Sancta Magdalena sample set for Hauptwerk 4 ( & 3)

[musicalis]

Hello

I release to day this sample set of the church Sainte Madeleine de Bagnoles de l'Orne (France)
An organ with 2 manuals 56 notes, an half manual (swell), pedals, 24 stops, needing few memory and running well with the free version of Hauptwerk-4.

Listen this demo : fugue

More infos on my site page 98



Let me first of all mention that both the communities of Bagnoles de l'Orne and Tessé-la-Madeleine merged and it became customary to name the organ : organ of the church of Saint Madeleine / Bagnoles de l'Orne.
In 1856, the priest Le Marchand, an amateur organ builder, donated to the church of Tessé an instrument he manufactured. The organ proved to be disappointing and so Périer, priest of Tessé employed a professional organ builder.
Two years later, the organ was redesigned and modified by Charles Lefevre to 23 stops and more than 1700 pipes. The 2 keyboards now had 54 notes; the pedal board 27.
In time the organ deteriorated, pipes disappeared and others, made of wood, rotted. In 1954, the builder Roger Lambert, from Le Mans, was commissioned to recondition the organ. He completed it as an instrument with 22 stops, but some years later this restoration turns out to be too minimal.
In 1983 Master-organ-builders Jean-Georges and Yves Koenig dismantled the instrument and brought it to their workshop in the Bas-Rhin region. Once revised, the intonation redone and reassembled, the organ had 23 stops and more than 1400 pipes.
Finally, in 1995/1996 the organ-builder Jean François Dupont, of Caen worked on this instrument because some mechanical parts began to wear out. He also reorganized it in a brilliant way.
The work of Jean François Dupont started by restoring the principal pipe divisions of both keyboards and was followed by the creation of half an additional keyboard including an Oboe of the XIXth and a 5 ranks Cornet stop may be dated from before 1830.
Positive and Great manuals were increased to 56 notes. Couplers (drawers system) were also installed as in older organs.
The tracker action, in addition was repaired like new. The wind regulators are directly incorporated under the reconstructed wind chests.
Truly remarkable craftsmanship.

[wljmrbill]

Interesting article and a great sound for only 24 stops and the 3rd manual added.