"The DR-Van den Heuvel organ is very definitely one of the best concert organs in the world. the majestic and colourful symphonic characteristics of this solo instrument can be an ideal, not only in dialogue and competition with the orchestra, but also in supporting it. I am sure this royal instrument will inspire organists, conductors and composers to give pleasure to many"Dr Naji Hakim "We still love the organ and I am hoping that 2013 will mean more action on this marvelous instrument"Niels Erik Lund (Facility & Operation Manager DR-BYEN, Chairman of the organ committee). DR-BYEN Currently DR-BYEN (Danish Radio & TV BYEN) is housed in the centre of Copenhagen. Due to expansion plans of the digital multimedia productions already in 1999 was decided to move all ± 3.000 employees of the current 10 location from the centre of the city to one new building complex in the northern area of the city. The total floor area will be 110.000 m². Part of the complex, worth 404 million Euro, is a newly build concert hall with an inner height of 24 meters. The large hall will seat about 2000 people. The French architect Jean Nouvel from Paris designed the concert building, which also houses three smaller halls. Works will be completed by the end of the year 2006. Currently a scale model (1:10) of the new concert hall is being made. After completion specialists of the Japanese firm NAGATA ACOUSTICS will finish their calculations. The organ By the end of December 2002, Van den Heuvel was asked by DR-BYEN to enter the competition for the new concert organ and a movable positive. According European guidelines 7 international organbuilders were selected to draw up their plans. Jan L. van den Heuvel - Orgelbouw bv was the winner of the international competition between 7 European organbuilders. The philosophy of DR’s first director “The best, only the best” was also applied to the organbuilders. The builders and there referenced organs were critically examined. The most important criteria were artistic and technical qualities. On both criteria Van den Heuvel was awarded with the most points. Peter van den Heuvel (l) en de "project executive" van het nieuweDR-gebouwencomplex Kjeld Boye-Møller (r). On 23 October 2003 the contract was signed for one of the most important concert organs in Denmark. This prestigious 32-feet organ will be, with 91 stops (about 6000 pipes), divided on 4 manuals and pedal, one of the biggest in the country. Besides this also a contract for a 5 stop positive organ for on the stage was awarded. V.l.n.r. Gordon Alsing (Execute Manager & Producer van hetDanish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choirs), Niels Erik Lund(Radio-inspecteur, secretaris orgelcommissie), Peter van den Heuvel,Per Salo (Pianist & Organist Radio Symphony Orchestra),Flemming Dreisig (externe orgel consultant & domorganist). At the end of 2007, the organ was finished in the assembly in Dordrecht and fully playable. In the spring of 2008, the impressive concert hall was almost finished and the installation of the organ could start. The inauguration of the concert hall with organ took place on 17 January 2009. More than 1800 guests, including the Danish Queen Margrethe, Crown Prince and the other members of the royal family, attended the ceremony. Concept The highly symphonic organ will be a unique instrument in the organ-landscape of Denmark. To give the performer maximal flexibility and control over the instruments resources the organ will feature no less than 3(!) swell boxes. A moveable console provides the performer with an optimal listening distance to the organ. Only the Pédale and Grand-Orgue will be not enclosed, the other 3 manual departments will be enclosed in separate swell boxes: Positif, Récit, Solo (including the Tubas). Solo and the Tubas are played from manual IV. The Tubas are on high pressure (380mm, 15inch). The Solo also features a single ranked un-enclosed chamade trumpet. The movable console with electric action is connected to a pneumatic device to engage the tracker-action to the wind chests for the basses and Pédale. Trebles are operated by electric action. The stop action is electric too and is equipped with a memory system allowing the performer to pre-set the stop combinations. Since quite operation of the wind supply is demanded it is completely enclosed. Also the wind motors are regulated so they spin down when they are not used. Pictures Windchests The wind chests are certainly one of the most important parts of the organ: their quality and construction is extremely important for the whole instrument. To receive the ultimate sound-colors, it is important the pipes receive their wind from a wind chest with note channels. For this reason mechanical slider chests are very important. To guarantee a quiet speech onset, the length of a note channel never should be too long. When the divisions are very large, one should decide to build several pallet boxes to guarantee the best quality for all, even if this is more expensive. The large scaled flue stops will be placed on off sett wind chests with their own wind supply. View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId245c7973fd Bellows (13) Wooden pipes (19) Metal pipes (21) View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProIde364082d2e View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId21a4268539 View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId8d7c060666 Swellboxes (8) Contre-Bombarde 32 (15) Console (28) View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProIda213167df5 View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId810e1f6adf View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId5dacb01cc9 Assembly hall Pictures of the organ assembly in our main hall. (244) weeks 33-37 2005 weeks 38-42 2005 weeks 45-51 2005 View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId0a58acb2a3 View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProIdfc972e3ee7 View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId048573cef3 weeks 1-6 2006 weeks 8-17 2006 weeks 18-22 2006 View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId0cb39b381f View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId75de6c603e View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId818b3d9575 weeks 23-27 2006 weeks 28-35 2006 weeks 36-45 2006 View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProIdddfa8af1e1 View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId49c67c3c6a View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProIdcbaaaa062b Visits Pictures of several visits from the customer to our workshop. (51) March 2004 (9) June 2004 (8) September 2005 (10) View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId310739db8f View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId32fabf048c View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId25a72187a1 March 2006 (13) October 2006 (7) October 2007 (4) View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId577a73604d View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId0593853bcc View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId6e7156c63a Build-up at DR Pictures of the assembly in Copenhagen. (113) Day 1-10 Day 11-20 Day 21-34 View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId9e480055b5 View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProIdbd7ee2c701 View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId6f0c51b97e Placing the façade View the embedded image gallery online at: https://vandenheuvel-orgelbouw.nl/en/component/k2/item/426-dr-kopenhagen-en.html#sigProId97151dc9af
