Rühlmann organ in the city church St. Nikolai Bad Düben

The organ workshop founded by Friedrich Rühlmann (1812 - 1878) in Zörbig existed through the generations of his sons Wilhelm Rühlmann I (1842 - 1922) and Theodor Rühlmann II (1847 - 1910) and Wilhelm Rühlmann II (1882 - 1964), son of Wilhelm Rühlmann I, until 1945. The Bad Düben organ is one of around 300 instruments from the "Orgelbau-Anstalt W.Rühlmann". Wilhelm Rühlmann I built his organ in 1907 behind the case of the previous organ by Johann Carl Friedrich Lochmann from 1819 as Opus 294. III/30. The instrument is played via pneumatic cone chests. A fundamental restoration took place in 2008.

Text: Klaus Gernhardt

Layout

main work (C - f"')
1 drone 16'
2 Principal 8'
3 Gambe 8'
4 hollow flute 8'
5 Gemshorn 8'
6 Gedackt 8'
7 Octave 4'
8 Flauto harm. 4'
9 Rauschquite 2 times
10 Mixture 3 - 5 times
Oberwerk (C - f"')
11 Gedackt 16'
12 Violin Principal 8'
13 Salicional 8'
14 transverse flute 8'
15 double flute 8'
16 Fugara 4'
17 Harmonia aetheria 3-fold
18 Clarinet 8'
swell organ (C - f"')
19 Principal 8'
20 Viola 8'
21 Lieblich Gedackt 8'
22 Dolce 8'
23 Vox celeste 8'
24 Rohrflöte 4'
Pedal (C - d')
25 Violon 16'
26 sub-bass 16'
27 Principal Bass 8'
28 Gedacktbaß 8'
29 Cello 8'
30 Trombone 16'