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Photo: Henk van der Luyt

Aalten, Nederland (Gelderland) - Oude of Sint Helenakerk, koororgel
Municipal: Aalten
Region:Achterhoek
Address: Landstraat 22, 7121 CR, Aalten
Website: http://www.kerkpleinaalten.nl/

Description nr.: 1000729.

Built by: Henk van der Luyt (2005)

Year	Builder	Opus	Activity
ca. 1985	Stefanni Orgelpijpenmakerij		new organ
1994	Sicco Steendam		transfer/relocate
2005	Henk van der Luyt		transfer/relocate

An employee of the company Steffani build a residence pipe organ in the 1980s. In 1994 Steendam placed it in the Gereformeerde Kerk (Vrijgemaakt) in Beilen. The organ was put up for sale in 2003, because the church would be enlarged. Another organ was bought for the church, built by the Reil company around 1960.
The organ was sold to Henk van der Luyt from Aalten. He carried out an overhaul and placed it in the building of the Nederlandse Protestantenbond, Prinsenstraat 27 in Aalten. Here it was inaugurated in December 2005. It has been given the name 'Amadeus'. The organ case is decorated in a classical eighteenth-century style.
In 2011 the building of the Nederlandse Protestantenbond was closed. The organ was then transferred to the choir of the Oude or Sint Helenakerk in Aalten.

Short list of all locations the organ has been

1994	Beilen	Gereformeerde Kerk Vrijgemaakt "De Ark"
2005	Aalten	Nederlandse Protestantenbond
2011	Aalten	Oude of Sint Helenakerk, koororgel

Technical data

Specification
Manuaal (C-f'''): Bourdon 8', Roerfluit 4', Quint 3' (discant), Octaaf 2'.
Pedaal (C-f°): Aangehangen.

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