Vestervig Church

In 1978 “The largest village church in Scandinavia” in Vestervig (DK) acquired a remarkable organ of four manuals and pedal with 52 stops – “un Grand Orgue de 32 pieds”, based on a draft by Svend Prip. The console design, specification and disposition of the departments included several innovations; among others things 8 of the Pedal’s 13 stops were also playable from the fourth manual as a Solo/Bombardeværk.

Compass: C-a3, C-f1
Key action: Mechanical
Stop action: Electrical
Couplers: Mechanical: RP/HV, HV/P, RP/P, SV/P, B off/P
Couplers: Electrical: SV/HV, B/HV, SV/RP, B/SV

Combinations: 7.680
Tremulants: RP, SV
Stops: 53
Temperament & pitch: Equal, a’=440 Hz. at 20°C.
Pipes: 4.224
Voicing: Albrecht Buchholtz
Consultant: Svend Prip
Architect: Poul Hansen og Ib Lydholm
Work completed: 1978,
2010: Obo 8′ in the Swell organ and a new combinations system.