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Photo: Bert Wisgerhof. Date: 4 August 1999.

Photo: Bert Wisgerhof

Skara, Sverige (Västra Götalands län) - Västergötlands Museum, Bjurumsorgeln
Municipal: Skara Kommun
Region:Västergötland, Göteborg og Bohus
Address: Stadsträdgården, 532 31, Skara
Website: https://vastergotlandsmuseum.se/

Description nr.: 2010639.

Built by: Nicolaus Manderscheidt (1651)

Year	Builder	Opus	Activity
1651	Nicolaus Manderscheidt		new organ
1976	Mads Kjersgaard		restoration

The so-called Bjurums organ dates from 1643-1651 and was made by Nicolaus Manderscheidt for the chapel of Wisingborg Castle on Visingö. In 1829 it was installed in the church of Bjurum, where it remained in use for over a hundred years. Then it moved to the museum in Skara. Mads Kjersgaard carried out a restoration in the years 1972-1976.
Around 1995, the organ was give on loan to the Göteborg Conservatory.

Short list of all locations the organ has been

1651	Wisingborg	Wisingborg Slotkapel
1829	Bjurum	Bjurums Kyrka
ca. 1950	Skara	Västergötlands Museum, Bjurumsorgeln

Technical data

Number of stops per division
- Manual	7
Total number of stops	7
Key action	Mechanical
Stop action	Mechanical
Windchest(s)	Slider chests
Pitch	3/4 toon hoger dan normaal
Temperament	Meantone

Specification
Manual (CDEF-c'''): Grob Gedact 8', Principal 4', Klein Gedact 4', Octava 2', Quinta 1 1/2' - repeats on c'', Super Octava 1' - repeats on c'', Regal 8' - 1976, Tremulant.

Literature

Orgelinventarium : Bevarade klassiska kyrkorglar i Sverige / Einar Erici, R. Axel Unnerbäck. - Stockholm : Proprius Förlag, 1988.
Het IAOD-congres 1997 : Een verslag - 2.3 Het Manderscheidt-orgel / Hans Fidom. - In: Het Orgel, jrg. 93 nr. 9, september 1997.
Eine Orgelreise durch Schweden : Orgeln der GdO-Tagung 1999 in Göteborg / Paul Peeters [red.]. - Berlin, Kassel : Merseburger Verlag, 1999.
Echo : Europae Civitaties Historicorum Organorum : European Cities of Historical Organs / Reinhard Jaud [red.]. - Innsbruck ; Göteborg : ECHO, 2002.
Bjurumsorgeln - positivet från Visingsborg / Robin Gullbrandsson. - In: Klangrum : Orglar i Skara stift / Robin Gullbrandsson [red.]. - Skara : Skara stiftshistoriska sällskap, 2017.

Photo: Bert Wisgerhof