Schmeisser organ in St. Johannes Church, Belgershain

Short facts

For the reconstruction of the St. Johannes Church was laid in 1682, the ordination of the church and the organ from Christoph Donat took place in 1686.

Alfred Schmeisser (1878 - 1957), a third generation descendant of the company's founder, Wilhelm Schmeisser (1817 - 1882), working in Rochlitz, built the organ in 1905 with a pneumatic note and stop mechanism. II /18 Expanded to Sifflöte 1' on the second keyboard, this organ documents an early example of the era of the Organ reform movement. After the foundation stone for the reconstruction of the St. Johannes Church was laid in 1682, the ordination of the church and the first organ from Christoph Donat of Leipzig took place in 1686. In 1770, the organ was rebuilt by Johann Gottlieb Mauer from Altenburg. The generously arranged second western gallery indicates the preservation of sophisticated church music.
Texts: Klaus Gernhardt

Specification stop list

1 Console

1 Bordun 16´
2 Principal 8´
3 Gamba 8´
4 Hollow pipe 8´
5 Gemshorn 8´
6 Octave 4´
7 Octave 2´
8 4-fold mixture

2. Console

9 Principal violin 8´
10 Gedackt 8´
11 Concert pipe 4´
12 Schwiegel 2´
13 Quinte 1 1/3´
14 Siff pipe 1´

Pedal

15 Sub-bass 16´
16 Cello bass 16´
17 Principal bass 8´
18 Choral bass 4´

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Schmeisser organ in St. Johannes Church, Belgershain
Hauptstraße 25
04683 Belgershain
Deutschland

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Phone: +49 34293 / 2952 - 6
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