Saturday 15 December 2012

Her Majesty the Queen of The Netherlands appointed Jan L. van den Heuvel Knight of Orange-Nassau.

Mayor drs. Arno A. M. Brok handed Jan the Royal award and decorations after the inaugural concert of the new Van den Heuvel-organ in Dordrecht.

The organ case of this new two manual organ is from oak. The design is completely in style of the archtecture of this monumental church which dates from 1921. This instrument possess 24 stops and will be in general used for accompanying the hymn-singing. The sound combines elements of both Dutch and French-romantic styles. 

Specification:
Great: Bourdon 16', Prestant 8', Dwarsfluit 8', Roerfluit 8', Octaaf 4', Blokfluit 4', Octaaf 2', Mixtuur V 2', Cornet V (MC), Klarinet 16', Trompet 8', Tremulant.
Swell: Baarpijp 8', Nachthoorn 8', Viola 8', Vox Celeste 8', Koppelfluit 4', Nasard 2 2/3', Flageolet 2', Tertiaan I-II 1 1/3', Hobo 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremulant.
Pedal: Subbas 16', Holfluit 8', Bazuin 16'.
Couplers: Swell/Great, Great/Pedal, Swell/Pedal.

Organist: Rien Donkersloot

The Van der Kley organ of the 'Vaste Burcht' church in Schiedam had water damage from a leaky roof. In particular, the Great soundboard was very wet. J. L. van den Heuvel Organ building was commissioned to repair the organ.

All the pipes of the Great were removed to gain access to the cones of the windchest. The windchest was cleaned and damaged cones were renewed. Also, all membranes of both manual chests were renewed. The pipework was inspected, cleaned and if necessary repaired before they returned on the windchest. The voicing was checked and corrected where necessary. The work was concluded with a general tuning of the organ.

Voicing of the new pipework (Van den Heuvel) and the historical Schmidt (1813) en Blank (1966) pipes is carried out as well as repairs.
The church has a gallery with pictures of the organ.

Inauguration took place on March 23rd 2012 by the local organists.

Current stoplist:
Great: Prestant 8' MC (1813), Holpijp 8' (1813/1966), Prestant 4' (1966), Fluit 4' (1813), Octaaf 2' (1813/1966), Sesquialter I-II (1813/1966/2012)
Positiv: Bourdon 8' (2012), Roerfluit 4' (1966), Nasard 2 2/3' (2012), Gemshoorn 2' (2012), Dulciaan 8' (2012), Tremulant (2012)
Pedal: Subbas 16' (from stock organbuilder), Holfluit 8' (1966, re-worked Spitsgedekt 16')
3 couplers

The Verschueren-organ from the Morgensterkerk, Dordrecht has been placed in the Chr. Geref. Kerk in Oud-Beijerland. There are four stops added to the original stop list of 9 stops. The organ case is renewed. The enlarged organ was first used at Easter 2012.

Current stop list:
Hoofdwerk: Prestant 8', Roerfluit 8', Octaaf 4', Sesquialter II (TF, 2012), Mixtuur II-III 2', Trompet 8' (2012)
Nevenwerk: Holpijp 8', Viola 8' (1-12 from Holpijp, 2012), Gemshoorn 4', Nasard 2 2/3' (2012), Woudfluit 2' (2012), Dulciaan 8'
Pedaal: Subbas 16'
3 couplers, tremulant (2012)