The organ of St. Mary’s Rostock

The enourmous facade of St. Mary’s organ was designed by organ builder Paul Schmidt of Rostock in 1770. After several rebuilds by Marx, Winzer, Börger and others, a four manual instrument with 83 stops (114 ranks) and electro-pneumatic action has been installed by the firm of Wilhelm Sauer, Frankfurt/Oder, in 1938 (then already led and owned by Oscar Walcker). More than 30 stops and some technical parts of the former instruments are still in use.
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Current specification:

Hauptwerk (Man. II)

Prinzipal 16'
Quintade 16'
Oktave 8'
Holzflöte 8'
Gemshorn 8'
Oktave 4'
Rohrflöte 4'
Quinte 2 2/3
Oktave 2'
Mixtur 5-7fach
Scharff 4fach
Fagott 16'
Trompete 8'
Trompete 4'

Oberwerk (Man. III)

Liebl. Gedackt 16'
Prinzipal 8'
Spitzflöte 8'
Gedackt 8'
Oktave 4'
Fugara 4'
Gedackt 4'
Quinte 2 2/3
Oktave 2'
Mixtur 4fach
Trompete 8'
Oboe 8'
Schalmey 4'

Positiv (Man. I)

Gedackt 8'
Quintatön 8'
Oktave 4'
Blockflöte 4'
Prinzipal 2'
Terz 1 3/5
Quinte 1 1/3
Cymbel 3fach
Dulcian 16'
Krummhorn 8'
Regal 4'
Tremolo

Schwellwerk (Man. IV)

Bourdon 16'
Prinzipal 8'
Hohlflöte 8'
Gedackt 8'
Salicet 8'
Vox-celestis 8'
Oktave 4'
Zartflöte 4'
Violine 4'
Quinte 2 2/3
Waldflöte 2'
Progressio 3-4fach
Scharff 4fach
Fagott 16'
Trompete 8'
Hautbois 8'
Tremolo

Pedal

Prinzipalbass 32'
Prinzipal 16'
Violon 16'
Subbass 16'
Gedacktbass 16'
Quinte 10 2/3
Oktavbass 8'
Violoncello 8'
Gedacktbass 8'
Oktave 4'
Nachthorn 4'
Rauschpfeife 2fach
Flachflöte 2'
Großmixtur 5fach
Hohe Mixtur 3fach
Posaune 32'
Posaune 16'
Stillposaune 16'
Trompete 8'
Sordun 8'
Clairon 4'
Sing. Cornett 2'

Kronwerk (Man. I)

Holzprinzipal 8'
Pommer 4'
Nasard 2 2/3
Nachthorn 2'
Sifflöte 1'
Sesquialter 2fach
Mixtur 3-4fach

4 free combinations
Organo Pleno
General Tutti
Swell pedal (IV)
Crescendo/Decrescendo
(roller for stop crescendo)
General cancel
Reeds off
Hand registration off
Man. 16' off

Couplers: KW/III, I/II, III/II, IV/II, IV/I, IV/III, I/P, II/P, III/P, IV/P,
General coupler

In 2006, a small instrument built by Schuke/Potsdam around 1970, was placed close to the altar. Before that this organ was situated in the northern nave of St. Peter’s church.

In the tower hall, which serves as a winter church, too, there is a small positive organ, built by Schuke. It came to St. Mary’s from Beeskow in 1965.

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