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Source: Hervormde Gemeente 's-Gravendeel.

Source: Hervormde Gemeente 's-Gravendeel

's Gravendeel, Nederland (Zuid-Holland) - Kerk op de Heul (Pauluskerk)
Municipal: Hoeksche Waard
Region:Hoekse Waard
Address: Hendrik Hamerstraat 1, 3295 CG, 's-Gravendeel
Website: http://www.hervormdsgravendeel.nl/

Description nr.: 1010864.

Built by: Hendrik Jan van der Molen (1905)
Replaced (1919)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1905 Hendrik Jan van der Molen  new organ
1910 Jan van der Kley  maintenance/reparations

  • The old church of 's-Gravendeel has been destroyed by a fire on May 10, 1904, including the Van den Bijlaardt organ from 1890. After a new church had been built, a pipe organ was installed in 1905 by H.J. van der Molen, organ builder in Steenwijk. Consultant was M. Willemstijn, organist in Ridderkerk. Church and organ were inaugurated on April 2nd, 1905.
  • Because the church was not dry yet, the organ had some major problems and was hardly tunable. J. van der Kleij overhauled the instrument in 1910, but the result was poor. In 1919, a new organ was built by Van der Kleij.


Literature Het orgel. - In: Als een boom aan de rivier : 400 jaar Hervormde Gemeente 's-Gravendeel 1595 - 1995 / Peter Pot. - 's-Gravendeel : Kerkvoogdij Hervormde Gemeente, 1995.