Häcker organ in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Martin in Audigast

Carl Gottlob Häcker (1791 - 1860) is the son of Johann Gottlob Häcker (1766 - 1817), who founded an organ building company in Pegau. Carl Gottlob Häcker took over his father's workshop and moved it from Pegau to Borna in 1822/23. During this time, Urban Kreutzbach (1796 - 1868) was his employee In 1826, Carl Gottlob Häcker built the organ in Audigast A predecessor instrument was built in 1685 by Samuel Lüttich with 10 stops. Samuel Lüttich was a schoolmaster and organ builder in Audigast. In 2012, the company Frank Peiter, Lengefeld, carried out a thorough restoration and reconstruction to its original state.

Further reading:  
- Ulrich Dähnert, Historische Orgeln in Sachsen, VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik
  Leipzig, 1980
- Lexikon norddeutscher Orgelbauer, Band 2, Sachsen und Umgebung,
  Pape Verlag Berlin, 2014
- Fritz Oehme, Handbuch über die Orgelwerke in der Kreishauptmannschaft
  Leipzig, Pape Verlag Berlin, 1994

Disposition
 
Manual range C - d''                                    Pedal range C - c'
 
1.  Gedackt 8'                                                      10. Subbass 16'
2.  Flauto 8'                                                           11. Violon bass 8'
3.  Quintade 8'
4.  Principal 4'
5.  Gemshorn 4'                                                   Pedal Couple
6.  Quin
7.  Octave 2'                                                       Tremulant
8.  Cornett 3 fach
9.  Mixtur 3 fach                                                   pitch g sharp' 445 Hz
 
The "star" stop slide has no function. No traces of the apparently planned design could be found either on the case
or in the organ.