Tangermünde,
St. Stephan
(Germany)

Restoration of the Scherer organ from 1623-1624, Alexander Schuke Orgelbau GmbH, 1994/2019

The organ of St. Stephan’s Church in Tangermünde, built in 1624 by the organ builder Hans Scherer the Younger from Hamburg, is one of the most important historical organs in Europe.

The carved oak case and the original pipe stock of over 50% were the basis for the reconstruction from 1991 to 1994 by Alexander Schuke from Potsdam to the then known original condition with 32 stops on three manuals and pedal.

However, the research in organ building also continues, so that in 2018 a further restoration of the organ took place, as traces for an upper ark in the “Rückpositiff” could be secured.

Two reed stops could be reconstructed on this additional drawer: Brass shelf 8′ and Krumbhorn 8′. At the same time, the entire register system was rearranged so that the registers of the works are now arranged in four rows one above the other.

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Project Progress
finished in 1994/2019 90%
Stop List
I. RückPositiff
  1. Principal 8′
  2. Gedact 8′
  3. Quintadeen 8′
  4. Octava 4′
  5. Holflöit 4′
  6. Zifelit 1 1/2′
  7. Mixtur
  8. Scharp
  9. MessingRegal 8′
  10. Krumbhorn 8′
II. OberWerck
  1. Principal 16′
  2. Quintadeen 16′
  3. Octava 8′
  4. Gedact 8′
  5. Flöite 4′
  6. Ruspipe
  7. Mixtur
  8. Scharp
III. OberPositiff
  1. Principal 8′
  2. Holpipe 8′
  3. Flöite 4′
  4. Nasath 3′
  5. Waltflöit 2′
  6. Zimbel
  7. Trommete 8′
  8. Zincke 8′

Tremulant

Pedal
  1. Principal 16′
  2. Untersatz 16′
  3. OctavenBaß 8′
  4. FlöitenBaß 4′
  5. RuspipenBaß
  6. BassunenBaß 16′
  7. TrommetenBaß 8′
  8. CornettenBaß 2′
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