SPEISEGGER
Convent of the Cordeliers Fribourg
Organ details
History
- 1747-1750: construction by Johann Conrad Speisegger from Schaffhausen
- 1815: conversion of the organ by Aloys Mooser
- 1865: alterations by Haller and Mauracher
- 1914: complete reconstruction and extension of the organ with installation of a pneumatic traction by Goll from Lucerne
- 1968: Goll's organ was dismantled. The Walcker firm was commissioned to build a new organ in the old cases, using some Speisegger pipes still present, including the front pipes of the positive. Due to the restoration of the church building, it took a long time before the project could be started.
- 1985 the plan was changed to a reconstruction of the original instrument
- 1999 the organ was not yet completed when Walcker went bankrupt. The work was then continued by Ferdinand Stemmer, and in 2002 the organ could be used.
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Specification
I. Grand Orgue C-f3 | II. Positif de dos C-f3 | Pédale C-f1 | ||
Bourdon 16 Principal 8 Bourdon 8 Salicional 8 Prestant 4 Flaut 4 Quinte 3 Doublette 2 Sesquialtera Fourniture III Cymbale II Cornet V Trompette B + D 8 | Coppel 8 Principal 4 Rohr-Flaut 4 Nazard 3 Flageolet 2 Terzian Octave 1 Cymbale II Tremblant | Principalbass 16 Octavbass 8' Rauschbass 4 + 2 Bombarde 16 Fagotho 8 |
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