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title: "Four-organ in the castle chapel in Torgau"
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description: "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 teacher training college, 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 taking the castle church into service (October 5, 1544) - the new organ by Peter Vier from Friesenheim in the Black Forest was inaugurated. With its mid-range 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:Main organ II CDE-e3Grobgedackt 16'Principal 8'Onda maris 8'Quintadeena 8'Octava 4'Night horn 4'Octave 2'Mixtur   IVBassoon 16'Trumpets 8'Rückpositiv I CDE-e3Gedacktes 8'Principal 4'Rohrflöit 4'Nassat 2  2 / 3'Sedecima 2'Terz 1  3 / 5'Octave 1'Cymbals  III 1'Crumbhorns 8'Breastwork III CDE-e3Singing Regal 8'Hollow Flutes 4'Canal TremulantPedal CDE-d1Sawn lower bass 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
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**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 teacher training college, 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 taking the castle church into service (October 5, 1544) - the new organ by Peter Vier from Friesenheim in the Black Forest was inaugurated. With its mid-range 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:****Main organ II CDE-e3
G**robgedackt 16'
Principal 8'
Onda maris 8'
Quintadeena 8'
Octava 4'
Night horn 4'
Octave 2'
Mixtur IV
Bassoon 16'
Trumpets 8'

**Rückpositiv I CDE-e3**
Gedacktes 8'
Principal 4'
Rohrflöit 4'
Nassat 2 2 / 3'
Sedecima 2'
Terz 1 3 / 5'
Octave 1'
Cymbals III 1'
Crumbhorns 8'

**Breastwork III CDE-e3**
Singing Regal 8'
Hollow Flutes 4'
Canal Tremulant

**Pedal CDE-d1**
Sawn lower bass 16'
Octave bass8'
Bassoon 16'
Trumpets 8'
Night horn 4'
Singing cornet 2'

Source: Torgau Castle Church, KMD Ekkehard Saretz 

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Kulturbetrieb Schloss HartenfelsSchloßstraße 27

04860 Torgau

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