Kalvträsk Church organ sampleset infopage

# Kalvträsk Church organ sampleset

The organ was built in 1839 by Per Zacharias Strand (Stockholm) originally for the church in Burträsk, Sweden. Around 1903 there was a new organ built for Burträsk and Kalvträsk was given the old Strand organ. P.Z. Strand was a highly regarded craftsman and artist of his time. His organs are of high quality and could be classified as Classical approaching the romantic tone.

Luckily the organ survives in it's original state, except for an electrical blower installed. Only conservatory maintenance has been performed by organbuilders in recent times.

The recording of the samples was done in September 2010 by Lars Palo with a Alesis iO2 audio interface, Audacity 1.3 from a laptop and two Studio Projects B1 condenser microphones. The recording settings were stereo 24 bit and 48000 Hz samplerate.

This sampleset is created by Lars Palo. Images made by Lars Palo in July 2010. Noise reduction of the samples was made with Nick Appletons Noise Reduce software.

The original (and present) specification of the organ is:

Kalvträsk church organ, 1839
Manual (54 notes, C-g3) | Pedal (27 notes, C-d1)
--- | ---
Principal 8' (Bass C-B/Descant c0-f3) | Constantly coupled to manual
Gedackt 8' |
Fugara 8' (from c0) |
Octava 4' (Bass C-B/Descant c0-f3) |
Qvinta 3' |
Octava 2' |
Trumpet 8' (Bass C-B/Descant c0-f3) |

The console is placed on the left side of the organ and the stops appear over the music stand in the order that they are placed on the windchest. The divisions of the Trumpet, Principal 8 and Octava 4 are most likely done from an organbuilders technical point of view for convenience and not the players musical.

The orginal version is as recorded, except for the Trumpet which is tuned to the Octava 4' as is the practice in real life.

Beside the original specification there's a two manual and pedal extended version with 20 general combinations added as well as a GC and 8 divisionals for every division. The extended specification is inspired by the same organbuilders work in Karlskrona Trefaldighetskyrkan (from 1827).

extended Kalvträsk church organ
Pedal (32 notes, C-g1) | Huvudverk (I) (61 notes, C-c4) | Svällverk (II) (61 notes, C-c4)
--- | --- | ---
Subbas 16' (1) | Borduna 16' (1) | Corno di Basetto 8' (2)
Principal 8' (3) | Principal 8' | Gedackt 8' (1)
Violoncell 8' (4) | Gedackt 8' | Fugara 8' (4)
Gedackt 8' (1) | Fugara 8' | Octava 4' (2)
Octava 4' (2) | Octava 4' | Flöjt 4' (1)
Basun 16' (5) | Qvinta 3' | Corno 8' (5)
| Octava 2' | Tremulant
| Scharf III (6) |
| Trumpet 16' (5) |
| Trumpet 8' |

(1) Extension/Borrowed from Gedackt 8'
(2) Extension/Borrowed from Octava 4'
(3) Borrowed from Principal 8'
(4) Borrowed from Fugara 8'
(5) Extension/Borrowed from Trumpet 8'
(6) Stop made of combinations of Octava 4', Qvinta 3 and Octava 2'

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Pipes in the facade partly from Principal 8' and Octava 4'

The original foot lever for feeding the bellow is still functional.

Beautiful view from the entrance of the church area.