Steinkirchen,
St. Martini et Nicolai
Photos Geert Jan Pottjewijd
1581: Dirck Hoyer builds an organ using older material: 2 stops from about 1515 and extends the instrument with a Brustwerk with 5 stops and a Pedal with one stop (01)
1687: Organ by Arp Schnitger. Schnitger uses 6 ranks from the former Dirck Hoyer organ of 1581.
1691: The organ is painted.
1704: Repairs by Schnitger.
1763: Repairs by Johann Matthias Schreiber.
1769: Repairs by Dietrich Christoph Gloger.
1773: The organ is surrounded with imitation draperies.
1775: Repairs by Georg Wilhelm Wilhelmy.
1843: Philip Furtwängler repairs the organ. It is not known what this involves.
18xx: Several repairs and changes by Johann Hinrich & Heinrich Röver.
1893: The wedge-shaped bellows by Schnitger are replaced with a reservoir-bellows. The Holzgedackt 8' of the Brustwerk was replaced by a Metallgedackt 8'.
1948: Restoration by Von Beckerath.
1987: Restoration by Von Beckerath.
Specification: 16. Century (*), 18. Century (+), Schnitger (S), Wilhelmy (W), von Beckerath (B)
Hauptwerk |
Brustwerk |
Pedal |
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Quintadena |
16' (*,S) |
Gedact |
8' (S,B) |
Principal |
16' (S) |
Principal |
8' (S) |
Rohr Flöth |
4' (S) |
Octav |
8' (W) |
Rohr Flöt |
8' (*,S) |
Quinte |
2 2/3' (+) |
Octav |
4' (S) |
Octav |
4' (*) |
Spitz Flöth |
2' (S) |
Nachthorn |
2' (B) |
Nassat |
2 2/3' (*,S) |
Octav |
2' (S) |
Rauschpfeiffe |
II (S,B) |
Gemshorn |
2' (S) |
Tertzian |
II(S) |
Mixtur | IV-V (S,B) |
Octav |
2' (S) |
Scharff |
II-V (S) |
Posaun |
16' (S) |
Sexquialtera |
II (S) |
Krumphorn |
8' (*,S) |
Trompet | 8' (S) |
Mixtur |
V-VI (S,B) | Cornet |
2' (S,B) |
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Cimbel |
III (B) |
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Trompet |
8' (S) |
Notes:
Information from a leaflet of the organ
Photos by Geert Jan Pottjewijd









Photo by Cor Roeleveld

Windchest of the pedal with Posaun 16' and Trompete 8'