Source: Acta Organologica 37 2022
Christian Binz: Eine Nollet-Organ für die Benediktinerinneabtei Eibingen. Orgelbauer am Rhein Nahr-Eck um 1724.
Jean Nollet (1681–1735) begründete eine Orgelbauerfamilie mit drei Generationen, die vorwiegend im Bereich um Trier und Luxemburg tätig war. Sein Orgelbau-Stil zeigt Einflüsse von Orgelbauern, die aus Nordfrankreich stammen.
Nachdem eine Schwägerin des Trierer Orgelmachers Nollet in den Konvent von Eibingen eingetreten war, ergab sich im Jahre 1724 ein Vertrag zur Lieferung einer Orgel mit 15 Registern durch Nollet. Diese Orgel kam nach der Aufhebung des Klosters im Jahre 1814 in die Rochuskapelle oberhalb von Bingen, die 1889 abbrannte.
Die ehemalige Abteikirche wurde zur Pfarrkirche für Eibingen. Heute steht in dieser Kirche ein Instrument (II/25) der Firma Klais (Bonn) von 1964. Die neu aufgebaute Rochuskapelle erhielt 1895 eine Orgel der Firma Schlimbach (II/20) aus Würzburg.
Im Vertrag von 1724 sind lediglich die beiden Zungenstimmen Vox humana und Vox angelica genannt, die damals im mittelrheinischen Gebiet noch Besonderheiten waren. Der rechtsrheinische Rheingau und das gegenüberliegende linksrheinische Gebiet der unteren Nahe gehörten damals zum Erzbistum Mainz. Hier begann sich die Vox humana nur langsam zu etablieren.
Translation:
Jean Nollet (1681–1735) founded a family of organ builders with three generations, who worked primarily in the Trier and Luxembourg area. His organ building style shows influences from organ builders from northern France.
After a sister-in-law of the Trier organ maker Nollet joined the convent of Eibingen, a contract was signed in 1724 for Nollet to supply an organ with 15 registers. After the monastery was dissolved in 1814, this organ was placed in the Rochus Chapel above Bingen, which burned down in 1889.
The former abbey church became the parish church for Eibingen. Today, this church contains an instrument (II/25) from the Klais company (Bonn) from 1964. The newly built Rochus Chapel received an organ from the Schlimbach company (II/20) from Würzburg in 1895.
In the 1724 contract, only the two reed voices Vox humana and Vox angelica are mentioned, which were still a special feature in the Middle Rhine region at that time. The Rheingau on the right bank of the Rhine and the area of the lower Nahe on the left bank of the Rhine belonged to the Archdiocese of Mainz at that time. Here the Vox humana only slowly began to establish itself.
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A Nollet organ for the Benedictine Abbey of Eibingen. Organ building at the Rhein-Nahe-Eck around 1724
Jean Nollet (1681–1735) founded a family of three generations of organ builders who were mainly active in the area around Trier and Luxembourg. His organ building style reflects that of the organ builders of northern France.
It was in 1724, not long after Nollet’s sister-in-law entered the convent at Eibingen, that a contract was signed for the delivery to the convent of a 15 stop Nollet organ. Subsequent to the convent being closed in 1814, the Nollet organ was transported to the Rochus chapel above Bingen. The chapel burned down in 1889.
The former abbey church became the parish church for Eibingen. Today there is an instrument (II/25) from the Klais company (Bonn) from 1964 in this church. In 1895, the newly built Rochus chapel received an organ (II/20) from the Schlimbach company from Würzburg.
In the contract of 1724, only the two reed voices, Vox Humana and Vox Angelica, are mentioned; both were still special features of organ building in the Middle Rhine area at that time. The Rheingau on the right bank of the Rhine and the area on the left bank of the lower Nahe on the opposite side belonged to the archbishopric of Mainz. It was here that the Vox Humana only slowly began to establish itself.
The Vox Angelica 2' can only be found in the later instruments built by the family Stumm of Rhaunen-Sulzbach in the Hunsrück. The instruments of the Mainz organ builders Joh. Jakob Dahm, Johann Ignaz Will and Johannes Kohlhaas were likewise lacking in reed registers. This is also characteristic of the organs of Joh. Friedrich Macrander (Frankfurt am Main) and those of Jakob Irrlacher and Valentin Marquard (Bad Kreuznach).
[Acta Organologica 37, 2022, 9-46]
Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz, Best. 164, Rupertsberg (Bingen), Benediktinerinnenkloster 225, in: Monasterium.net, URL </mom/DE-LHAKO/164/225/charter>, accessed at 2024-12-19+01:00 . This is a document relating to the Eibingen Kloster.
https://www.monasterium.net/mom/DE-LHAKO/164/225/charter