© Andreas Schmidt, Stadt Torgau in der LEIPZIG REGION

Four-organ in the castle chapel in Torgau

With Peter Vier's organ, listeners today can feel transported back to the tonal world of almost 500 years ago.

The first organ in the castle church came from the Lichtenburg monastery (Prettin) and was installed above the altar, as it is today. For the military services held in the 19th century, a new organ was built on the protruding gallery on the east side, which was replaced in 1929 by a new one for the teachers' seminary, which used the church as an assembly hall. From 1932, the castle church was once again used as a church hall for the Torgau congregation and a new organ was built above the altar by the Sauer family from Frankfurt. In 1994 - to mark the 450th anniversary of Martin Luther's commissioning of the castle church (October 5, 1544) - the new organ by Peter Vier from Friesenheim in the Black Forest was inaugurated. With its mid-tone tuning, the scales (dimensions) of the pipes from surviving Renaissance organs and the disposition (combination of stops), it corresponds to the sound ideal of the Renaissance.

Disposition:

Hauptwerk II CDE-e3

Grobgedackt 16'

Principal 8'

Onda maris 8'

Quintadeena 8'

Octava 4'

Night horn 4'

Octave 2'

Mixture IV

Bassoon 16'

Drums 8'

Rückpositiv I CDE-e3

Pedal 8'

Principal 4'

Rohrflöit 4'

Nassat 2 2 / 3'

Sedecima 2'

Third 1 3 / 5'

Octave 1'

Cymbals III 1'

Crumhorns 8'

Brustwerk III CDE-e3

Singing Regal 8'

Hollow flutes 4'

Channel tremulant

Pedal CDE-d1

Gedackter Unterbaß 16'

Octave Bass8'

Bassoon 16'

Trumpets 8'

Night horn 4'

Singing cornet 2'

Source: Torgau Castle Church, KMD Ekkehard Saretz

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Four-organ in the castle chapel in Torgau
04860 Torgau
Deutschland

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Phone: +49 3421 701423
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Website: www.schloss-hartenfels.de/schlosskapelle.html

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