12.	Quint Flute	5 1/3
13.	Gambette	4
14.	Octave Flute	4
15.	Fugara	4
16.	Viola	4
17.	Clarion Conique	4
18.	Gemshorn Quint	2 2/3
19.	Wald Flute	2
20.	Doublette	2
21.	Cornet
22.	Mixture
i	Schwellwerk to Positiv
ii	Schwellwerk Octave to Positiv
iii	Schwellwerk Sub-ocatve to Positiv
II. Hauptwerk ( CC-g3 56 notes)
23.	Manual Untersatz	32
24.	Principal	16
25.	Gamba	16
26.	Flauto Major	16
27.	Bombarde	16
28.	Principal No. 1	8
29.	Principal No. 2	8
30.	Viol di Gamba	8
31.	Double Flute	8
32.	Fugara	8
33.	Hohlflote	8
34.	Tromba	8
35.	Trombone	8
36.	Quint	5 1/3
37.	Octave	4
38.	Rohrflote	4
39.	Gemshorn	4
40.	Clarion	4
41.	Twelfth	2 2/3
42.	Fifteenth	2
43.	Clarinet	2
44.	Octave Fifteenth	1
45.	Grand Cornet	10 2/3
46.	Mixture	4
47.	Mixture	2 2/3
48.	Sharp Mixture	2
iv	Positiv to Hauptwerk
v	Schwellwerk to Hauptwerk
vi	Solowerk to Hauptwerk
vii	Hauptwerk Octave
III. Schwellwerk ( CC-g3 56 notes)
49.	Bourdon	16
50.	Euphone	16
51.	Gemshorn	8
52.	Flute Harmonique	8
53.	Keraulophon	8
54.	Bourdon	8
55.	Cor Anglais	8
56.	Bassoon Oboe	8
57.	Vox Humana	8
58.	Voix Celeste	8
59.	Trompette Harmonique 8
60.	Viole d’Amour	8
61.	Rohr Quint	5 1/3
62.	Violin Principal	4
63.	Traversflote	4
64.	Dulciana	4
65.	Clarion	4
66.	Piccolo Harmonique	2
67.	Echo Cornet	4
68.	Sesquialtera
69.	Harmonia Ætheria	2
70.	Tremulant
viii	Solowerk to Schwellwerk
IV. Solowerk ( CC-g3 56 notes)
71.	Lieblich Gedackt	16
72.	Fernflote	8
73.	Echo Dulciana	8
74.	Vox Angelica	8
75.	Harmonica	8
76.	Corno di Bassetto	8
77.	Tuba Mirabilis	8
78.	Klein Gedackt	4
79.	Orchestral Flute	4
80.	Violin	4
81.	Flageolet	2
ix	Solowerk Octave
Pedal ( CCC-d 27 notes)
82.	Principal Bass	32
83.	Grand Bourdon	32
84.	Contra Bombarde	32
85.	Contra Bass	16
86.	Principal Bass	16
87.	Sub-Bass	16
88.	Violin bass	16
89.	Bourdon	16
90.	Contra Fagotto	16
91.	Bass Trombone	16
92.	Quint Bass	10 2/3
93.	Violoncello	8
94.	Octave Bass	8
95.	Flute Bass	8
96.	Gedackt Bass	8
97.	Bassoon	8
98.	Trombone	8
99.	Posaune	8
100.	Great Third	6 3/5
101.	Octave Quint	5 1/3
102.	Fifteenth	4
103.	Octave Flute	4
104.	Juba Clarion	4
105.	Cornet	2
x	Positiv to Pedal
xi	Hauptwerk to Pedal
xii	Schwellwerk to Pedal
xiii	Solowerk to Pedal

Organ History
1899	Rebuilt & enlarged by W. Schäben
Status
Unknown
Sources
J. I. Wedgwood - “Some Continental Organs and their Makers”, 1910.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	50	50	-	-

I. Hauptwerk ( CC-f3 54 notes)
1.	Prinzipal	16
2.	Bordun	16
3.	Prinzipal major	8
4.	Prinzipal minor	8
5.	Gedackt	8
6.	Flaut major	8
7.	Gamba	8
8.	Quintatön	8
9.	Quinte	5 1/3
10.	Octave	4
11.	Viola	4
12.	Quinte	2 2/3
13.	Octave	2
14.	Mixtur
15.	Cimbal
16.	Trompete	16
17.	Trompete	8
18.	Bordun	8
19.	Portunalflöte	4
20.	Quintflöte	2 2/3
21.	Superflöte	2
22.	Terz	1 3/5
II. Positiv ( CC-f3 54 notes)
23.	Hohlslöte	8
24.	Praestant	4
25.	Octav-hohlflöte	4
26.	Quinteflöte	2 2/3
27.	Superoctave	2
28.	Querflöte	8
29.	Cimbal	8
30.	Superflöte	2
31.	Clarinette	8
III. Kleinmanual ( CC-f3 54 notes)
32.	Principal	8
33.	Dolce	8
34.	Rohrflöte	8
35.	Flauto traverso	8
36.	Salicional	8
37.	Krumhorn	8
38.	Æoline	8
39.	Vox celestis	8
40.	Rohrflöte	4
41.	Glockenspiel
Pedal
42.	Sub-bass	16
43.	Contra violon	16
44.	Octav-sub-bass	8
45.	Violon	8
46.	Superoctav	4
47.	Posaune	16
48.	Trompete	8
49.	Claron	4
50.	Clainettbass	2

List of Organists
	Johann Rodenkirchen
	Carl Rosier (1640-1725)
	Karl Leibl (1784-1870)
	Bernhard Klein (1793-1832)
1838	Franz Weber (1805-1876)
1887-	Karl Cohen (1851-1938)
	Hans Bachem (1897-1973)

Please note we have not yet completed the full cross index of organists to churches, &c.

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