#willemvantwillertorgandocumentary #willemvantwillertbaroque DOCUMENTARY [DUTCH SPOKEN] MEERE/REIL ORGAN in URK JAN KOELEWIJN Senior voicer at Organ Builders REIL Heerde. 3:41 VOX HUMANA - 5:16 FLUTE TRAVERS - 6:02 CARILLON - 6:48 IMPROVISETTA - 7:04UNDA MARIS - 7:51 MUSIC - 8:02 QUINTFLUTE, FLUTE 4 ROUGHFLUTE 8 FORESTFLUTE 2 - 8:28 MEACHNIEK - 9:05 HOLPIJP 8 - 10:00 BOVENWERK - 10:59 CORNET - 11:08 TREAD - 11:29 GEMSHOORN 4 [1792] - 12:50 PEDAL - 14:03 TRAY - 14:42 Han vd Horst: Tuning - 16:28 WIND SUPPLY Han van der Horst, employee at Orgelmakerij Reil specializing in maintenance and tuning at REIL, speaks about the wind supply. Willem van Twillert improvises on a few combinations of registers an IMPROVISETTA a free improvisation. In this documentary Jan Koelewijn discusses in detail the way of organ building of Abraham Meere. Jan Koelewijn first talks about the front and then he shows various organ pipes in detail and sometimes tells special details about them based on questions from Willem. During the detailed discussion of organ pipes of a specific register Willem sometimes improvises with the relevant register as registration. The wind chests are also opened. Finally we also take a look in the bellows chamber with Han van der Horst, employee at Orgelmakerij Reil specializing in maintenance and tuning. BRIEF HISTORY of ORGAN Built by Abraham Meere (Utrecht) for the Roman Catholic Schuilkerk in IJsselstein. The organ is moved to this church and serves there until 1907. In this year the organ is sold to the organ dealer Mart Vermeulen in Woerden. He expands the organ with an upper work and makes the pedal independent. In 1910, the organ was purchased by the Reformed Church in Urk and placed in the Bethel Church. Despite two unsuccessful restorations, the condition of the instrument deteriorated. During the restoration in 2011/12, the reeds and mixtures from 1987 were replaced by new ones. The front and the organ case were restored to their original state, but several later extensions were retained. Stef Tuinstra was the advisor during the work. In this documentary, Jan Koelewijn and Willem van Twillert trace the construction history and organ-making by MEERE through a dialogue. Jan Koelewijn examines Abraham Meere's organ-making method in detail. Jan first talks about the front and then he shows various organ pipes in detail and tells about them. While Jan discusses specific registers with an organ pipe in his hand, Willem plays a short improvisation on this register. The windchests are also open to looking into. Finally, we also take a look at the bellows room with Han van der Horst, also an employee of Orgelmakerij Reil. BRIEF ORGAN-HISTORY Built by Abraham Meere (Utrecht) for the Roman Catholic Schuilkerk in IJsselstein. The organ was transferred to this church and served there until 1907. In this year the organ is sold to the organ dealer Mart Vermeulen in Woerden. This expands the organ with an upper part and makes the pedal independent. In 1910 the organ was purchased by the Reformed Church in Urk and placed in the Bethel Church. The condition of the instrument is deteriorating despite two unsuccessful restorations. During the restoration in 2011/12, the reeds and mixtures from 1987, among other things, were replaced by new ones. The front and the organ case have been restored to their original state, but various extensions from later times have been maintained. Organ Advisor, Stef Tuinstra. ORGAN DISPOSITION MAIN WORK Bourdon 16′ – 1792/1911 Prestant 8′ – from a double choir Holpijp 8′ Quintadena 8′ Octave 4′ Flute 4′ – 1792/1987 Gemshoorn 4′ – 1792/2013 Quint 3′ – 1911/1952 Octave 2′ Cornet IV strong (treble) – 2013 Sesquialtera II strong – 1805/2013 Mixture III-VI strong – 2013 Bassoon 16′ – 2013 Trumpet 8′ – 2013 ONDERPOSITIVE Prestant 8′ – 1911/1987 Holpijp 8′ (divided) – 1805 Viola di Gamba 8′ – 1911; CH from Hollopen Flute Travers 8′ (treble) – 1805 Unda Maris 8′ (from c°) – 1847/1850/2013 Principal 4′ – 1805 Flute 4′ – 1805 Quintflute 3′ – 1792/1987 Forest flute 2′ Flageolet 1′ Carillon III strong ( from a) – 2013 Dulcaan 8′ – 2013 Vox Humana 8′ – 2013 Tremulant – inset PEDAL Open bass 16′ – 1911/2013 Subbas 16′ – 1911 Octave 8′ – 1911 Roerquint 6′ – 1982 Octave 4′ – 1911 Bazuin 16′ – 2013 Trumpet 8′ – 2013 Cornet 4′ – 2013 Couplers Main work – Lower positive Pedal – Main work Pedal – Lower positive Tremulant (upright) CREDITS Audio on set & Video Herman Logtenberg Editing Herman Logtenberg, Sonja Koopal Music Audio Marien Stouten Native Speake Neil Cole Production Stichting Promotie Orgel Projecten Idea Jan Koelewijn - Herman Logtenberg - Willem van Twillert Thanks to Organ Committee Bethel Church in URK Stef Tuinstra Advisor on restoration/reconstruction of MEERE/REIL organ in Urk