Complete description of the selected organ
Photo: Danny Koschinski
Praha, Česká Republika (Praha) - Kostel sv. Jakuba Většího (Staré Mesto), Positiv
Municipal: Praha
Region:Čechy
Address: Malá Štupartská 6, 110 00, Praha
Website: http://praha.minorite.cz/
Description nr.: 2000628.
Built by: Builder unknown (ca. 1750)
In the choir of the Jacobuskerk there is an organ from the middle of the eighteenth century. The builder is unknown. Originally it had seven stops on the manual, and no pedal. In the nineteenth century, a twelve-tone pedal was added. In 1981 the company Rieger & Kloss (Orgelbauwerk Krnov) restored the instrument.
Technical data
Specification
Manuál: Principál 8', Copula 8', Oktáva 4', Copula Minor 4', Fugara 4', Superoktáva 2', Kvinta 3' (discant), Kvinta 1 1/2' (bas), Mixtura 3x.
Pedaal: Subbas 16', Oktáva 8'.
Couplers: Pedaalkoppel.
Photo: Danny Koschinski
Praha, Česká Republika (Praha) - Kostel sv. Jakuba Většího (Staré Mesto), Positiv
Municipal: Praha
Region:Čechy
Address: Malá Štupartská 6, 110 00, Praha
Website: http://praha.minorite.cz/
Description nr.: 2000628.
Built by: Builder unknown (ca. 1750)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | ca. 1750 | Builder unknown | new organ | 1981 | Rieger-Kloss | restoration |
In the choir of the Jacobuskerk there is an organ from the middle of the eighteenth century. The builder is unknown. Originally it had seven stops on the manual, and no pedal. In the nineteenth century, a twelve-tone pedal was added. In 1981 the company Rieger & Kloss (Orgelbauwerk Krnov) restored the instrument.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Manuaal | 8 |
| - Pedaal | 2 |
| Total number of stops | 10 |
| Manual compass | CDEF-c''' |
| Pedal compass | CDEF-a |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Manuál: Principál 8', Copula 8', Oktáva 4', Copula Minor 4', Fugara 4', Superoktáva 2', Kvinta 3' (discant), Kvinta 1 1/2' (bas), Mixtura 3x.
Pedaal: Subbas 16', Oktáva 8'.
Couplers: Pedaalkoppel.
| Literature |
Een Tsjechische orgelreis / Jan Jongepier. - In: Het Orgel, jrg. 71 nr. 1, januari 1975. |
| Recordings |
Prague St. James's Basilica : It's organs & composing organists / Irene Chribková, orgel en Stanko Arnold, trompet. - Multisonic 31 0347-2 (CD). - 1996. |
| Links |
https://auditeorganum.cz/ |
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