Pieterburen, Hervormde Kerk


Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/55344642@N04/6041654364 The dummy Rugpositief by Arp Schnitger Photo by "ibrahimbukhara" Click at the photo to enlarge

1699: Arp Schnitger constructs an organ for the church of Pieterburen.

1700: Allart Meyer builds a Rugpositief without any ranks.

1704: Johannes Radeker adds a Pedal with no stops.

1772: New windchest. New manuals and partly new tracker action mechanism. A Fluit 4' is added.

1867: Repairs by N.A.G. Lohmann. Sexquialter and Mixtuur replaced by Viola da Gamba discant and Salicionaal 4'.

1901: W.K. Beukema moves the organ to Mensingaweer without the dummy Rugpositief, which remains in Pieterburen.

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden 25-10-1899 (Advertisement to sell the Schnitger-organ)

A new organ in a fairly traditional style is built by F. Leichel & Zoon.



Nieuwsblad van het Noorden 01-03-1906

1946: Repairs by Mense Ruiter.

Literature:

Writer Book/Magazine-title
Various Het Groninger Orgelbezit van Adorp tot Zijldijk Volume I