Organ Berlin-Charlottenburg, Eosanderkapelle

Eosanderkapelle with organ before 1944 sberlineo8.gif (33357 bytes) Berlin-Charlottenburg, Eosanderkapelle

1706: New organ by Arp Schnitger.

1868: Repairs by Karl August Buchholz of Berlin.

1888: Replacement of Hoboy 8' and Vox Humana by Gambe and Aeoline by Dinse of Berlin.

1931-1934: Restoration by Karl Kemper of Lübeck.

1939: Changes by Karl Schuke of Potsdam.

194x: Removal from the Eosanderkapelle

1944: Destroyed by a fire.

1970: Reconstruction of the instrument by Karl Schuke of Berlin after rebuilding the Eosanderkapelle.

I thank Rob Kruijt for providing the photo of this organ, taken before 1940. More photo's from an LP of Pape Verlag nr. FSM 63710POD. Organist is Rudolf Zartner

Original specification:

Hauptwerk		Rückpositif		Pedal
Principal	8'	Principal	8'	Subbass	16'
Floite Dues	8'	Gedact Lieblich	8'	Octav	8'
Gedackt	8'	Octav	4'	Octav	4'
Oktav	4'	Floite Dues	4'	Nachthorn	2'
Violdegamb	4'	Octav	2'	Mixtur	VI
Nassat	2 2/3'	Waltfloit	2'	Posaunen	16'
Super Octav	2'	Sesquialt	II	Trommet	8'
Mixtur	IV	Scharf	III	Cornet	2'
Hoboy	8'
Vox Humana	8'

Photos of the situation before 1944:

	Console of the organ before 1944
	Tuning of the organ, before 1944. Left the Hauptwerk, and right the Rückpositif
	Hauptwerk case, before 1944
	Hauptwerk windchest, before 1944.
	Rückpositif windchest, before 1944.
	Eosander-Kapelle with the organ, before 1944
	Eosander-Kapelle with the organ before 1944

Photos of the present situation from the book "Orgeln in Berlin" of Dr. Uwe Pape ISBN 3-921140-62-5

Notes:

E-Mail from Frits Kaan from 14-05-2009 with the cover of the recording and MP3's from the recording.