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Orgelbau Mebold
Orgelbau Mebold is a company building pipe organs in Siegen, Germany. It was founded in 1967 by Hans Peter Mebold (27 April 1942 – 21 July 2001), and has been run since 2018 by his son Mathias Mebold (born 1978). The company builds new organs, restores historic instruments, and specializes in portable small instruments (''Truhenorgel''). Founding Hans Peter Mebold was born in Weidenau. He learned organ building with Hans Dentler, and worked in the workshop of , with , Günter Hardt, at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum and with . He founded the company Orgelbau Mebold in Frauenberg near Marburg in 1976. In 1979, they moved to Siegen, to the village Breitenbach. Hans Peter Mebold died in 2001. Continuation After Mebold's death, Johannes Tobias Späth took over, together with Marianne Mebold, the founder's widow. From 1982, he was responsible for the workshop. , the owner is Mathias Mebold, a son of Hans Peter Mebold, born in 1978. Organs and concerts The company builds ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pipe Organs
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air (called ''wind'') through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ''ranks'', each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass. Most organs have many ranks of pipes of differing timbre, pitch, and volume that the player can employ singly or in combination through the use of controls called stops. A pipe organ has one or more keyboards (called '' manuals'') played by the hands, and a pedal clavier played by the feet; each keyboard controls its own division, or group of stops. The keyboard(s), pedalboard, and stops are housed in the organ's ''console''. The organ's continuous supply of wind allows it to sustain notes for as long as the corresponding keys are pressed, unlike the piano and harpsichord whose sound begins to dissipate immediately after a key is depressed. The smallest porta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
