New Organ At The Musikverein, Vienna

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Dear Forum members,

 

maybe some will be interested to hear that the famous Vienna Musiverein is going to have a new organ. It will be the fourth in a succession of more or less successful instruments. The original 1872 III/52 Ladegast, behind the beautiful facade in Corinthian style, was replaced in 1907 by a IV/71 Rieger (then Jägerndorf), rebuilt an enlarged to IV/80 in 1948 by Viennese builder Molzer. This organ was replaced entirely by a new IV/100 Walcker, built to a specification by Karl Richter, and not at all up to its task. Forum member Karl Bernhardin Kropf has first-hand-feet-and-ears experience here.

 

The new organ will be built by Rieger of Schwarzach (Vorarlberg, Austria). On the German "Orgelforum" the planned stoplist was posted. It appeared in a Rieger leaflet. So this is going to be the organ that will have to match one of the world's finest – or even the finest, as some believe – orchestras. Here it is:

 

I. Orchesterwerk C-c''''

Liebl. Gedackt 16'

Geigenprincipal 8'

Viola da Gamba 8'

Salicional 8'

Wienerflöte 8'

Blockflöte 8'

Holzgedackt 8'

Octave 4'

Viola 4'

Gedecktflöte 4'

Octave 2'

Mixtur IV 2'

Harm. aeth. II–V 2 2/3'

Fagott 16'

Euphonium 8'

Oboe 8'

Klarinette 8'

-Tremulant-

 

II. Hauptwerk C–c''''

Principal 16'

Violon 16'

Principal 8'

Flûte Major 8'

Gamba 8'

Gedackt 8'

Gemshorn 8'

Octave 4'

Salicional 4'

Spitzflöte 4'

Quinte 2 2/3'

Superoctave 2'

Großmixtur V–VI 2 2/3'

Mixtur IV–V 1 1/3'

Cornet V 8'

Trompete 16'

Trompete 8'

Trompete 4'

 

III. Schwellwerk C-c''''

Salicet 16'

Principalviolon 8'

Gambe 8'

Aeoline 8'

Voix céleste 8'

Flûte harm. 8'

Bourdon 8'

Flûte oct. 4'

Fugara 4'

Nazard harm. 2 2/3'

Octavin 2'

Tierce harm. 1 3/5'

Sifflet 1'

Fourniture V 2'

Basson16'

Trompette harm. 8'

Hautbois 8'

Clairon harm. 4'

Voix humaine 8'

-Tremulant-

 

IV. Solo C–c''''

Quintatön 16'

Diapason 8'

Flauto amabile 8'

Doppelflöte 8'

Prestant 4'

Traversflöte 4'

Nasard 2 2/3'

Flöte 2'

Terz 1 3/5'

Larigot 1 1/3'

Mixtur IV 1 1/3'

Englischhorn 8'

Tromp. Royal 8'

Tuba 8'

 

Pedal C–g'

Kontrabass 32'

Kontrabass 16'

Violonbass 16'

Salicetbass 16'

Octavbass 8'

Flöte 8'

Flöte 4'

Rauschpfeife III 2 2/3'

Kontraposaune 32'

Posaune 16'

Fagott 16'

Trompete 8'

Clairon 4'

 

Orchesterpedal

Subbass 32'

Subbass 16'

Violon 8'

Gedackt 8'

Bassklarinette 16'

 

Koppeln:

I/II, III/II, IV/II, III/I, VI/I,

I/P, II/P, III/P, IV/P

 

Koppeln el.:

I/II, III/II, IV/II, III/I, IV/I,

Sub- und Superkoppeln nach Wahl

 

Spieltische:

Hauptspieltisch (mech.)

fahrbarer Spieltisch (el.)

 

Extras:

Rieger Stimmsystem

Rieger Aufnahme- und Wiedergabesystem

MIDI

 

Spielhilfen:

Rieger Setzersystem: 10 Benutzer mit je 1000 Kombinationen mit je 3 Inserts; Archiv für 250 Titel mit je 250 Kombinationen

4 Crescendi, einstellbar

geteiltes Pedal

Sostenuto, Tutti

freie Manualzuteilung (elektrischer Spieltisch)

Sequenzschaltung

Kopierfunktionen

Wiederholungsfunktionen

Werkabsteller

Generalabsteller

 

Best,

Friedrich

 

P. S.

As to "Orchesterwerk" and "Orchesterpedal", after some speculation, I tend to believe that these divisions are going to sit below the facade, on orchestra level. The space has been used for pipework of previous organs, but not by Ladegast.