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Complete description of the selected organ
Aachen, Deutschland (Nordrhein-Westfalen) - Katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Foillan
Municipal: Aachen
Address: Am Dom/Krämerstraße, 52062, Aachen
Website: https://www.franziska-aachen.de/

Description nr.: 2028521.

Built by: Johann Schade (1628)
Destroyed (1943)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1628 Johann Schade  new organ
1837 Gebrüder Müller  rebuild
1898 Georg Stahlhuth & Sohn  rebuild

  • In 1628 Johann Schade built a two manual organ for the Sankt Foillankirche in Aachen. The instrument was converted in 1837 by the Gebr. Müller from Reiferscheid. At the end of the nineteenth century, another conversion followed, by the company Stahlhuth. The organ was delivered by them in 1898. The disposition was now late romantic. In fact, the conversion was a new organ, using existing pipework and the old organ case.
  • The instrument was lost in 1943 due to war violence.
  • The disposition mentioned is from 1837.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Hauptwerk13
- Positiv8
- Pedal6
Total number of stops27
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Hauptwerk: Principal 16' (discant), Bordun 16', Praestant 8', Gedact 8', Gamba 8', Octave 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Superoctave 2', Cornett 3 fach, Mixtur 3 fach, Trompete 8', Hautbois/Cromhorn 8', Clarine 4'.
Positiv: Gedact 8', Salicional 8', Flaute Travers 8' (discant), Praestant 4', Flöte 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Super-Octave 2', Clarinette/Vox Humana 8'.
Pedal: Violon 16', Subbaß 16', Quinte 10 2/3', Principal 8', Gamba 8', Posaune 16'.

Other specifications
Different specifications
  • After the rebuilt by Müller (1837), the stop list was:
    Hauptwerk: Praestant 16' (discant), Bourdon 16', Praestant 8', Violoncello 8', Flute 8', Octave 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Doublette 2', Cornett 4 fach, Fourniture 5 fach, Cromorne 8', Trompete 8', Clairon 4'.
    Positiv: Praestant 8', Sousflöte 8', Socional 8', Bourdon 8' (discant), Flute 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Doublette 2', Clarinette 8', Vox Humana 8'.
    Pedal: Sousbaß 16', Majorquinta 10 2/3', Montre 8', Violon 8', Gamba 8', Posaune 8'.
    Pedalkoppel, Glocke.

  • The Stahlhuth specification from 1898 was:
    Hauptwerk: Bordun 16', Fugara 16', Principal 8', Harmonieflöte 8', Principalflöte 8', Gamba 8', Zartgedackt 8', Oktav 4', Dolce 4', Oktavflöte 4', Quintflöte 2 2/3', Oktavin 2', Terz 1 3/5', Mixtur 3-5 fach, Trompete 8'.
    Positiv: Lieblichgedact 16', Geigenprincipal 8', Vox Coelestis 8', Konzertflöte 4', Zartflöte 4', Cornett 3 fach, Oboe 8'.
    Pedal: Principal 16', Subbaß 16', Salicetbaß 16', Octavbaß 8', Gedactbaß 8', Posaune 16', Trompete 8'.

Literature
  • Die neue Orgel im Kurhaussaale zu Aachen : Erbaut von G. Stahlhuth, Orgelbaumeister in Burtscheid bei Aachen / H. Böckeler. - Aachen : Verlag Albert Jacobi & Co., 1876.
  • Orgelbau-Nachrichten. - In: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, 8. Band, No. 15, 21. Februar 1888.
  • Orgelbau-Nachrichten. - In: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, 18. Jahrg., No. 27, 21. Juni 1898.
  • Orgelbau-Nachrichten. - In: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, 19. Jahrg., No. 10, 1. Januar 1899.
  • Het orgelmakersgeslacht Müller te Reifferscheid : Die Orgelbauerfamilie Müller zu Reifferscheid / Frans Jespers. - Baexem : Samenwerkende Orgelvrienden Limburg, 2011.
Other sources
  • Heinz-Josef Clemens