John the Baptist´s Church at
Ján Přibyl who accompanied me when I was
admiring the
Ján Přibyl
comes from the same place as the organ does.
Originally a Romanesque church from the 11th century
was rebuilt in the Gothic style in the 14th century (first written documents
about the origin of the church come from the year 1352 and at the end of the
18th century it was slightly changed in the Classicism style). The organ is labeled
as op. 69 from the workshop of Rejna Černý. They have a conic wind trunk.
The disposition of the organ:
Manual:
Principal 8´
Cover
8´
Salicional 8‘
Octave 4‘
Flute 4‘
Mixtura
2´ composed of two or three
rows of pipes.
Pedal:
Subbas
16´
Octavebas 8‘
As a whole the organ is situated next to the back side of the
choir, the prospectus fields of the principal pipes are divided into three
parts in a neoromanesque console. The table
stands freely in the middle of the choir so that the organ-player might sit
facing the altar and so that he/she might follow the course of the mess. There
are two additional mechanisms „Mezzoforte“ and „Pléno“ in the form of stiff
combinations. They are there to mitigate the operation of the playing table.
Their operation is the same as the operation of the pedal joint. The operation
is with the help of metal steps situated under the pedal. The
range of the manual C-f3, the range of the pedal C-d1.
Worked out by Ján Přibyl.
You can download the above mentioned description here as
a Word document.
The organ is probably from a serial production because
a similar one is situated at Turie near Žilina. I used to play there for a certain time.
The organs are completely the same apart from the number of registers, there
are 6 registers at Turie, only one of them is in the
pedal. I have a very good impression from it; its disposition is very
good. It is a pity that there is not one more manual (positive) with at
least three registers.
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I thank Janko Přibyl and for showing the
organ.