In December the Hazen organ was installed in the Saint Nicholas Church of Crèvecoeur-le-Grand.

The Jerusalem Church was built in 1907 as a Reformed church. In 1910, the P. van Dam company from Leeuwarden installed a new organ in the church. It was a well-built organ with a beautiful front.

In 1955, this traditionally built organ was completely converted and expanded by the organ factory Valckx & Van Kouteren under the advice of the Reformed Organists' Association. The mechanical action was replaced by an electro-pneumatic one. Van Dam's original windchests and pipework were preserved. In recent years, people have increasingly been confronted with technical failures and wind leaks.

Various plans were developed, from a complete reconstruction of the Van Dam organ to restoration of the current instrument, in which the action would be completely replaced. Unfortunately, the costs for a complete reconstruction turned out to be far above budget, and it was decided, in consultation with the organ consultant Herman den Hollander (on behalf of the VOGG), to opt for a complete restoration of the Van Dam windchests, a restoration of the wind supply (where two bellows were re-trained) and the replacement of the electro-pneumatic drive for a new electric drive. The console was also completely renovated and the interior replaced with new one. The stability of the organ case was improved by volunteers from the church community under the advice of Van den Heuvel and advisor Den Hollander.

The organ was delivered on Tuesday, October 10, with Dick den Engelsman (VOGG) and local organists playing the organ.

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The firm Bernard Pels & Zn from Alkmaar (NL) built the new organ in 1964 (opus 617) for the Redeemer Church in Bussum. It was built under the advice of Piet Kiel Sr. On January 7, 1965 it was officially put into use. 2019 organ builder Pels & Van Leeuwen worked in the organ and an important re-voicing was made. This organ builder also split the Octaaf 2’ from the Mixtuur ranks to make it separately operable, which created more timbre options. Some months afterwards, the decision was made to divest the church on January 1, 2020. Van den Heuvel-Orgelbouw has relocated the organ to the 'De Verbinding' (formaly 'De Kern') in Spijkenisse. The organ was reinaugurated on 23 september. Three stops were added to the Hoofdwerk division. Therefor the organcase was expanded at the rearside to accomodate a new slider chest with electric stopaction and mechanical keyachtion.

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In 1880 founded Fokke Bakker (1842-1904) and Arjen Timmenga (1854-1920) their organ building company in Leeuwarden (Netherlands). In the eighty years of their existence as a family business they have maintained their specific traditional hand crafted work. On July 31, 1904, Bakker died. Timmenga continued, from 1919 his son Bernard (1889-1972) became his partner. After the death of Arjen Timmenga (November 16th, 1920) Bernard continued to work in the company until 1960. Bakker & Timmenga built this organ in 1890 for the Reformed church of Heeg. The organ case was designed by the famous architect Tjeerd Kuipers. A special feature is that the specifications for the construction of the organ were drawn up by the organ building company Van Dam & Sohn, and that Bakker & Timmenga this organ built according to these specifications. In 1955 the organ was restored by the same company.

The asking price of only Euro 24.500 is certainly interesting for a motivated buyer. For the new owner of the church, however, it is very important that this beautiful, characteristic and valuable pipe organ will get a good ‘second life’, preferably in a church and a congregation that will use the organ frequently. Of course, the organ must skillfully dismantled and relocated. Van den Heuvel Orgelbouw has much experience in this field and signed an exclusive contract with the owner of the organ to find a good destination for the organ and to arrange the transfer. Dismantling, repair and restoration work as well as the re-installation and further completion of the historic organ, etc. will also be conducted by J.L. van den Heuvel-Orgelbouw. The costs of these activities depend on the specific needs of the client and eventual assistant of volunteers for work such as transport, electrical installation, (structural) adjustments, painting work etc.. We look forward to work out a specific written quotation for the desired work.

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For futher information:
Jan L. van den Heuvel – Orgelbouw bv
Amstelwijckweg 44
3316 BB Dordrecht
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