Publisher: Sonus Paradisi
Website: www.sonusparadisi.cz/en/organs/france/menesterol-organ-model.html
Format: HAUPTWERK
Quality: 24 bit 48 kHz stereo
- 17.56 GB
Description: Sample library for the Hauptwerk organ emulator
The Church of St. Peter in Cechny de Menesterol was built in the 12th century in the Romanesque style. The west façade with its portal dates back to this period.
The interior was rebuilt in the 15th century. Two side chapels were added in the 17th century.
In the 1970s, organist Francis Chapelle was looking for a concert instrument for the church. He used the remains of the organ from the Church of St. Matthieu de Colmar, which had been dismantled after a fire. These remains included the organ case, the wind chamber of the Great Organ, some mechanical parts, and the front pipes. The 23-register instrument from Colmar, which was close to collapse, was built by Valentin Rinkenbach in 1842 for the chapel of the old hospital, which later became the Church of Saint-Matthew. After the restoration, assembly, and decoration of the case in the choir of Saint-Pierre’s Church, Gerhard Grenzing added a new instrument between 1980 and 1982. It consisted of two manuals (Hauptwerk, Oberwerk) and a pedal, for a total of 23 registers. In 2006, J.F. Dupont overhauled the organ, replacing the small Regal register from Récit with an 8′ Dolzian.
The organ is built in the North German Baroque style, modeled on small Schnitger-type instruments found, for example, in Grasberg, Pellworm, Noordbroek, and Uithuizen.
Installation:
Copy the OrganDefinitions and OrganInstallationPackages folders to the Hauptwerk\HauptwerkSampleSetsAndComponents folder.
WARNING! This download contains an early version of the sample set, which does not have a controllable channel mixer.
However, adjusting the relative volume of the channels (Moist + Wet + Surround) is possible by loading the additional configuration Menesterol – Surround – 3Ch.
