Örgryte Specification
The North German Organ: Specification
The North German organ has 54 stops and approximately 4,000 pipes. The smallest pipe is only 15 millimeters high, whereas the largest is over seven meters.
The organ is supplied with air from twelve wedge bellows, the largest bellows system built since the middle of the 18th century.
The organ has four manuals and one pedal, from which the following divisions are played:
Werk
Rück Positiv
Ober Positiv
Brust Positiv
Pedal
So, in fact, several organs exist in one instrument! The organist can use these different divisions to create a kind of sounding architecture so that the sound comes from different directions in the room create echo effects, solos and accompaniments and even the Renaissance ideal of the many heavenly choirs all working together in harmony
Many of the Baroque organ stops bear names of popular instruments of the time such as, Dulcian, Zinka, Trumpet, Basun, Blockflöte, and Kornett. Below is the specification and a technical description of the North German organ: