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Colmar, France (Haut-Rhin (68)) - Église Collégiale Saint-Martin
Municipal: Colmar
Region:Alsace
Address: 18 Place de la Cathédrale, 68000, Colmar
Description nr.: 2000977.
Built by: Felsberg Orgelbau (1979) - opus 45
The organ contains older material: Organ case from 1755 by Johann Andreas Silbermann
Technical data
Specification
Hauptwerk (C-g'''): Montre 16', Montre 8', Flûte à Cheminée 8', Viole de Gambe 8', Prestant 4', Flûte Conique 4', Rauschpfeife 2 2/3', Gemshorn 2', Quinte 6 fach (1 1/3'), Mixture 5-6 fach (1 1/3'), Cymbale 4 fach (2/3'), Trompette 16', Trompette 8', Tremulant.
Rückpositiv (C-g'''): Montre 8', Bourdon 8', Quintaton 8', Prestant 4', Flûte à Cheminée 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Doublette 2', Larigot 1 1/3', Sesquialtera 2 fach (2 2/3'), Mixture 4 fach (1'), Cymbale 3-4 fach (1/2'), Dulzian 16', Trichterregal 8', Tremulant.
Oberwerk (C-g'''): Bourdon 8', Flûte à Cheminée 4', Flûte Conique 2', Sifflet 1', Quinte 2/3', Terzian 2 fach (2 2/3' + 1 3/5'), Voix Humaine 8', Regal 8', Tremulant.
Pedal (C-f'):
Grosspedal: Principal 16', Soubasse 16', Quinte 10 2/3', Octave 8', Sordun 32', Posaune 16', Trompette 8'.
Kleinpedal: Octave 4', Flûte 2', Cor de Nuit 1', Rauschpfeife 3 fach, Mixtur 5-7 fach, Chalumeau 4', Cornet 2'.
Couplers: Hauptwerk - Rückpositiv, Hauptwerk - Oberwerk, Pedal - Hauptwerk, Pedal - Oberwerk.
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Photo: Jörg R. Becker
Colmar, France (Haut-Rhin (68)) - Église Collégiale Saint-Martin
Municipal: Colmar
Region:Alsace
Address: 18 Place de la Cathédrale, 68000, Colmar
Description nr.: 2000977.
Built by: Felsberg Orgelbau (1979) - opus 45
The organ contains older material: Organ case from 1755 by Johann Andreas Silbermann
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1755 | Johann Andreas Silbermann | new organ | 1828 | Joseph Callinet | enlargement | 1911 | Martin Rinckenbach | new organ in old case | 1979 | Felsberg Orgelbau | 45 | new organ in old case |
- Johann Andreas Silbermann delivered a beautiful organ for the St. Martin in Colmar in 1755. In 1828 Callinet expanded the organ. The historic interior was lost in 1911, when a large electro-pneumatic organ was placed in the old cases by Rinckenbach, using also twelve stops of Silbermann in his work. The new instrument had 82 stops and was the largest organ in Alsace at the time. The original prospect pipes were preserved by Rinckenbach, but they were removed in 1917 as war metal.
- The Rinckenbach norgan was replaced in 1979 by the current instrument, that was constructed by the Swiss company Felsberg. Although twelve stops of the Silbermann organ had been preserved, these were not used for the construction of the Felsberg organ. It is set up in the Scandinavian neo-baroque style, which is absolutely incompatible with Silbermann's work. The twelve Silbermann stops have been used for the reconstruction of the Silbermann organ in the Église des Dominicains in Colmar.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Hauptwerk | 13 |
| - Rückpositiv | 13 |
| - Oberwerk | 8 |
| - Pedaal | 14 |
| Total number of stops | 48 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
| Pitch | a' = 440 Hz |
| Temperament | Equal temperament |
| Wind pressure | 80 mm |
Specification
Hauptwerk (C-g'''): Montre 16', Montre 8', Flûte à Cheminée 8', Viole de Gambe 8', Prestant 4', Flûte Conique 4', Rauschpfeife 2 2/3', Gemshorn 2', Quinte 6 fach (1 1/3'), Mixture 5-6 fach (1 1/3'), Cymbale 4 fach (2/3'), Trompette 16', Trompette 8', Tremulant.
Rückpositiv (C-g'''): Montre 8', Bourdon 8', Quintaton 8', Prestant 4', Flûte à Cheminée 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Doublette 2', Larigot 1 1/3', Sesquialtera 2 fach (2 2/3'), Mixture 4 fach (1'), Cymbale 3-4 fach (1/2'), Dulzian 16', Trichterregal 8', Tremulant.
Oberwerk (C-g'''): Bourdon 8', Flûte à Cheminée 4', Flûte Conique 2', Sifflet 1', Quinte 2/3', Terzian 2 fach (2 2/3' + 1 3/5'), Voix Humaine 8', Regal 8', Tremulant.
Pedal (C-f'):
Grosspedal: Principal 16', Soubasse 16', Quinte 10 2/3', Octave 8', Sordun 32', Posaune 16', Trompette 8'.
Kleinpedal: Octave 4', Flûte 2', Cor de Nuit 1', Rauschpfeife 3 fach, Mixtur 5-7 fach, Chalumeau 4', Cornet 2'.
Couplers: Hauptwerk - Rückpositiv, Hauptwerk - Oberwerk, Pedal - Hauptwerk, Pedal - Oberwerk.
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https://www.itineraires-silbermann.org/colmar-saint-martin/ http://orguesfrance.com/ColmarStMartin.html |
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