Wünning organ in the town church of St. Nikolai Geithain

There is evidence of an organ in St. Nikolai as early as 1452 in old writings from the parish archives. In 1847, a newly built organ by Urban Kreuzbach (Borna) was inaugurated. The last major renovation and restoration of the church took place in 1902. The instrument was rebuilt pneumatically with the Seifert membrane chest. The work was carried out by the Alfred Schmeißer company. This technique later proved to be very prone to failure.

It was not until 2005 that the organ was technically rebuilt by Georg Wünning (1983-). The facade from 1902 was preserved. The instrument was to be preserved in its sound substance and size. It was given slider chests with mechanical action. 17 voices from Kreutzbach's workshop of 1847 were reinstalled in their entirety, and about 8 voices from the Schmeißer firm have also been preserved. In total, the organ today has 36 sounding voices. The number of sounding pipes is 2207.

Disposition:

1. Manual(C-g'')
Bordun 16'
Principal 8'
Gambe 8'
Dolce 8'
Double Flute 8'
Octave 4'
Tapered Flute 4'
Gedackt 4'
Quint 2 2/3'
Octave 2'
Cornet
Mixture 2' 4-fold
Cymbel 1' 2-fold
Trumpet 8'

2. Manual
Gedackt 16'
Rohrflöte 8'
Rohrflöte 4'
Terz 1 3/5'
Salicional 8'
Nasat 2 2/3'
Voix céleste 8'
Octave 2'
Fugara 4'
Mixture 1 1/3' 3-fold
Fiddle Principal 8'
Oboe 8'
Octave 4'

Pedal
Big Pedal:
principal bass 16'
violon bass 16'
trombone bass 16'

small pedal:
sub bass 16'
quint bass 10 2/3'
octave bass 8'
pedackt bass 8'
choral bass 4'
trumpet 8'

Source: Organ Database Saxony, Ev.- Luth. Kirchspiel Geithainer Land