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Photo: Klais Orgelbau. Date: 1929.

Photo: Klais Orgelbau

Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland (Hessen) - Katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Bernhardus
Municipal: Frankfurt am Main
Address: Eiserne Hand 6, 60318, Frankfurt am Main
Website: http://www.dom-frankfurt.de/st-bernhard/
http://www.old.stbernhard.de/

Description nr.: 2044506.

Built by: Klais Orgelbau (1928) - opus 712


Under the advice of Messrs. Eberhard Knödgen, organist of the church, and Pabst, cathedral chapel master in Limburg a/d Lahn, the Klais company built a new organ for the Sankt Bernharduskirche in Frankfurt in 1928. The organ was dedicated on Boxing Day, December 26, 1928. The organ was played by Eberhard Knödgen.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- I. Manual14
- II. Manual (Schwellwerk)14
- III. Manual (Schwellwerk)13
- Pedal13 (10)
Total number of stops54 (51)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Cone chests

Specification
I. Manual (C-a'''): Bordun 16', Prinzipal 8', Violdigamba 8', Offenflöte 8', Gedackt 8', Gemshorn 8', Praestant 4', Rohrflöte 4', Gemsquinte 2 2/3', Superoktave 2', Kornett 3-4 fach, Mixtur 4 fach, Trompete 8', Regal 4'.
II. Manual (Schwellwerk) (C-a'''): Prinzipal 8', Quintadena 8', Spitzflöte 8', Unda Maris 8', Dulciana 8', Oktave 4', Blockflöte 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Nachthorn 2', Terz 1 3/5', Zymbel 4 fach, Dulcian 16', Krummhorn 8', Kopfregal 4', Tremolo.
III. Manual (Schwellwerk) (C-a'''): Stillgedackt 16', Prinzipal 8', Bordunalflöte 8', Salizional 8', Vox Coelestis 8', Geigendprinzipal 4', Querflöte 4', Waldflöte 2', Sesquialter 2 fach, Scharff 3-4 fach, Harmonische Trompete 8', Oboe 8', Celesta 4', Celesta Forte, Tremolo.
Pedal (C-f'): Untersatz 32', Prinzipal 16', Subbaß 16', Stillgedackt 16' - transmission, Salicet 16', Oktavbaß 8', Bordun 8', Dulciana 8' - transmission, Choralbaß 4', Rauschpfeife 4 fach, Posaune 16', Dulcian 16' - transmission, Schalmey 4'.
Couplers: I. Manual - II. Manual, I. Manual - II. Manual Super, I. Manual - III. Manual, I. Manual - III. Manual Super, II. Manual - III. Manual, II. Manual - III. Manual Super, III. Manual - III. Manual Super, Pedal - I. Manual, Pedal - II. Manual, Pedal - III. Manual, Pedal - III. Manual Super.
Accessories: 2 freie Kombinationen, 1 freie Pedalkombination, Walze, Zungen Ab, 32' Ab, 16' Manual Ab.

Literature
  • Feier der Orgelweihe in de St. Bernarduskirche zu Frankfurt a. M. am 2. Weihnachtsfeiertag 1928, nachmittags 5 Uhr.
  • Die ersten zwei Jahrzehnte der Orgelbewegung - widergespiegelt in kichenmusikalischen Zeitschriften / Alfred Reichling. - In: Aspekte der Orgelbewegung / Alfred Reichling [Red.]. - Kassel : Merseburger Verlag, 1995. - (155. Veröffentlichung der Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde).
Links http://www.old.stbernhard.de/Kirchenmusik/Klais-Orgel/klais-orgel.html

Photo: Wolfgang Reich. Date: 8 September 2018.
Photo: Wolfgang Reich
Photo: Wolfgang Reich. Date: 8 September 2018.
Photo: Wolfgang Reich