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Zweibrücken, Deutschland (Rheinland-Pfalz) - Alexanderskirche
Municipal: Zweibrücken
Address: Alexanderstraße 2, 66482, Zweibrücken
Website: http://www.kirche-zw.de/

Description nr.: 2012752.

Built by: E.F. Walcker & Cie. (1858) - opus 160
Dismantled (1911)


Walcker built a new organ for the Alexanderkirche in Zweibrücken in the years 1856-1858. Consultant was Jakob Heinrich Lützel. The organ replaced an instrument by Louis Geib from 1814. Steinmeyer installed a new organ in 1911, in which Walcker's pipework was largely reused. In 1945 this organ was lost in bombing raids.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- I. Manual15
- II. Manual11
- Pedal10
Total number of stops36
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Cone chests

Specification
I. Manual (C-f'''): Principal 16', Principal 8', Gedekt 8', Hohlfloete 8', Gemshorn 8', Salicional 8', Viola di Gamba 8', Quinte 5 1/3', Octav 4', Rohrfloete 4', Traversfloete 4', Superoctav 2', Mixtur 5 fach (2 2/3'), Scharff 3 fach (1 3/5'), Trompete 8'.
II. Manual (C-f'''): Bourdon 16', Geigenprincipal 8', Lieblich Gedekt 8', Harmonica 8', Flauto amabile 8', Dolce 8', Octav 4', Flauto Dolce 4', Octav 2', Cornett 3 fach, Clarinette 8'.
Pedal (C-d'): Principalbaß 16', Subbaß 16', Violonbaß 16', Quint 10 2/3', Octavbaß 8', Violoncell 8', Superoctav 4', Posaunenbaß 16', Trompete 8', Fagott 8'.
Couplers: I. Manual - II. Manual, Pedal - I. Manual, Pedal - II. Manual.
Accessories: Rolschweller.

Literature
  • Historische Orgeln in der Pfalz / Bernhard H. Bonkhoff. - Regensburg : Schnell & Steiner, 1984.
  • Denkmalorgeln in der Pfalz / Bernhard H. Bonkhoff. - Speyer : Evangelischer Presseverlag Pfalz GmbH, 1990. - (132. Veröffentlichung der Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde).
  • Eberhard Friedrich Walcker (1794-1872) : Zum Gedenken an seinen 200. Geburtstag (3. Juli 1994) / Ferdinand Moosmann, Rudi Schäfer. - Kleinblittersdorf : Musikwissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1994.