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Boszormeny Organ [Back to Library]
| Producer: | Augustine's Virtual Organs |
| Builder: | József Angster |
| Country: | Hungary |
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| Manuals: | 3 |
| Pedalboard: | Yes |
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Description: |
In the place of Hajdúböszörmény, there was already a settlement inhabited in prehistoric times. It was an important market town in the Middle Ages, the first written document mentioning the town dates back to 1248. It is the second largest city in the county of Hajdú-Bihar. The settlement structure of the city is very interesting, circular, which is typical of Hungarian cities dealing mainly with agriculture. The majority of the population is of the Reformed religion. The Reformed Church in the Kálvin square is the second largest Reformed church in Hajdúböszörmény. It was built in a late-eclectic style and inaugurated in 1899. The organ of the church was built by József Angster in 1898. The three manual, mechanical instruments had 33 registers. József Angster's sons (Emil and Oszkár) rebuilt this organ into a pneumatic system and expanded it to 38 registers. (Three reed registers were only planned, they were not installed.) This instrument is significant both in terms of monuments and history, because it was the last large organ of the Angster factory's heyday, and it is one of the most beautiful late-romantic organs in Europe. In communist times, regular maintenance of the organ was neglected, then the pneumatics were replaced by electromagnetic switches and thus the organ lost its wonderful unique sound. The Aeris Ltd. carried out the complete reconstruction of the highly incomplete and remodeled organ, and restored the organ to its 1914 state, as well as replacing the three missing reed registers. The organ has thus once again become one of the most beautiful late-romantic instruments of the Angster organs, on which mainly German romantic organ works can be performed authentically. The following friends helped me to make and publish the sample set (in alphabetical order): Dominique Dantand, Gérard Lefranc, Nagy István and Jean-Pierre Silvestre. If something's done well, it's thanks to them. Thank you for their work. I especially thank the help of the reformed cantor and organist Szabadi Árpád, who drew my attention to this great organ and obtained the necessary permission to make the sound sample. |
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| Website: | https://hauptwerk-augustine.info/Boszormeny.php |
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