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Görlitz Peterskirche
In 1691, the Church of St. Peter and Paul was severely damaged by a fire. Starting in 1697, Eugenio Casparini and his son Adam Horatio began constructing a new organ. This organ had 57 stops divided across three manuals and a pedal. The organ case, designed by Johann Conrad Buchau, contained 17 suns behind which pipes of equal length were placed. Twelve of these pipes produced individual tones of the unique pedal mixture. The organ was inaugurated in 1703, and in 1704, Christian Ludwig Boxberg wrote a detailed description of the instrument.
A famous organ
The organ attracted a lot of attention. In 1715, Tsar Peter I of Russia was so impressed by the instrument that he commissioned Boxberg to design a “Monstre Orgue” for Saint Petersburg. However, this organ was never built. Johann Sebastian Bach, on the other hand, called it a “horse organ” due to its heavy playability. Similarly, Johann Andreas Silbermann criticized it in 1741. Even in the late 19th century, the unusual construction of the wind chests continued to arouse interest. These wind chests were divided into compartments with wind partitions and had valves on the sides that opened upwards, which contributed to the heavy playability.
The main organ
Between 1827 and 1828, Joseph Schinkel and Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Buckow carried out repairs and modifications, bringing the organ to 55 stops. From 1845 to 1847, Friedrich Nikolaus Jahn rebuilt and expanded the organ to 64 stops. In 1894, the firm Schlag & Söhne from Schweidnitz built a new instrument with 53 stops, preserving some of the original stops and the organ case.
The Mathis organ
The then-existing organ was removed during an extensive church restoration, leaving only the historical organ case, which was restored. Plans for a new organ began in 1990, with a commission awarded to the Swiss company Mathis Orgelbau. The stoplist was designed by organist Matthias Eisenberg and was inspired by the Casparini organ. The organ was inaugurated in 1997 during the first construction phase, with 64 stops distributed across three manuals and a pedal. In 2002, the pipes of the Sonnen-Mixtur were restored by Mathis. During the second construction phase in 2004, a swell division with 23 stops was added. In 2021, Mathis expanded the pedal with three additional stops. In 2024, the organ was further expanded with a Chamade division featuring six horizontal reeds (“Engelwerk”), donated by Matthias Eisenberg. The inauguration took place at Pentecost 2024. Since then, the organ has had 96 stops.
This sample set is available in Hauptwerk (Sonus Paradisi) and Sweelinq.
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Görlitz Peterskirche
Specifications
General
- Casparini/Mathis, 1704/2024
- 4 manuals
- 96 stops
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