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Photo: Wim Verburg. Date: 2004.

Photo: Wim Verburg

Bütgenbach, België (Liège) - Sankt-Stephanuskirche
Municipal: Bütgenbach
Region:Wallonie
Address: Marktplatz 8, 4750, Bütgenbach
Website: http://www.weywertz.be/

Description nr.: 2007158.

Built by: Weimbs Orgelbau (1935) - opus 5


The St. Stephanuskirche in Bütgenbach was built in 1932 to a design by Cunibert. In 1935 the Weimbs company completed the main organ, that is opus 5 of the company. The organ was never completed.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Hauptwerk8
- Schwellwerk8
- Pedal5
Total number of stops21
Key actionPneumatic
Stop actionPneumatic
Windchest(s)Cone chests

Specification
Hauptwerk (C-g'''): Bordun 16' (discant), Principal 8', Viola 8', Hohlflöte 8', Dolce 8' - missing, Oktav 4' - missing, Rohrflöte 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Mixtur 3 fach - on the drawer it says 'Oktav 2', Schalmey 8'.
Schwellwerk (C-g'''): Geigenprinzipal 8', Rohrflöte 8', Fernflöte 8', Vox Coelestis 8', Aeoline 8', Salicional 8', Konzertflöte 4' - on the drawer it says 8', Fugara 4' - missing, Flöte 2' - on the drawer it says 4', Piccolo 2' - missing.
Pedal (C-d'): Subbass 16', Oktavbass 8', Flötbass 8', Cello 4' - on the drawer it says 8', Posaune 16' - on the drawer it says Gedacktbass 8'.
Couplers: Manual I - Manual II, Pedal - Manual I, Pedal - Manual II, Manual I - Manual II 16', Manual I - Manual II 4'.
Accessories: Tremolo, 1 freie Kombination, 4 feste Kombinationen (p - mf - f - tutti), Automatische Pedalumschaltung, Registercrescendo.

Literature Orgues de Wallonie : Volume 7 : Province de Liège : Tome 11 - Arrondissement de Verviers / Eric Mairlot. - Namur : Ministère de la Région wallone : Direction générale de l'Aménagement du Territoire, du Logement et du Patrimoine, 1998.
Other sources
  • Janco Schout