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«Replacement of the Organ in the Church by Imitations – A Situation Report»

Started by organforumadmin, September 11, 2011, 01:13:08 AM

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OBM Siegfried Adlberger, Organ advisor of the diocese Linz



The organ, for centuries indispensable in our churches, is obviously in
question. Thus, in recent years many parishes have acquired electronic
imitations. In the best case this imitation stands next to the organ so that
both instruments can be used, in the worst case however, the organ is
removed without replacement or disregarded when churches are being
altered or newly built.
The reasons mentioned are primarily economic and the seemingly barely
audible differences between imitation and organ, but also reasons of placement.
In addition, excellent solutions such as the installation of the Rudigier
organ in St. Mary's dome in Linz are hardly possible any more because
of monument protection reasons. Church music is similarly affected
as the instrument making.
The best reasons for organ acquisitions still are authenticity and sustainability.
If the organ is to remain the musical instrument of the future, all
are challenged : parishes, church leaders, musicians, architects charged
with church constructions and alterations, the monument protection authorities
and, last but not least, the organ builders who must give even
greater effort to produce instruments of high quality.