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Homburg, Deutschland (Saarland) - Protestantische Stadtkirche
Municipal: Homburg
Address: Kirchenstraße 11, 66424, Homburg
Website: http://www.kirchenmusik-homburg.de/

Description nr.: 2019378.

Built by: E.F. Walcker & Cie. (1874) - opus 279
Demolished (1962)

Year	Builder	Opus	Activity
1874	E.F. Walcker & Cie.	279	new organ
1932	E.F. Walcker & Cie.	2345	restoration and enlargement
1951	E.F. Walcker & Cie.		restoration

• In 1874 the Walcker company built a new organ with two manuals and pedal and a total of seventeen stops for the newly built Stadtkirche in Homburg. It was equipped with mechanical action and cone chests. Church and organ were dedicated on November 29, 1874.
  
• The stop action was pneumatised in 1922. Walcker expanded the organ in 1932 with a third manual and it has had 37 stops since then. The action now was entirely converted to pneumatics. Rudolf Barbey was consultant during the rebuilt.
  
• The instrument was damaged during the Second World War. Walcker carried out an overhaul in 1951. In addition, the disposition of the Schwellwerk has been modified. The organ was demolished in 1962. In the church there was a temporary positive, until a new Steinmeyer organ could be dedicated in 1972.
  

Technical data

Number of stops per division
- Hauptwerk	10
- Hinterwerk	9
- Schwellwerk	8
- Pedal	10 (7)
Total number of stops	37 (34)
Key action	Electropneumatic
Stop action	Electropneumatic
Windchest(s)	Cone chests

Specification
Hauptwerk: Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Flöte 8' - 1932, Viola di Gamba 8', Octav 4', Rohrflöte 4', Quinte 2 2/3' - 1932, Flöte 2' - 1932, Mixtur 4 fach (1 1/3') - 1932, Trompete 8'.
Hinterwerk: Gedackt 8', Salicional 8', Kleinprincipal 4' - 1932, Flöte 4', Octave 2', Quinte 1 1/3' - 1932, Sifflet 1' - 1932, Cymbel 3 fach (1/2') - 1932, Krummhorn 8' - 1932.
Schwellwerk: Gedacktpommer 16' - 1932, Metallflöte 8' - 1951, Quintade 4' - 1951, Nasard 2 2/3' - 1951, Nachthorn 2' - 1951, Terz 1 3/5' - 1951, Scharf 3-4 fach (1') - 1932, Oboe 8' - 1932.
Pedal: Violonbaß 16', Subbaß 16', Gedecktbaß 16' - 1932; transmission, Octavbaß 8', Flötenbaß 8' - 1932, Choralbaß 4' - 1932; transmission, Nachthorn 2' - 1932, Hintersatz 2-3 fach - 1932, Posaune 16' - 1932, Horn 8' - 1932; transmission.

Other specifications

Different specifications

The original specification was: I. Manual: Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Viola di Gamba 8', Gedeckt 8', Octav 4', Rohrflöte 4', Octav 2', Mixtur 4f. 2 2/3', Trompete 8'. II. Manual: Salicional 8', Lieblich Gedackt 8', Dolce 4', Flauto 4'. Pedal: Violonbaß 16', Subbaß 16', Octavbaß 8', Violoncello 8' . After the expansion from 1932, the specification was: I. Hauptwerk: Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Flöte 8' (1932), Viola di Gamba 8', Octav 4', Rohrflöte 4' , Quinte 2 2/3' (1932), Flöte 2' (1932), Mixtur 4 fach (1 1/3') (1932), Trompete 8'. Hinterwerk: Gedackt 8', Salicional 8', Kleinprincipal 4' (1932), Flöte 4', Octave 2', Quinte 1 1/3' (1932), Sifflet 1' (1932), Cymbel 3 fach (1/2') (1932), Krummhorn 8' (1932). Schwellwerk (1932): Gedackt 16', Principalflöte 8', Äoline 8' , Vox Coelestis 8', Dolce 4', Bachflöte 2', Scharf 3-4 fach (1'), Oboe 8'. Pedal: Violonbaß 16', Subbaß 16', Gedecktbaß 16' (transmission) (1932), Octavbaß 8', Flötenbaß 8' (1932), Choralbaß 4' (transmission) (1932), Nachthorn 2' (1932), Hintersatz 2-3 fach (1932), Posaune 16' (1932), Horn 8' (transmission) (1932)..

Literature

Die Orgelwerke der Homburger Stadtkirche / Bernhard H. Bonkhoff. - In: Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für mitterrheinische Musikgeschichte, Nummer 37, Dezember 1978. Indienststellung der neuen Steinmeyer-Orgel in der Prot. Stadtkirche Homburg. - Homburg : Protestantische Gemeinde, 1978. Die Orgeln des Saar-Pfalz-Kreises / Bernhard H. Bonkhoff. - In: Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für mittelrheinische Musikgeschichte, Nr. 40, April 1980.