OrganArt Media 1925 G.F. Steinmeyer Organ op. 1400 Hauptwerk-ARCADiA

这款由 OrganArt Media 采样制作的《1925 G.F. Steinmeyer Organ op. 1400》是为 Hauptwerk 平台设计的大型管风琴音源，完整采样自柏林 Ss. Corpus Christi 教堂中一台拥有 71 个音栓、原始保存至今的 Steinmeyer 管风琴。这台建于 1925 年、作品编号 1400 的乐器是这一时期德国后浪漫主义管风琴制造的巅峰之作，也是 Steinmeyer 工坊罕见的代表性作品之一，具有极高的历史和音乐价值。

该乐器由著名音乐家 Otto Dunkelberg 设计，他后来成为帕绍大教堂世界最大教堂管风琴的演奏者。此管风琴不仅结合了当时德国、法国和美式管风琴的特色，也展现了艾尔萨斯地区器乐改革运动的影响，拥有诸如全套弦乐音栓、丰富的延伸联动系统、宽广的音域和多样音色组合，能够胜任从 19 世纪德国浪漫主义到现代英美教堂音乐的广泛曲目演奏。

本套采样于 2019 年录制，采用 48kHz/24bit 高品质音频格式，包含多种触键释放采样（短、中、长），并完整收录原始 Tremulant（颤音器）效果，力求还原这台乐器在残响时间长达 6 秒的教堂环境中原汁原味的宏大音响与细腻变化。这不仅是一份音源工具，更是一次对 Steinmeyer 管风琴辉煌历史的复兴与致敬。适合所有追求顶级音色、渴望真实表现历史名琴的专业演奏者和制作人使用。

OrganArt Media 1925 G.F. Steinmeyer Organ op. 1400 Hauptwerk-ARCADiA

Team ARCADiA | Hauptwerk | 24.16 GB

The completely original surviving large 71-stop Steinmeyer post-romantic organ, op. 1400, built in 1925, is a worldwide unique instrument of this organ builder and this era.

It was designed by the Berlin concert organist Otto Dunkelberg, who later worked as an organist of the giant organ of the Passau cathedral, and and is considered the smaller sister and predecessor of what was then the world’s largest church organ.

The organ, which survived WWII as one of the few Berlin instruments and the demolition or modification in the course of the neo-baroque phase, shows features of the Alsatian organ reform according to Rupp-Schweitzer and also, due to Steinmeyer’s American contacts, has characteristics of these instruments, such as larger manual and pedal sizes, extensive sub- and supe- octave couplers, string choirs, etc.

The disposition allows the interpretation of German, French and Anglo-American music from the 19th century to modern, as well as older music in the taste of the early 20th century.

Until a few years ago, becoming almost unplayable due to wear and church climate influences, it was extensively restored during three years of work and was inaugurated again in 2018. One of the few surviving large Steinmeyer organs from this era has risen again.

Alongside the lost Passau cathedral organ, this instrument can certainly be described as the absolute highlight of Steinmeyer’s late / post-romantic Opus.

The Ss. Corpus Christi Church has a reverberation time up to 6 s.

Recording technique
The instrument was recorded in October 2019 with 48 kHz, 24 bit, using the multi-release technique introduced by OrganArt.
The stops were recorded with multiple releases for short, medium and long key attacks for optimal acoustical mapping.
All ranks were additionally recorded with the original tremulant sound.