Complete description of the selected organ
Leipzig, Deutschland (Sachsen) - Grassi Museum, Bätz-Orgel
Municipal: Leipzig
Address: Johannisplatz 5-11, 04103, Leipzig
Website: http://www.grassimuseum.de/
Description nr.: 2064611.
Built by: Gideon Thomas Bätz (ca. 1790)
In the collection of the Grassi Museum is a cabinet organ, built by Gideon Thomas Bätz at the end of the 18th century. The instrument was in the possession of the family Wollf-Van Oordt, who lived in Rotterdam and Utrecht, and later moved to Elberfeld (Wuppertal). The organ was bought for the Musikhistorisches Museum in Köln by Wilhelm Heyer, when the family emigrated to the United States of America. The organ was in a very bad state after the Second World War, but has been restored by the Schmeisser company in 1959.
Technical data
Specification
Manuaal (C-e'''): Prestant 8' (Discant), Holpyp 8', Fluytdoese 4', Roorfluyt 4' (B/D), Prestant 2', Nasat 1 1/2', Tramblant.
Pedaal (C-f°): Aangehangen.
Leipzig, Deutschland (Sachsen) - Grassi Museum, Bätz-Orgel
Municipal: Leipzig
Address: Johannisplatz 5-11, 04103, Leipzig
Website: http://www.grassimuseum.de/
Description nr.: 2064611.
Built by: Gideon Thomas Bätz (ca. 1790)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | ca. 1790 | Gideon Thomas Bätz | new organ | 1959 | Reinhard Schmeisser | restoration |
In the collection of the Grassi Museum is a cabinet organ, built by Gideon Thomas Bätz at the end of the 18th century. The instrument was in the possession of the family Wollf-Van Oordt, who lived in Rotterdam and Utrecht, and later moved to Elberfeld (Wuppertal). The organ was bought for the Musikhistorisches Museum in Köln by Wilhelm Heyer, when the family emigrated to the United States of America. The organ was in a very bad state after the Second World War, but has been restored by the Schmeisser company in 1959.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Manuaal | 6 |
| - Pedaal | aangehangen |
| Total number of stops | 6 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Manuaal (C-e'''): Prestant 8' (Discant), Holpyp 8', Fluytdoese 4', Roorfluyt 4' (B/D), Prestant 2', Nasat 1 1/2', Tramblant.
Pedaal (C-f°): Aangehangen.
| Literature |
Orgel-Instrumenten : Harmoniums / Klaus Gernhardt, Hubert Henkel, Winfried Schrammek. - Leipzig : VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1983. - (Musikinstrumenten-Museum der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig - Katalog ; Band 6). |
| Links |
https://mimo-international.com/MIMO/doc/IFD/OAI_ULEI_M0000258 |