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Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 10 August 2013.

Photo: Giel Daems

Elsenborn, België (Liège) - Katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Bartholomäus
Municipal: Bütgenbach
Region:Wallonie
Address: Wirtzfelder Straße, 4750, Elsenborn
Website: http://www.weywertz.be/

Description nr.: 2007159.

Built by: Weimbs Orgelbau (1982) - opus 166
The organ contains older material: from 1861 by Gebrüder Müller

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1861 Gebrüder Müller  new organ
1949 Emile Verschueren  rebuild
1982 Weimbs Orgelbau166 new organ in old case

  • The organ in the Sankt Bartholomäuskirche in Elsenborn was originally built in 1861 by the company Gebr. Müller. It was placed in an undivided organ case, which was split around 1910. The interior of the instrument was replaced in 1949 by an organ from the Verschueren company. Pipework was taken from the old organ. The instrument was dedicated on November 13, 1949, after which Paul B. Kaeser from Bern gave the dedication concert. The organ now had electropneumatic action with twelve stops.
  • The Weimbs company built a new organ in 1982. The organ case and still existing pipework of the old organ from 1861 were used for this purpose. The renewed organ was dedicated on September 5, 1982. The inauguration concert was played by Hubert Schoonbroodt, consultant during the work.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Hauptwerk6
- Positiv7
- Pedal3
Total number of stops16
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests
Pitcha' = 440 Hz
TemperamentKirnberger II (Neidthardt)

Specification
Hauptwerk (C-g'''): Prinzipal 8', Hohlpfeife 8', Oktave 4', Prinzipal 2', Mixtur 3 fach (1 1/3'), Trompete 8'.
Positiv (C-g'''): Bourdun 8', Prinzipal 4', Rohrflöte 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Quarte 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Cymbel 2 fach (1'), Tremulant.
Pedal (C-f'): Subbass 16', Offenflöte 8', Trompete 8'.
Couplers: Hauptwerk - Positiv, Pedal - Hauptwerk, Pedal - Positiv.

Other specifications
Different specifications De dispositie van het vorige binnenwerk luidde in 1946:
Manual: Principal 8', Gedeckt 8', Oktave 4', Flöte 4', Oktave 2', Mixtur 3 fach (2'), Trompete 8'.
Positiv: Gedeckt 8', Gamba 8', Prestant 4', Sesquialter 2 fach.
Pedal: Subbass 16'.
Literature
  • Mixturen. - In: De Schalmei, 3e Jaargang Nr. 4, Juli 1948.
  • Feierliche Weihe und Ingebrauchnahme der renovierten Orgel der Pfarrkirche von Elsenborn am Sonntag 13. November 1949.
  • Die Orgel der St. Bartholomäus Kirche Elsenborn, Bütgenbach. - 1982.
  • Orgues de Wallonie : Volume 7 : Province de Liège : Tome 11 - Arrondissement de Verviers / Eric Mairlot. - Namur : Ministère de la Région wallone : Direction générale de l'Aménagement du Territoire, du Logement et du Patrimoine, 1998.
  • Het orgelmakersgeslacht Müller te Reifferscheid : Die Orgelbauerfamilie Müller zu Reifferscheid / Frans Jespers. - Baexem : Samenwerkende Orgelvrienden Limburg, 2011.
Other sources
  • Janco Schout

Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 10 August 2013.
Photo: Giel Daems
Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 10 August 2013.
Photo: Giel Daems
Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 10 August 2013.
Photo: Giel Daems