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Photo: Luc Peeperkorn. Date: 24 March 2024.

Photo: Luc Peeperkorn

Grez, België (Brabant-Wallon) - Église Saint-Georges
Municipal: Grez-Doiceau
Region:Wallonie
Address: Rue Saint-Georges 2, 1390, Grez
Website: https://paroissegrezdoiceau.wordpress.com/

Description nr.: 2012520.

Built by: Jan Bremser (1668)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1668 Jan Bremser  new organ
1873 Martin Drijvers  rebuild
ca. 1900 Augustin Verhulst  maintenance/reparations
1977 Salomon Eyckmans  restoration

  • The organ in the Saint-Georges church in Grez was originally a two-manual instrument, built in 1668 by Jan Bremser for the Couvent des Augustines de Terbank in Heverlee. It was purchased in 1784 for Grez, where a new church building was erected in the years 1760-1772.
  • In 1873 the organ was worked on by Martin Drijvers. It is not clear whether the second (treble?) keyboard had already disappeared by then. The stop list was adapted to the taste of the time. Drijvers installed a Bourdon 16', the bass of the Montre 8' and furthermore the registers Viole de Gambe 8', Flûte Harmonique 8' and Euphone 8', as well as a Tremulant. The windchest was renewed and a new free-standing console was installed. Augustin Verhulst reparied the organ around 1900. This builder placed a label with his name next to the keyboard. In 1977 Salomon Eyckmans overhauled the organ.

Short list of all locations the organ has been
1668HeverleeCouvent des Augustines de Terbank
1784GrezÉglise Saint-Georges

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Manual12
- Pédaleaangehangen
Total number of stops12
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Manual (C-g'''): Bourdon 16' - 1873, Montre 8' - C-b° 1873, Bourdon 8', Viola di Gamba 8' - 1873, Flûte Harmonique 8' - 1873, Prestant 4', Flûte Douce 4', Doublette 2', Cornet 5 rangs, Fourniture 2-3 rangs, Trompette 8' (B/D), Euphone 8' - 1873.
Pédale (C-c'): Aangehangen.
Accessories: Tremblant - 1873.

Literature
  • Du nouveau à propos de l'orgue de Grez (1688) / J.P. Félix. - In: L'Organiste, 12me Année, no. 2.
  • Orgues du Brabant Wallon : Inventaire critique / Jean Ferrard. - Bruxelles : Sauvegarde des Instruments de musique à Clavier, 1981.
  • Orgues de Wallonie : Volume 10 : Province de Brabant Wallon / Jean-Pierre Felix, Pierre Decourcelle. - Namur : Ministère de la Région wallone : Direction générale de l'Aménagement du Territoire, du Logement et du Patrimoine, 1998.

Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 4 August 2007.
Photo: Giel Daems
Photo: Luc Peeperkorn. Date: 24 March 2024.
Photo: Luc Peeperkorn