Complete description of the selected organ
Photo: René Troost
Brandenburg an der Havel, Deutschland (Brandenburg) - Sankt Katharinenkirche
Municipal: Brandenburg/Havel
Address: Katharinenplatz 2, 14776, Brandenburg
Description nr.: 2020123.
Built by: Wilhelm Sauer Orgelbau (1898)
The organ contains older material: from 1727 by Joachim Wagner
Technical data
Specification
Hauptwerk (C-g'''): Principal 16', Principal 8', Rohrflöte 8', Gemshorn 8', Nassat 5 1/3', Oktave 4', Nachthorn 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Oktave 2', Mixtur 3 fach, Scharff 6 fach, Trompete 16', Trompete 8'.
Oberwerk (C-g'''): Gedackt 8', Quintadena 8', Principal 4', Rohrflöte 4', Nassat 2 2/3', Principal 2', Waldflöte 2', Quinte 1 1/3', Sesquialtera 2 fach, Scharff 4 fach, Rankett 16', Krummhorn 8', Tremulant.
Schwellwerk (C-g'''): Quintadena 16', Principal 8', Koppelflöte 8', Salicional 8', Oktave 4', Pommer 4', Nachthorn 2', Mixtur 5 fach, Cymbel 3 fach, Fagott 16', Trichterregal 8', Schalmey 4', Tremulant.
Auxiliarwerk (C-g'''): Gambe 16', Bordun 16', Holzprincipal 8', Hohlflöte 8', Viola 8', Voix Céleste 8', Konzertflöte 8', Gedackt 8', Flauto Amabile 8', Unda Maris 8', Octave 4', Flûte Octaviante 4', Fugara 4', Nasard 2 2/3', Piccolo 2', Terz 1 3/5', Septime 1 1/7', Flautina 1', Cornett 5 fahc, Progressiv Harmonica 2-5 fach, Bombarde 16', Trompette Harmonique 8', Hautbois 8', Clarinet 8', Voix Humaine 8', Clairon 4', Tremulant, Glockenspiel.
Solowerk (C-g'''): Stentorphone 8', Flûte Harmonique 8', Cornett 5 fach (16'), Cornett 5 fach (8'), Seraphon 8', Tuba Mirabilis 8'.
Chororgel (C-g'''):
I. Manual - Chororgel: Principal 8', Holzflöte 8', Blockflöte 4', Oktave 2', Mixtur 4 fach.
II. Manual - Chororgel: Gedackt 8', Prinzipal 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Trompete 8'.
Pedal - Chororgel: Prinzipalbass 16', Subbass 16', Prinzipalbass 8', Gedacktbass 8', Contrafagott 32', Fagott 16'.
Pedal (C-g'): Untersatz 32', Contrabaß 32', Principal 16', Subbaß 16', Oktave 8', Baßflöte 8', Oktave 4', Bauernflöte 2', Mixtur 8 fach, Posaune 16', Trompete 8', Clairon 4'.
Couplers: Hauptwerk - Oberwerk, Hauptwerk - Schwellwerk, Oberwerk - Schwellwerk, Pedal - Hauptwerk, Pedal - Oberwerk, Pedal - Schwellwerk, Pedal - Schwellwerk 4'.
Accessories: 64 Setzerkombinationen, Rollschweller.
Other sources
Photo: René Troost
Brandenburg an der Havel, Deutschland (Brandenburg) - Sankt Katharinenkirche
Municipal: Brandenburg/Havel
Address: Katharinenplatz 2, 14776, Brandenburg
Description nr.: 2020123.
Built by: Wilhelm Sauer Orgelbau (1898)
The organ contains older material: from 1727 by Joachim Wagner
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1726 | Joachim Wagner | new organ | 1855 | Carl Ludwig Gesell | restoration | 1898 | Wilhelm Sauer Orgelbau | new organ in old case | 1937 | Alexander Schuke | 158 | rebuild | 1993 | Alexander Schuke | restoration | 2020 | Alexander Schuke | restoration and enlargement |
- The organ in the Sankt Katharinenkirche in Brandenburg was built in the years 1726-1727 by Joachim Wagner. It was a three manual organ with 35 stops. In 1855 it was restored by the firm Gesell & Schultze.
- The Sauer firm built a new organ in Wagner's organ cases in 1898, with cone chests and pneumatic action. This work was rebuilt and modified in 1937 by Alexander Schuke. In 1993 a restoration was carried out by the same company. A new console was installed with a modern combination action with 64 setzer-combinations.
