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Photo: Jan Korpershoek. Date: 6 July 2004.

Photo: Jan Korpershoek

Tampere, Suomi (Pirkanmaa) - Tuomiokirkko
Municipal: Tampere
Address: Tuomiokirkonkatu 3b, 33100, Tampere
Website: https://tampereenseurakunnat.fi/

Description nr.: 2002984.

Built by: Kangasalan Urkurakentamo (1929) - opus 373
The organ contains older material: Pipes from 1907 by E.F. Walcker & Cie.


The Kangasala firm built a large organ for the Tuomiokirkko in Tampere in 1929, using much pipework from the church's previous organ, made by the Walcker firm in 1907. In 1985 the pitch of the instrument was changed from a'=435 Hz to a'=442 Hz.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Manual I14
- Manual II20
- Manual III25
- Pedal15 (10)
Total number of stops74 (69)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Cone chests
Pitcha' = 442 Hz
TemperamentEqual temperament

Specification
Manual I: Principale 16' - 1907, Principale 8' - 1907, Principale Minore 8' - 1907, Flauto 8' - 1907, Bordone 8' - 1907, Corno Camoscio 8' - 1907, Ottava 4' - 1907, Flauta Doppio 4', Ottava 2' - 1907, Cornetto 5 fach (8') - 1907, Mixtura 4 fach (2 2/3') - 1907, Tuba 8', Corno 8', Clarino 4'.
Manual II (Schwellwerk): Bordone 16' - 1907, Principale 8' - 1907, Flauto Armonico 8', Quintadena 8' - 1907, Bordone 8' - 1907, Dolce 8' - 1907, Unda Maris 8' (2 fach), Corno Camoscio 4' - 1907, Flauto Traverso 4' - 1907, Dulciana 4', Quinta 2 2/3' - 1907, Piccolo 2' - 1907, Terza 1 3/5', Settima 1 1/7', Cimbalo 3 fach (2') - 1907, Corno di Bassetto 16', Tromba 8', Clarinetto 8' - 1907, Vox Humana 8', Corno Armonico 4', Tremolo.
Manual III (Schwellwerk): Fugara 16' - 1907, Bordone Amabile 16' - 1907, Principale 8' - 1907, Flauto Camino 8' - 1907, Gamba 8' - 1907, Flauto Traverso 8' - 1907, Gamba Vibrato 8' - 1907, Salicionale 8' - 1907, Voce Celeste 8' (2 fach) - 1907, Ottava Minore 4', Flauto Ottaviante 4', Corno Notte 4', Violino 4' - 1907, Quinta 2 2/3' - 1907, Flautino 2' - 1907, Flageoletta 1', Cornetto 5 fach (8') - 1907, Armonia Eterea 4 fach (2 2/3' + 2' + 1 3/5' + 1'), Fagotto 16', Tromba Armonica 8', Corno Inglese 8', Oboe 8', Clarino Armonico 4', Corno 4', Tremolo, Celesta 8'.
Pedal: Bordone Grande 32' - extension, Principale 16' - 1907, Violone 16' - 1907, Subbasso 16' - 1907, Fugara 16' - transmission, Bordone Amabile 16' - transmission, Ottava 8' - 1907, Violoncello 8' - 1907, Flauto 4' - 1907, Cornetto 5 fach (5 1/3' - 4' - 3 1/5' - 2 2/7' - 2'), Bombarda 32', Trombone 16', Fagotto 16' - transmission, Baritono 8', Clarino Armonico 4' - transmission.
Couplers: Manual I - Manual I 4', Manual I - Manual II, Manual I - Manual II 4', Manual I - Manual III, Manual I - Manual III 4', Manual I - Manual III 16', Manual II - Manual II 4', Manual II - Manual III, Manual II - Manual III 4', Manual II - Manual III 16', Manual III - Manual III 4', Manual III - Manual III 16', Pedal - Manual I, Pedal - Manual I 4', Pedal - Manual II, Pedal - Manual II 4', Pedal - Manual III, Pedal - Manual III 4'.
Accessories: 4 freie Kombinationen, Forte, Tutti, Pedal-tutti, Pedal-forte, Register-Crescendo (Walze).

Recordings
  • Oskar Merikanto : Organ Music / Jan Lehtola. - Toccata Classics TOCC 0715 (CD). - 2023.
  • Cathedral windows : Organ music by Sigfrid Karg-Elert / Markku Mäkinen. - Alba ABCD 250 (CD). - 2008.
  • Max Reger Organ Works : Drei Phantasien für Orgel Op. 52 / Karl Vuola. - Alba ABCD 185 (CD).
  • Matti Hannula soittaa Tampereen Tuomiokirkon Urkukja. - TSKCD-01 (CD/LP). - 1991.

Photo: Arno Bekers. Date: 13 July 2015.
Photo: Arno Bekers
Photo: Jan Korpershoek. Date: 6 July 2004.
Photo: Jan Korpershoek