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Source: Collectie Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

Source: Collectie Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Eppenhuizen, Nederland (Groningen) - Hervormde Kerk
Municipal: Het Hogeland
Address: Eppenhuizerweg 6, 9996 VD, Eppenhuizen

Description nr.: 1009975.

Built by: Nicolaas Anthonie Gerhardus Lohman (1861)
Dismantled ()

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1861 Nicolaas Anthonie Gerhardus Lohman  new organ
1882 Jan Doornbos  transfer/relocate
1943 Klaas Doornbos  restoration
1990 Mense Ruiter Orgelmakers  maintenance/reparations

  • In 1861 N.A.G. Lohman installed an organ in the Reformed Church of Eppenhuizen. It was an older instrument - presumably a residence organ - that was converted by Lohman. It was inaugurated on September 15, 1861. In 1882 Jan Doornbos transferred the instrument to a new church building. It was modified by him and a new prospect has been manufactured. In 1943 Klaas Doornbos carried out a restoration. He replaced almost all the pipework with new. Johan van Meurs was advised on this work. The organ then had five stops and an open place on the wind chest. There was no pedal keyboard.
  • The church building has been out of use since 1976. It has been renovated, but the pulpit is still present in the church. The organ was disassembled and stored in 1990 by people Ruiter. The two trumpet-blowing angels are placed on the Schnitger organ of Nieuw-Scheemda. There is currently an American harmonium in Eppenhuizen.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Manuaal5
Total number of stops5
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Manuaal: Prestant 8' (D), Holpijp 8', Prestant 4', Fluit 4', Octaaf 2'.

Literature
  • Het Groninger orgelbezit van de reformatie tot de romantiek II : Oude kerkorgels in de provincie Groningen, geplaatst na 1840 / Frans Talstra. - Stichting Oude Groninger Kerken, Publicatie 27, april 1982.
  • 'Een zeer aftandsch instrument' : Uit Groninger kerken verdwenen huispijporgels (en verwante instrumenten) / Victor Timmer. - In: Het Orgel, jrg. 114, nr. 1, januari 2018.

Photo: Michiel van 't Einde. Date: 28 december 2012.
Photo: Michiel van 't Einde
Source: Collectie Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Source: Collectie Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Photo: Michiel van 't Einde. Date: 28 december 2012.
Photo: Michiel van 't Einde
Photo: Michiel van 't Einde. Date: 28 december 2012.
Photo: Michiel van 't Einde
Photo: Michiel van 't Einde. Date: 28 december 2012.
Photo: Michiel van 't Einde
Photo: Michiel van 't Einde. Date: 28 december 2012.
Photo: Michiel van 't Einde