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 | |||
| 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) | ||
| Cimbel | III (B) | ||||
| Trompet | 8' (S) |
2011: Planned restoration by Rowan West (Altenahr)
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'