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Photo: Bert Wisgerhof. Date: 2000.

Photo: Bert Wisgerhof

Glauchau, Deutschland (Sachsen) - Sankt Georgenkirche
Municipal: Glauchau
Address: Kirchplatz 7, 08371, Glauchau
Website: https://kirchgemeinde-glauchau.de/

Description nr.: 2001526.

Built by: Gottfried Silbermann (1730) - opus 25

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1730 Gottfried Silbermann25 new organ
1784 Christian Gottlob & Gotthold Heinrich Donati  maintenance/reparations
1836 Christian Gottlob Steinmüller  rebuild
1891 Richard Kreutzbach  modify stoplist
1936 Jehmlich Orgelbau  rebuild
1949 Hans Michel  modify stoplist
1953 Jehmlich Orgelbau  reconstruction
1998 Eule Orgelbau  reconstruction

  • Gottfried Silbermann built a new organ from 1728-1730 for the church of Glachau, which was rebuilt after a city fire in 1712. Christian Gottlob and Gotthold Heinrich Donati repaired the instrument in 1784, but made no modifications. In 1816 Christian Gottlob Steinmüller proposed various activities, including tuning the organ in an equal temperament. The proposals were not carried out, but twenty years later, in 1836, Steinmüller was still given the opportunity to carry out his plans. It meant that quite a number of stopswere replaced: the Cymbel of the Hauptwerk and the Sesquialtera and the Vox Humana of the Oberwerk were replaced by a Viola da Gamba 8', a Salicet 4' and a Flauto Traverso 8'. The temperament of the organ was modified to equal. Silbermann's old Vox Humana was installed in the organ of the Protestant Hofkirche in Dresden.
  • In 1891, Richard Kreutzbach replaced the three stop from 1836 with a new Viola da Gamba 8', an Aeoline 8' and a Vox Humana 8'. He also renewed the Trumpet of the pedal. In 1924 the organ received an electric wind machine, installed by Jehmlich. Jehmlich restored the organ in 1936. In doing so, they lowered the pitch by a semitone by shifting the mechanics, expanded the pedal compass to f' (30 keys) and installed three new stops: a Cymbel, a Sesquialtera and an Octavebass 4'. All the new pipework was installed on pneumatic windchests, including the extension of the pedal. The tremulant was removed because the register drawer was required for the new manual coupler. Finally, they adapted the voicing of the Viola di Gamba and the Aeoline from 1891.
  • After the Second World War, it was decided to replace the two strings from 1891 with more suitable stops for a Silbermann organ. Hans Michel placed a Quinte 5 1/3' on the Hauptwerk and a Terz 1 3/5' on the Oberwerk in 1949. Finally, in 1952/1953, during a major restoration by the firm Jehmlich, the original stoplist was largely restored. However, the extension of the pedal size had been retained, the temperament was not reconstruced, and the Octavenbass 4' of the pedal had not been removed.
  • In 1997/1998 the Eule company restored the organ again. Now the last deviations from the original condition were undone. The bellows were reconstructed, as well as the claviature, the range of manuals and pedal and the intonation based on other Silbermann organs. More than 1,200 pipes were made new according to Silbermann's original design.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Hauptwerk11
- Oberwerk12
- Pedal5
Total number of stops28
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests
Pitcha' = 440 Hz
TemperamentEqual temperament
Wind pressure75 mm

Specification
Hauptwerk (CD-c'''): Bordun 16', Principal 8', Rohrflöthe 8', Octava 4', Spitzflöthe 4', Quinta 3', Octava 2', Tertia 1 3/5', Mixtur 3 fach, Cornet 3 fach (discant), Cymbel 2 fach.
Oberwerk (CD-c'''): Principal 8', Gedackt 8', Quintaden 8', Octava 4', Rohrflöthe 4', Nasat 3', Octava 2', Quinta 1 1/2', Sufflöth 1', Sesquialtera 2 fach, Mixtur 3 fach, Vox Humana 8'.
Pedal (CD-c'): Principal Baß 16', Octav Baß 8', Posaune 16', Trompete 8'.
Couplers: Manuaalkoppel, Pedal - Hauptwerk.

Literature
  • Auf den Spuren von Gottfried Silbermann : Ein Lebensbild des berühmten Orgelbauers nach urkundlichen Quellen gezeichnet / Werner Müller. - Berlin : Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 1968.
  • Die Orgeln Gottfried Silbermanns in Mitteldeutschland : Mit einem Anhang von Berichtigungen und Zusätze des Authors (1969) / Ulrich Dähnert. - Amsterdam : Fritz Knuf, 1971. - Facsimile heruitgave van de eerste druk uit 1953 met een aanhangsel.
  • Historische Orgeln in Sachsen : Ein Orgelinventar / Ulrich Dähnert. - 2. Auflage. - Leipzig : VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1983.
  • Orgel International 3/1999.
  • Die Orgeln Gottfried Silbermanns : Mit einem einleitenden Essay von Joachim Menzhausen / Frank-Harald Gress. - Dresden : Michael Sandstein Verlag, 2000. - (177. Veröffentlichung der Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde).
  • 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).
Recordings
  • Johann Sebastian Bach : Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier / Florence Rousseau, Loïc Georgeault. - l'Autre Monde LAM5 (CD). - 2017.
  • Die Orgeln von Gottfried Silbermann : Volume 2 / Felix Friedrich. - Querstand VKJK 0207 (CD). - 2003.
  • l'Orgue Silbermann, Glauchau St. Georgen : Dem höchsten Gott allein zu Ehren / Thomas Berning. - Aeolus AE-10181 (CD). - 2001.
Links https://silbermann.org/orgel/glauchau-georgenkirche/
https://www.ann-helena.de/orgelinformation/silbermann-orgel-glauchau-sachsen/

Photo: Bert Wisgerhof. Date: 2000.
Photo: Bert Wisgerhof