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In compiling this dictionary of organ terminology the webmaster gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Mr John Pike Mander.
Apprenticed in 1969 to, and later working with Rudolf von Beckerath of Hamburg, Mr Mander became Managing Director of the English organ builders N.P. Mander Ltd following Noel Mander's retirement in 1983.
Founded in 1936,
the firm's prestigious gallery of new and refurbished historic instruments
may be viewed at their website:
N.P.Mander Ltd, Organbuilders
We invite you to visit our fully documented and illustrated website featuring the outstanding baroque German organ-builder Gottfried Silbermann.
Friend and colleague of JS Bach, expert acoustician and metallurgist, Silbermann worked mainly in Saxony, southeast Germany, where 31 of his fine instruments are still in existence (full listing provided).
The village of Helbigsdorf has an instrument in fine condition, of typical Silbermann design and construction. The frescoe on the barrel-vaulted wooden ceiling is itself worth a visit! Helbigsdorf is not far from Frauenstein, home of the unique Silbermann Museum.
The photo above shows the little single manual Silbermann organ at Dittersdorf southeast of Dresden.
The city of Freiberg is home today to four Gottfried Silbermann organs in three churches. The main cathedral organ must surely rank as one of the world's finest: the three-manual, 44-register instrument illustrated above. Amazingly perhaps, this magnificent instrument was only Silbermann's second work, built between 1711 and 1714.
There is a highly informative Silbermann Museum in the picturesque little town of Frauenstein, Saxony, centrally situated for all the Silbermann organs.
Frauenstein Saxony
The BAROQUE MUSIC HOME PAGE - www.BaroqueMusic.org
provides a complete listing of all our Baroque Music sites.
- Baroque Music Defined
- Baroque Music Performance: "Authentic" versus Traditional"
- The Baroque German Violin Bow: A Lost Art
- The Lute-Harpsichord: A Forgotten Instrument
- The Baroque Composers' Portrait Gallery
Portraits of the major baroque composers.
Aufschnitt
cut-up
Aufwurf
curve (of a reed)
b (pron. "bay")
flat
Becher
tube, resonator (reed)
Dichtung
seal
Entwurf
proposal drawing
Fußloch
tip hole
Gehäuse
case (or casework)
Halbton
sharp (i.e. the key)
Hauptwerk
Great Organ
Intonation
Voicing
Jalousie
swell shutter (UK/US)
swell shade (US)
Kanal (Windkanal)
trunk
Kanzelle (Tonkanzelle)
bar or channel
Kegellade
cone chest
Kegelventil
cone valve
Kehle
shallot
Kern
languid
Kernspalte
flue
Kernstiche
nicks
Kondukte
conveyance(s)
Koppel
coupler
Kreuz
sharp
(i.e. the key signature)
Labial (Pfeife)
flue (pipe)
Labierung
mouth width
Magazinbalg
reservoir
Magnet
magnet
Manual
manual or keyboard
Mensuration
scaling
Motor (Winderzeuger)
blower
Notenpult
music desk
Nuss
block (for reeds)
Oberlabium
upper lip
Obertaste, Halbton
sharp (the key)
Pedal
Pedal Organ
Pedalklavier
pedalboard
Pfeife
pipe
Pfeifenfüße
pipe feet
Pfeifenfuß
pipe foot
Pfeifenkörper
pipe body
Pulpete
pull-down seal
(soundboard)
Rasterbrett
rack board
Register
stop(s)
Registerschalter
stop switch, solenoid
(key, tab etc.)
Registerzug (Manubrien)
drawstop
Registerzugmagnet
slider solenoid
Rollventil
rollerblind
Schleierbretter
pipe shades
Schleife
slide
Schleifen
slides
Schleiflade
slider soundboard (UK)
slider chest (US)
Schwebung
beat, or celeste
Schweizerpfeife
Überblasende Pfeife
harmonic pipes
Schwellwerk
Swell Organ
Schwelltritt
swell pedal
Spieltisch
console
Spund
faceboard, cap
Stimmkrücke
reed spring
Stimmrolle
tuning scroll
Stimmschieber
tuning slide (sleeve)
Stimmung
tuning
Stock (Pfeifenstock)
upper board
Stöpsel
stopper
Taste (Manual)
key
Taste (Pedal)
pedal key
Tonmagnet
pallet magnet
Transmission
transmission
Tremulant
tremulant
Untertaste, Ganzton
natural
Ventil (Tonventil)
pallet
Ventilfeder
pallet spring
Verführung(en)
groove(s)
Welle
roller or trundle
Wellenbrett
roller board
Windlade
soundboard
US: chest / windchest
Winkelbalken
square beam
Wippe
backfall
Zeichnung
drawing
Zunge (Register)
reed (stop)
Zungenstiefel
socket, boot
(for reed pipes)