Klettham – New, fuller organ sounds to satisfy the climbing Hamer parish Church of St. Vincent. The great organ project progresses, but relies on generous donations. The goal is to have two organs play together. In order to achieve this, has already done a lot.
A further step in the charity concert, which takes place tomorrow, Saturday at 17 PM in the parish Church of St. Vincent. It is designed by the singing circle of St. Vincent and instrumentalists connected to the parish. The overall management has been a Church musician Robert Green. Admission is free, but generous donations are requested. On the program, and atmospheric Baroque music with Arnold Melchior Brunckhorsts “Christmas story” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantata “God is my king”.
climbing Hamer Staller organ is in urgent need of refurbishment. After more than 50 years their technology is out of date. “Already in 1998, it has replaced the game table, in order to minimize the transmission errors,” says Green. Since 1997, a new construction of the instrument by experts is recommended. A costly affair. Now a solution is in sight. Recently, the opportunity to purchase a used Rieger-organ of Bern, which can be coupled with the existing and purged climbing Hamer organ above the main entrance of the parish Church offered.
The project under the Motto “create something New, tried and tested,” combines a cost-effective and smart solution. The main organ in St. Vincent should remain and to the present-day safety standards are adapted. The always-installed, hard-to-reach and, ultimately, with sahabet giri? 31 registers, stocked the organ to be cored. Only the twelve best registry you want to make functional again – and the Bernese Rieger organ has 21 registers, with the electric-magnetic technique to connect.
So you would get a for the Church matching the Sound of and would also have interesting in-game possibilities, says Green. The advantages: it will create space for a clean design of the old instrument, whistle are to be found only in a wood-jacketed resonance chamber.
“With the purchase of a used, but excellent instrument from Bern, as well as the reduction and Overhaul of the old Instruments has chosen the parish for a pragmatic and relatively cost-effective option,” says Green. The Swiss organ had cost 100 000 Euro – including Transport, cleaning and reconstruction in St. Vincent and is on the return that have been purchased have been created in “foresight”,.
but are exhausted for the time being, all the financial resources of the Church Foundation. A further 70 000 euros would be needed to restore the old organ. For comparison, A complete replacement for St. Vincent would have cost 500 000 Euro.
The parish of appeals in an appeal for funds to all art-minded promoters, music, friends, and Church visitors, the organ to support the project, and seek sponsors. Anyone who wants to, can even be organ pate. It also hopes to support the city of Erding. Until sufficient funds are available, peace, be still the old organ in the sleeping beauty, so Green.
But the Swiss Rieger organ, which was recently set up on the side of the altar area will soon: On 13. January after the Sunday worship service that begins at 11 am, plays the organ expert of the diocese, Wolfgang Kiechle, 12 at an opening matinee. (Vroni bird)
