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Photo: Ad Fahner

Huizum, Nederland (Fryslân) - Pniëlkapel

Forwarded from: Schiedam - Metropoletheater (1933 - 1936)

Municipal: Leeuwarden
Address: Carel Fabritiusstraat 31, 8932 HN, Leeuwarden

Description nr.: 1003311.

Built by: firma A. Standaart (1933)
Sold to Ukraine (2015)

Year	Builder	Opus	Activity
1933	firma A. Standaart		new organ
1936	Theo Strunk		transfer/relocate
1970	Fonteijn & Gaal		rebuild
1989	Flentrop Orgelbouw		maintenance/reparations
2015?	Slooff Orgelbouw B.V.		maintenance/reparations

• The Pniëlkapel or Pniëlkerk in Huizum was dedicated on May 7, 1925. In the building the firm Standaart installed a demonstration model of they built in 1933. It was installed in the Metropoletheater in Schiedam in 1935, but already moved to Leeuwarden in 1936. In that year it was purchased by A. and J. Tiemersma, who donated it to the church. The organ was transferred to Huizum by Th. Strunk, who also modified the instrument. The renewed building and the organ were both dedicated on August 24, 1936. The organ was played by Mr. Bouma from Rotterdam.
  
• The organ was rebuilt in 1970 by the Fonteijn & Gaal company. The Flentrop company carried out an overhaul in 1989. The instrument was not only used as a church organ, but also theatre organ concerts were organized.
  
• The Pniëlkapel was rented from 2011 by the Pinkstergemeente Elim. After they also left, it was sold in 2015 and decommissioned as a church building. The organ was demolished and stored by organ builder Nico Slooff and will probably be sold to a church in Ukraine. The building is being converted into an annex to the Johan Willem Friso School.
  

Short list of all locations the organ has been

1933	Schiedam	Metropoletheater
1936	Huizum	Pniëlkapel

Technical data

Number of stops per division
- Manuaal I	7
- Manuaal II	11
- Pedaal	6
Total number of stops	24
Key action	Electropneumatic
Stop action	Electropneumatic
Windchest(s)	Cone chests

Specification
Manuaal I (C-b'''): Diapason 8', Roerfluit 8', Salicional 8', Roerfluit 4', Salicet 4', Octaaf 2', Mixtuur V sterk, Tremolo.
Manuaal II (C-b'''): Concertfluit 16', Gamba 8', Violine/Cello 8', Tibia 8', Fluit/Tibia 4', Open Fluit 4', Quintfluit 2 2/3', Tibia 2', Terts 1 3/5', Trombone 16', Trompet 8', Tremulanten.
Pedaal (C-f'): Subbas 16', Bourdon 16', Octaafbas 8', Cello 8', Fluit 8', Trombone 8'.
Accessories: Vaste combinaties, Generaal crescendo.

Compound stop	Composition
Mixtuur V sterk (1937)	C: 2' - 1 1/3' - 1' - 2/3' - 1/2'. c°: 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3' - 1' - 2/3'. c': 4' - 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3' - 1'. c'': 5 1/3' - 4' - 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3'. c''': 8' - 5 1/3' - 4' - 2 2/3' - 2'.

Other specifications

Different specifications

In 1937 the following stop list was published: Manuaal I (C-b'''): Prestant 8', Roerfluit 8', Salicionaal 8', Octaaf 4', Mixtuur V sterk (2'). Manuaal II (C-b''', in zwelkast): Bourdon 16', Vioolprestant 8', Holpijp 8' (unit), Gamba 8', Voix Célèste 8', Openfluit 4', Gedekt Fluit 4' (unit), Quintfluit 2 2/3' (unit), Woudfluit 2' (unit), Terts 1 3/5' (unit), Trompet 16' (unit), Trompet 8', Tremulant. Pedaal (C-f'): Subbas 16', Zachtgedekt 16' (transmissie), Octaafbas 8', Bourdon 8' (transmissie), Trombone 8' (transmissie). 7 koppelingen, vaste en vrije combinaties, generaal crescendo.

Literature

De Harp, mei 1937 De Nederlandsche Klokken- en Orgelraad : Werkzaamheden in het 20e jaar / Mr. A. Bouman. - In: Maandblad Het Orgel, 34e Jaargang No. 8, Mei 1937. Leeuwarden musiceert : Leeuwarder muziekleven 1940-1985 / Th.P.A. Lambooy. - Drachten ; Leeuwarden : A.J. Osinga Uitgeverij, 1986.

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Photo: Ad Fahner

Photo: Ad Fahner

Source: Postcard

Source: De Orgelvriend