The Flentrop organ in the Dutch Reformed Church, Zevenbergen Up



Dutch Reformed Church, Zevenbergen

D.A. Flentrop, 33IIIP (1954)
Jan L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw has completed the renovation of the Flentrop organ (1954) in the Dutch Reformed Church, Zevenbergen. This 16' three manual & pedal organ counts 33 stops. Concultant was Jaap Hillen, organist of the the Flentrop organ of the Grote Kerk in Breda, who was also the consultant in 1954 when the organ was build.
After dismanteling all parts they were cleaned and checked and when needed repaired. New parts were made in style of the Flentrop work. The windsupply was checked and releathed were needed. The organcase was repainted.

All the pipework was checked: welding joints, languids, mouths, tuning slides, (colapsed)feet were repaired were needed. Piperacks and supports were stabilized. The reeds were taken apart, repaired and re-voiced.
In concultation with the organconcultant and church the organ was revoiced: the relative thin and aggressive sound is now changed in a more fundamental, singing and poetic tone.

Also some stopchanges were carried out:
  • In the Zwelwerk (swell) the very thin sounding Cimbel III was replace by a Zweving 8’ (Céleste) to complete the Spitsgamba 8’.
  • The composition of the Hoofdwerk (Great) mixture was changed in order to have a less thin and sharp sound: the treble has a more classical composition now, which includes 4', 5 1/3' and 8' ranks.
  • Also the composition of the Scherp of the Rugpositief (choir) was changed and now includes 2 2/3' and 4' ranks in the treble.
  • The Schalmei 4’ of the Pedaal was changed into a Trompet 8'
  • The thin walled display pipes were during the renovation strengthend and recieved a more solid and fundamental sound.
© November 22th 2002
Instruments | Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Zevenbergen