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Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 2 October 2018.

Photo: Giel Daems

Ommersheim, Deutschland (Saarland) - Katholische Pfarrkirche Mariä Heimsuchung
Municipal: Mandelbachtal
Address: Hofstraße 4, 66399, Ommersheim
Website: https://pfarrei-mandelbachtal.de/

Description nr.: 2019680.

Built by: Gebrüder Stumm (1838)

Year	Builder	Opus	Activity
1838	Gebrüder Stumm		new organ
1860	Carl Meister		modify stoplist
1896	Builder unknown		rebuild
1950	Lotar Hintz		restoration
1970	Lotar Hintz		restoration

The Gebrüder Stumm built an organ for the parish church of Ommersheim in 1838. The organ has a manual and a free pedal. In the course of time, the instrument has been regularly rebuilt and modified. In 1860, Carl Meister replaced the Trompete with a Flauto Dolce. In 1896 the organ was converted, and after war damage it was restored in 1950 by Lotar Hintz. Hintz placed the organ in a new gallery in 1970, after an enlargement of the church building. The disposition has been changed and the pedal has been renewed and placed on a new windchest.

Technical data

Number of stops per division
- Manual	13
- Pedal	3
Total number of stops	16
Key action	Mechanical
Stop action	Mechanical
Windchest(s)	Slider chests

Specification
Manual (C-f'''): Principal 8', Flöth Travers 8' (discant), Gamba 8', Gedackt 8' (B/D), Oktave 4', Flöte 4', Fugara 4', Quint 2 2/3', Oktave 2', Terz 1 3/5', Mixtur 3 fach (1'), Trompete 16' (B/D), Trompete 8'.
Pedal (C-f'): Subbaß 16', Oktavbaß 8', Oktave 4'.
Couplers: Pedalkoppel.
Accessories: Wind.

Other specifications
Different specifications	The original specification was: Manual: Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Gedackt 8', Viola di Gamba 8', Flöttraver 8' (D), Octav 4', Fugara 4', Flöth 4', Quint 3', Octav 2', Terz 1 3/5', Mixtur 3 fach (1'), Trompet 8'. Pedal: Subbaß 16', Octavbaß 8', Violonbaß 8'. After the rebuilt from 1896, the stop list was: Manual: Bourdon 16', Prinzipal 8', Gedackt 8', Gamba 8', Salizet 8', Aeoline 8', Hohlflöte 8', Flöttravers 8' (D), Oktave 4', Flöte 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Oktave 2, Mixtur 4 fach (2'). Pedal: Subbaß 16', Octavbaß 8', Violonbaß 8'.

Other specifications

Different specifications

The original specification was:
Manual: Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Gedackt 8', Viola di Gamba 8', Flöttraver 8' (D), Octav 4', Fugara 4', Flöth 4', Quint 3', Octav 2', Terz 1 3/5', Mixtur 3 fach (1'), Trompet 8'.
Pedal: Subbaß 16', Octavbaß 8', Violonbaß 8'.

After the rebuilt from 1896, the stop list was:
Manual: Bourdon 16', Prinzipal 8', Gedackt 8', Gamba 8', Salizet 8', Aeoline 8', Hohlflöte 8', Flöttravers 8' (D), Oktave 4', Flöte 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Oktave 2, Mixtur 4 fach (2').
Pedal: Subbaß 16', Octavbaß 8', Violonbaß 8'.

Literature	Die Orgeln des Saar-Pfalz-Kreises / Bernhard H. Bonkhoff. - In: Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für mittelrheinische Musikgeschichte, Nr. 40, April 1980. Orgeln in Rheinland-Pfalz und im Saarland / Matthias Thömmes. - Trier : Paulinus-Verlag, 1981. Historische Orgeln im Saarland : Mit Aufnahmen von Richard Menzel / Bernhard H. Bonkhoff. - Regensburg : Verlag Schnell & Steiner GmbH., 2015. - (Veröffentlichung der Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde ; 271).
Recordings	Un plaisir... : Die Stumm-Orgel von 1838 in Ommersheim / Christian Brembeck. - Cantate C 58039 (CD). - 2009.
Links	https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari%C3%A4_Heimsuchung_(Ommersheim)#Orgel

Photo: Giel Daems