- In the years 2018-2020 the organ was restored and expanded by the company Alexander Schuke. The concept was a restoration of the instrument in the 1936-1937 situation, but with a modern central console, a new auxiliary organ with 26 stops located on the lower gallery and a new solo organ on the north gallery. The choir organ can also be played from the fifth manual of the new console. The complete instrument now has 96 stops and a five-manual console. On August 28, 2020, the organ has been inaugurated with a concert by Fred Litwinski.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Hauptwerk | 13 |
| - Oberwerk | 12 |
| - Schwellwerk | 12 |
| - Auxiliarwerk | 26 |
| - Solowerk | 6 |
| - Pedal | 12 |
| - Chororgel Manual I | 5 |
| - Chororgel Manual II | 4 |
| - Chororgel Pedal | 6 |
| Total number of stops | 96 |
| Key action | Electrical |
| Stop action | Electrical |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Hauptwerk (C-g'''): Principal 16', Principal 8', Rohrflöte 8', Gemshorn 8', Nassat 5 1/3', Oktave 4', Nachthorn 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Oktave 2', Mixtur 3 fach, Scharff 6 fach, Trompete 16', Trompete 8'.
Oberwerk (C-g'''): Gedackt 8', Quintadena 8', Principal 4', Rohrflöte 4', Nassat 2 2/3', Principal 2', Waldflöte 2', Quinte 1 1/3', Sesquialtera 2 fach, Scharff 4 fach, Rankett 16', Krummhorn 8', Tremulant.
Schwellwerk (C-g'''): Quintadena 16', Principal 8', Koppelflöte 8', Salicional 8', Oktave 4', Pommer 4', Nachthorn 2', Mixtur 5 fach, Cymbel 3 fach, Fagott 16', Trichterregal 8', Schalmey 4', Tremulant.
Auxiliarwerk (C-g'''): Gambe 16', Bordun 16', Holzprincipal 8', Hohlflöte 8', Viola 8', Voix Céleste 8', Konzertflöte 8', Gedackt 8', Flauto Amabile 8', Unda Maris 8', Octave 4', Flûte Octaviante 4', Fugara 4', Nasard 2 2/3', Piccolo 2', Terz 1 3/5', Septime 1 1/7', Flautina 1', Cornett 5 fahc, Progressiv Harmonica 2-5 fach, Bombarde 16', Trompette Harmonique 8', Hautbois 8', Clarinet 8', Voix Humaine 8', Clairon 4', Tremulant, Glockenspiel.
Solowerk (C-g'''): Stentorphone 8', Flûte Harmonique 8', Cornett 5 fach (16'), Cornett 5 fach (8'), Seraphon 8', Tuba Mirabilis 8'.
Chororgel (C-g'''):
I. Manual - Chororgel: Principal 8', Holzflöte 8', Blockflöte 4', Oktave 2', Mixtur 4 fach.
II. Manual - Chororgel: Gedackt 8', Prinzipal 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Trompete 8'.
Pedal - Chororgel: Prinzipalbass 16', Subbass 16', Prinzipalbass 8', Gedacktbass 8', Contrafagott 32', Fagott 16'.
Pedal (C-g'): Untersatz 32', Contrabaß 32', Principal 16', Subbaß 16', Oktave 8', Baßflöte 8', Oktave 4', Bauernflöte 2', Mixtur 8 fach, Posaune 16', Trompete 8', Clairon 4'.
Couplers: Hauptwerk - Oberwerk, Hauptwerk - Schwellwerk, Oberwerk - Schwellwerk, Pedal - Hauptwerk, Pedal - Oberwerk, Pedal - Schwellwerk, Pedal - Schwellwerk 4'.
Accessories: 64 Setzerkombinationen, Rollschweller.
| Other specifications | |
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| Different specifications |
The specification of the Sauer/Schuke organ (1898/137) was: Hauptwerk: Prinzipal 16', Prinzipal 8', Rohrflöte 8', Gemshorn 8', Nasat 5 1/3', Oktave 4', Nachthorn 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Oktave 2', Mixtur 3 fach, Scharff 6 fach, Trompete 16', Trompete 8'. Oberwerk: Gedackt 8', Quintadena 8', Prinzipal 4', Rohrflöte 4', Nasat 2 2/3', Oktave 2', Waldflöte 2', Sifflöte 1', Sesquialtera 2 fach, Scharff 4 fach, Rankett 16', Krummhorn 8', Tremulant. Schwellwerk: Quintade 16', Prinzipal 8', Koppelflöte 8', Salizional 8', Oktave 4', Pommer 4', Nachthorn 2', Mixtur 5 fach, Cymbel 3 fach, Fagott 16', Trichterregal 8', Schalmey 4', Tremulant. Pedal: Contrabaß 32', Prinzipal 16', Subbaß 16', Oktave 8', Baßflöte 8', Oktave 4', Bauernflöte 2', Mixtur 8 fach, Posaune 16', Trompete 8', Clairon 4'. Couplers: Hauptwerk - Oberwerk, Hauptwerk - Schwellwerk, Oberwerk - Schwellwerk, Pedal - Hauptwerk, Pedal - Oberwerk, Pedal - Schwellwerk, Pedal - Schwellwerk 4'. Accessories: 64 Setzerkombinationen, Rollschweller. |
| Literature |
Berühmte Orgeln : Meisterwerke europäischer Orgelbauer / Ursula und Ulrich Rüge. - Hamburg : Nikol Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1994. |
| Links |
https://www.schuke.de/?projects=brandenburg-st-katharinen-germany&lang=en |
- Ernst Damus, Brandenburg an der Havel
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