Complete description of the selected organ
Schönau (Chemnitz), Deutschland (Sachsen) - Lutherkirche
Municipal: Chemnitz
Address: Zwickauer Straße 255, 09116, Schönau
Website: http://www.lutherkirche-schoenau.kirche-c.de/
Description nr.: 2016085.
Built by: Richard Kreutzbach (1886) - opus 49
Technical data
Specification
Hauptwerk (C-f'''): Bordun 16', Prinzipal 8', Hohlflöte 8', Gamba 8', Rohrflöte 8', Prinzipal 4', Gemshorn 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Oktave 2', Cornett 2-4 fach, Mixtur 4 fach.
Schwellwerk (C-f'''): Salicional 8', Flauto Amabile 8', Gedackt 8', Fugara 4', Rohrflöte 4', Piccolo 2'.
Pedal (C-d'): Violon 16', Subbaß 16', Principalbaß 8', Posaune 16'.
Couplers: Hauptwerk - Schwellwerk, Pedal - Hauptwerk.
Accessories: 2 feste Kombinationen (mf - ff), Calcantenruf, Rollschweller - 1912.
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Schönau (Chemnitz), Deutschland (Sachsen) - Lutherkirche
Municipal: Chemnitz
Address: Zwickauer Straße 255, 09116, Schönau
Website: http://www.lutherkirche-schoenau.kirche-c.de/
Description nr.: 2016085.
Built by: Richard Kreutzbach (1886) - opus 49
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1886 | Richard Kreutzbach | 49 | new organ | 1912 | Schmidt & Berger | maintenance/reparations | 1978 | Georg Wünning | restoration | 2012 | Gerd-Christian Bochmann | maintenance/reparations |
- The neo-Gothic Lutherkirche in Schönau was consecrated on January 9, 1887. A church organ was built by the Kreutzbach firm. It got two manuals, independent pedal and 21 stops. The organ is built in a neo-Gothic case. The playing action of manual II and the pedal is mechanical, of manual I pneumatic. The register action is pneumatic.
- Schmidt & Berger installed a Rollschweller in 1912. Georg Wünning carried out a restoration in 1978. In 2012 Bochmann installed new tin prospect pipes.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Hauptwerk | 11 |
| - Schwellwerk | 6 |
| - Pedal | 4 |
| Total number of stops | 21 |
| Key action | Mechanical, Pneumatisch (Hauptwerk) |
| Stop action | Pneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
| Pitch | a' = 435 Hz |
| Temperament | Equal temperament |
Specification
Hauptwerk (C-f'''): Bordun 16', Prinzipal 8', Hohlflöte 8', Gamba 8', Rohrflöte 8', Prinzipal 4', Gemshorn 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Oktave 2', Cornett 2-4 fach, Mixtur 4 fach.
Schwellwerk (C-f'''): Salicional 8', Flauto Amabile 8', Gedackt 8', Fugara 4', Rohrflöte 4', Piccolo 2'.
Pedal (C-d'): Violon 16', Subbaß 16', Principalbaß 8', Posaune 16'.
Couplers: Hauptwerk - Schwellwerk, Pedal - Hauptwerk.
Accessories: 2 feste Kombinationen (mf - ff), Calcantenruf, Rollschweller - 1912.
| Literature |
Richard Kreutzbach (1839-1903) : Leben und Werk / Klaus Walter, Gert Rothe, Wolfram Hackel, Jiři Kocourek. - In: Acta Organologica ; Band 34. - Kassel : Merseburger, 2015. - (270. Veröffentlichung der Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde). |
- Ronny Seidel, cantor-organist te Chemnitz-Schönau