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Venø, Danmark (Midtjylland) - Venø Musikforening
Municipal: Struer Kommune
Region:Jylland
Address: Riisvej 12D, 7600, Struer

Description nr.: 2065813.

Built by: Joh. P. Andresen & Co. (1900)

Year	Builder	Opus	Activity
1900	Joh. P. Andresen & Co.		new organ
1900	Anders Christian Anton Schuster		new organ

The so called Venø-orgel, built in 1900 by Joh. P. Andresen, is considered to be the smallest pipe organ in Denmark. It only has one rank, and am octave coupler for the bass and treble octave. This means that in the bass the notes c°-gis°, while are coupled to C-Gis, a°-f'' are coupled to a'-f'''. The instrument was originally built for Hodsager Kirke near Viborg. Andresen ordered his pipe organs from other builders. It is almost certain that the instrument was in fact built by Christian Anton Schuster. The wind can be pumped with two foot pedals, the same way as with a reed organ.
The organ had several locations in its history: Hodsager Kirke (1900-1966), Venø Kirke (1966-1977), Struer Museum (1977-1990), Graabrødre Klosterkirke i Viborg (1990-2003) and after this it was installed in the collection of André Palsgård, located in Sct. Andreas Kirke in København.
In 2015, the collection had to be removed from the church. The organ than was donated to the Venø Musikforening.

Short list of all locations the organ has been

1900	Hodsager	Hodsager Kirke
1966	Venø	Venø Kirke
1977	Struer	Struer Museum
1990	Viborg	Graabrødre Klosterkirke
2003	København	Sct. Andreas Kirke, Venø-orglet
2015	Venø	Venø Musikforening

Technical data

Number of stops per division
- Manual	1
Total number of stops	1
Key action	Mechanical
Stop action	Mechanical
Windchest(s)	Slider chests

Specification
Manual (C-f'''): Geigenprincipal 8'.
Couplers: Bas- og oktavkoppel.

Literature

Pipe Organ Collections : Copenhagen Orgelsamling : A Treasury of Danish Organ Building / Benjamin A. Kolodziej. - In: The Diapason, 104th Year, No. 2, February 2013.