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Source: Evangelischer Kirchenbezirk Crailsheim.

Source: Evangelischer Kirchenbezirk Crailsheim

Altenmünster (Crailsheim), Deutschland (Baden-Württemberg) - Peter-und-Paul Kirche (Alte Evangelische Kirche)
Municipal: Crailsheim
Region:Württemberg
Address: Kirchstraße 26, 74564, Crailsheim-Altenmünster
Website: http://www.kirche-altenmuenster.de/

Description nr.: 2004921.

Built by: Link Orgelbau (1964)
The organ contains older material: Organ case from 1752 by Johann Baptist Allgeyer

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1752 Johann Baptist Allgeyer  new organ
1964 Link Orgelbau  new organ in old case
2000 Michael Mauch  transfer/relocate

  • Johann Baptist Allgeyer built an organ with one manual in 1752 for the church of Altenmünster. In 1810 the village came to the area of Württemberg, after which the coat of arms of Württemberg was placed on the organ case. In the nineteenth century the instrument was expanded with an independent pedal on a mechanical cone chest.
  • By the Gebr. Link a new organ was built in 1964 in the old case. Consultant was Helmut Bornefeld. The new organ received two manuals and pedal. Pedal and positive got their own case outside the existing one, without a visible prospect. The organ was transfered to the newly built Gemeindezentrum (called Friedenskirche) in 1973, without further changes.
  • In the year 2000 a new organ from the company Mühleisen was installed. The old organ from 1964 was relocated to the Alte Evangelische Kirche by Michael Mauch.

Short list of all locations the organ has been
1752AltenmünsterPeter-und-Paul Kirche
1973AltenmünsterEvangelisches Gemeindezentrum (Friedenskirche)
2000AltenmünsterPeter-und-Paul Kirche (Alte Evangelische Kirche)

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Hauptwerk6
- Positiv5
- Pedal3
Total number of stops14
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Hauptwerk (C-g'''): Rohrpommer 8', Prinzipal 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Piffaro 2 fach (4' + 2'), Hörnlein 2 fach (1 3/5' + 1 1/7'), Mixtur 3-5 fach (1 1/3'), Tremulant.
Positiv (C-g'''): Gedackt 8', Rohrflöte 4', Italienische Prinzipal 2', Gemsnasat 1 1/3', Zimbel 3 fach (1/2'), Tremulant.
Pedal (C-f'): Untersatz 16', Oktavbaß 8', Choralflöte 2 fach (4' + 2').
Couplers: Hauptwerk - Positiv, Pedal - Hauptwerk, Pedal - Positiv.

Other specifications
Different specifications
  • De dispositie van het oorspronkelijke werk luidde:
    Manual: Gedackt 8', Prinzipal 4', Flöte 4', Oktave 2', Quinte (2 2/3' of 1 1/3'), Mixtur 4 fach, een Laufende Sonne (Zimbelstern).

  • De dispositie luidde in 1942 volgens notatie van Walter Supper:
    Manual (C-f'''): Gedackt 8', Salizional 8', Prinzipal 4', Flöte 4', Oktav 2', Mixtur 2 fach.
    Pedal (C-f): Subbaß 16', Oktavbaß 8'.
    Laufende Sonne (niet meer functionerend).
    Nog uit 1752 stamden de Gedackt 8', de Oktav 2'.

Literature
  • Orgeln in Württemberg / Helmut Völkl. - Neuhausen-Stuttgart : Hänssler-Verlag, 1986. - (110. Veröffentlichung der Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde).
  • Die Orgeln von Altenmünster : Wiedereinweihung der Allgeyer-Orgel in der Peter-und-Paul-Kirche : Einweihung der Mühleisen-Orgel in der Friedenskirche : Mai 2000. - Altenmünster : Evangelische Kirchengemeinde, 2000.
  • Neue und restaurierte Orgeln in Baden-Württemberg 2000 / Helmut Völkl. - In: Musik in Baden-Württemberg : Jahrbuch 2001 : Band 8 / Georg Günther, Reiner Nägele [red.]. - Stuttgart : Verlag J.B. Metzler, 2001. - Ausgabe der Gesellschaft für Musikgeschichte in Baden-Württemberg.