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Photo: Andreas Brauner Orgelbyggeri AB

Bälinge (Uppland), Sverige (Uppsala län) - Bälinge Kyrka
Municipal: Uppsala Kommun
Region:Uppland
Address: Kyrkbacken, 743 81, Bälinge

Description nr.: 2064277.

Built by: Nye Orgelbyggeri AB (2006)

Year	Builder	Opus	Activity
1640	George Herman		new organ
1640	Philip Eisenmenger		new organ
1698	Georg Woitzig		rebuild
1788	Olof Schwan		transfer/relocate
1938	E.A. Setterquist & Son		new organ in old case
2006	Nye Orgelbyggeri AB		new organ in old case

• The organ in Bälinge Kyrka is a remarkable instrument, that was rebuilt in it's current form in 2005-2006 by the company Bergenblad & Jonsson (Nye Orgelbyggeri AB) from Farstorp. The organ case goes back to the years 1632-1640, when a large organ with 51 stops was built for Storkyrkan in Stockholm by George Herman and Philip Eisenmenger. Mårten Redtmer created the carvings and sculptures. The organ had a main organ case and a positive case (Rückpositiv) in the gallery.
  
• In the following years the instrument was rebuilt and modified several times. A large rebuilt was carried out by Georg Woitzig in 1690-1698. Olof Schwan worked on the instrument in 1776. When Olof Schwan built a new organ for Storkyrkan in the years 1791-1796, the old organ was dismantled by him earlier. In 1787-1788 he installed the positiv organ in Bälinge Kyrka as main organ.
  
• In Bälinge the instrument was modified a number of times, but the old instrument was removed in 1938 by the company Setterquist, which built a new pneumatic two-manual organ behind the historic prospect. In 1986 there was a start to work out plans for a rebuilt of the organ in the original form. Consultant was Göran Blomberg, who worked together with organ builder Mads Kjersgaard. In preparation to this te organ case and prospect were restored in 1988-1989. The reconstruction of the instrument was carried out in 2005-2006 by Bergenblad & Jonsson.
  

Short list of all locations the organ has been

1640	Stockholm	Storkyrkan (S:t Nikolai Domkyrka)
1788	Bälinge (Uppland)	Bälinge Kyrka

Technical data

Number of stops per division
- Manual	11
- Pedal	aangehangen
Total number of stops	11
Key action	Mechanical
Stop action	Mechanical
Windchest(s)	Slider chests
Pitch	a' = 464 Hz
Temperament	Nedhardt 1724 (für ein Dorf)

Specification
Manual (C-d'''): Principal 8', Quintadena 16', Vigol de Gamba 8', Rörfleut 8', Octava 4', Quinta 3', Octava 2', Decima fr. 4’ 1 3/5', Sesquialtera 2 chor (1 1/3'), Scharf 4 chor (1/3'), Trumpet 8' (B/D).
Pedal (C-g°): Aangehangen.

Other specifications

Different specifications

The stoplist of the Setterquist organ (1938) was: Huvudverk (C-g'''): Kvintadena 16', Principal 8', Gedackt 8', Octava 4', Octava 2', Mixtur 4 kor. Svällverk (C-g'''): Fugara 8', Rörflöjt 8', Nachthorn 4', Salicett 4', Nasard 2 2/3', Gemshorn 2', Ters 1 3/5', Krumhorn 8', Tremulant. Pedal (C-f'): Subbas 16', Octavbas 8', Flöjt 4'. Koppel: Manual I - Manual II, Manual I - Manual II 16', Manual I - Manual II 4', Pedal - Manual I, Pedal - Manual II, Manual I - Manual I 4', Manual II - Manual II 16'. 3 fria kombinationer, 4 fasta kombinationer, Registersvällare.

Literature	Sveriges kyrkorglar / Sten L. Carlsson. - Lund : Håkan Ohlssons, 1973. Orgelinventarium : Bevarade klassiska kyrkorglar i Sverige / Einar Erici, R. Axel Unnerbäck. - Stockholm : Proprius Förlag, 1988.
Recordings	Gamla uppländska orglar / Rudolf Löfgren. - Proprius Prop 7786 (LP). - 1972.
Links	https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4linge_kyrka,_Uppland#Orglar

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Source: Calendar Organa Europae 1993

Photo: Andreas Brauner Orgelbyggeri AB