Draaby Church

Moravian Church · Christiansfeld

18. June 2019

Västra Ingelstads Church

4. February 2020

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The organ in Draaby Church (Ebeltoft Parish) was restored in 2017. It was built in 1858 for Mariager Church, by Demant & Son, and relocated to Draaby Church in 1972. The organ has undergone several repairs and changes over the years. In 1914 work was carriede out by the organbuilder A.C. Zachariasen, further a restoration was carried out in 1972 by Bruno Christensen & Sønner.

The manual divisions have shared C- and C# slider windchests, the pedal a mechanical cone-valve chest. Mechanical key and stop action. 12 stops 2 manuals & pedal.

Couplers: I manual + II manual. Pedal + II manual (added by A.C. Zachariasen 1914).

The windsupply from 2017 with 2 wedge shaped bellows, located behinde the organ. The wind system can be operated mechanically with pedals, alternativley with electrich blower.

The organ adviser, Svend Prip, plays the newly restored organ, 2017.

The result is extremely successful and it feels a lot like a whole new instrument. A few components are reused. The Marcussen team has succeeded in creating a perfect connection between old and new. The tonal fusion is perfect, and the large and colorful outline gives almost unprecedented possibilities of expression in both liturgical and concerts. A few disparities of the previous instrument have been eliminated, and all the works of the organ now appear well balanced and in harmony.
From the declaration of approval when rebuilding and extending the organ in the Trinity Church, Trinity Sogn, Skads Provsti, Ribe Stift, June 2018
The craftsmanship of the restoration / reconstruction is convincing and the work is done with accomplished and in the right" spirit "- done with great experience, understanding and consciousness of traditions. With the special dimensions and very long mechanical connections, the organ has always been demanding to play. With the recent work done the pipe organ is - probably better than ever – and it that corresponds naturally to the rich, healthy and solid sound impressions.
The competent, very patient-minded intonation work deserves great praise.

Brødremenighedens kirke in Christiansfeld
In the declaration of approval from May 2017 it is stated that
The results of the restoration are in every way extremely successful"
“The craftsmanship and the materials used are of high class and nothing is left to chance. The sound is in perfect balance - a tone that is nuanced in relation to the size of the organ, where both registrations and tutti are characterized by fullness, breadth and gravity - and by great beauty

Restoration of the organ in Dråby Church, Syddjurs Provist, Aarhus Stift.
From the approval declaration, restoration report October 2017:
The unique Marcussen character is not to be mistaken. This pipe organ has got its own unique personality and is to be considered among the best of international concert hall organs. The result is not perceived a copy or a compromise, but as a coherent whole of "universal" character.
The intonation work is done at the highest level; the organ sounds convincingly big - but in addition simply remarkably beautiful.

Quote from the Declaration of Approval, November 2014

Tekniske specifikationer

Overmanual C-f3
Principal 8 F.
Flöite 8 F. C-F fælles med Principal 8’
Octav 4 F.
Quint 2 2/3 F. piber rekonstrueret 2017
Octav 2 F.
Trompet 8 F. indsat i 1972, (Marcussen, Hoptrup k. 1872). Delvis nye tunger, 2017.

Undermanual C-f3
Copula 8 F.
Gamba 8 F. C-H fælles med Copula 8 F.
Flöite 4 F. C-H dækket, fra c åben

Pedal C-c1
Subbas 16 F.
Octav 8 F.
Tuba 16 F. nye kehler, med bestående tunger, 2017

The competent, very patient-minded intonation work deserves great praise.

Brødremenighedens kirke in Christiansfeld

“The craftsmanship and the materials used are of high class and nothing is left to chance. The sound is in perfect balance - a tone that is nuanced in relation to the size of the organ, where both registrations and tutti are characterized by fullness, breadth and gravity - and by great beauty

Restoration of the organ in Dråby Church, Syddjurs Provist, Aarhus Stift.

The intonation work is done at the highest level; the organ sounds convincingly big - but in addition simply remarkably beautiful.

Tekniske specifikationer