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NOORDWOLDE (NED) Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk
?1639 ?WAELCKENS: part of 3 reeds at 16, 8, 4
Syncoop 5751 CD 114 (1989/90)

ALKMAAR (NED) Grote?of St Laurenskerk
1639?46 Van HAGERBEER: 10 ranks, parts of others, altered to 1720s standards; 1685/1704 DUY(T?)SCHOT: 1 rank, other pipes passim, altered to 1720s; 1722?25 SCHNITGER: 28 ranks, major parts of others
BMG RD 77868 = Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 7868?2 (May 1988); Chandos CHAN 0501, 0514 (1988-1989); DG 419 047, 419 659, 419 904, 427 191, 453 064, 457 704 (mainly 1956-69); Erato 4509-91702-2 (1990); Fidelio 8818, 8828 (November 1987, August 1988); Harmonia Mundi HMA 190 700, HMX 2901 484-485 (1967-70); Sonclair 8H 14172, 8K 5677 (1988, 1990?); Virgin Classics VC7 91139?2 (October 1989)

SOPRON (MAG) Szent Gyorgy templom
pre-1630s ANON: some pipework; 1734 ANON: some pipework
Hungaroton HRC 132 (1989)

STAUNTON HAROLD (GB) Hall (near Ashby-de-la-Zouch)
1630s?/1640s? ANON: parts of an 8ft Stopped Diapason; 1650s?-1686 ANON: Open Diapason and Principal, most of Fifteenth, parts of Sesquialtera/Cornet
JMSCD 1 (June 1957); Sony SMK 58935 (1971 or earlier)

TEWKESBURY (GB) Abbey; "Milton" organ
1630s?/1660s? DALLAM: 35 pipes of Open Diapason, 37 of Principal I, 28 of Principal II (including the visible pipes), retuned/revoiced 1680s, 1730s and later? 1686?-90 HARRIS: parts of 8ft Swell, retuned/revoiced 1730s and later; 1736-37 SCHWARBRICK? a few flues?
Priory PRCD 384 (June 1991)

MURI (CH) Klosterkirche = Abbatiale
1630s ANON, 1743-4 BOSSART: substantial remains
EMI CDM 7 69029 2 (1985); Denon CO?1260, CO?1667; Koch Schwann 3-1284-2 (September 1990); Ricercar RIC 032 013, 085 068, 134 115 (1980s); Sinus 6006 (?1999); Stu 122 247 CD

FRAMLINGHAM (GB) St Michael
1630s-1640s? perhaps a few of the show pipes; 1674 THAMAR: Great 8 8 4 2?2/3 2 III?IV; 1708? Trumpet?
CRD 03357 (1978)

MORCOTE (CH) St Maria del Sasso
1640: substantial remains
Dynamic CDS 09
Nuova Era 6890

GOES (NED) Grote of- Maria-Magdalenakerk
1643 DEACONS: parts of 8 8 4 on manuals; 1704-11 COOLS: rest of the above 3 ranks, and 16 8 on manuals, 8 4 on pedal; 1739 MOREAU: 8ft on Rugwerk, 2ft on pedal
Jubal CD ZV 91137 (June 1991)

AMSTERDAM (NED) Nieuwe Kerk; Main Organ
1645?50 SCHONAT, 1668?73 Van HAGERBEER/DUYSCHOT, 1697?98 DUYSCHOT: significant remains, not adequately specifiable
Coronata CD 1207 (1980s); InterSound 1003 (1989?); Lindenberg LBCD 45/46; RCA Victor GD 71965 (April 1983); Ricercar RIC 026 006, 134 115 (1984)

L'ISLE?SUR?SORGUE (FR) a church
1648?49 LE ROYER, 1703 BARRACAN: substantial remains, not completely specifiable
Harmonia Mundi HMA 190760 (1971/74)

LUCERNE/LUZERN (CH) Hofkirche = "Cathedral"
1648?50 GEISSLER: most of 16 stops, part 2 others
ECM New Series 1495 (June 1992); Erato 2292 45470?2 (1988); Ex Libris CD 6086 (1987?); MKI 369 303

PARIS (FR) St?Merry
?1649?51 CLIQUOT: several pipes, not complete ranks; revoiced
EMI CZS 7 67291

LANGWARDEN (D) St Laurentius
1650-51 KROGER & HUS: 11 manual flue stops; ?1655 KROGER & HUS: 3 pedal flue stops; 1704-05 SCHNITGER: replacement mixtures/reeds now gone?
D&G, MDG L 3425 (1993?) (using only the 1650s material)

ZEERIJP (NED) Jacobuskerk
1651 FABER: the pedal 16ft
Coronata COR 1217; Intersound 1009 (1991?)

MAASTRICHT (NED) Basiliek OLV
1652? SEVERIN: some near-complete ranks, retuned?
Intersound 1005; RG 87071; Ricercar 004 092/093

LANVELLEC (FR) Eglise
1653 R DALLAM: about half the fluework
Adda 581 178 (1989)

STRALSUND (D) Marienkirche
1659 STELLWAGEN: considerable remains, not exactly specifiable
HMV CDC 7 47645?2

CIUDAD MEXICO (MEXICO) San Geronimo Museum
1650s ANON: much of the instrument
GALLO CD?440 (1987)

KANTENS (NED) Hervormde Kerk
?1650s ?HUIS: all flues 16 to 2, parts of the mixtures
Syncoop 5751 CD 114 (1989/90)

PARIS (FR) St?Germain?des?Pres
1663 THIERRY: many pipes, but no complete ranks; revoiced
Calliope CAL 9907, 9917 (1973, 1985)

HALLE (D) Marktkirche
1663?64 REICHEL: most of the instrument
Ars Vivendi 2 100 220 (?1980); Eurodisc 610 230?234 (May 1980)

EDAM (NED) Nicolaaskerk = St Nicolaas
1663 SMIT: a few ranks [signature quite different from Bernard Smith]; 1716 MATTHIJS: about half the instrument?
Intersound 1009 (1991?); Lindenberg LBCD 19 (1986)

GLOUCESTER (GB) Cathedral
1663?66 HARRIS: most of 9 ranks (with stalwart efforts to return to original pitch)
Argo (= Decca) 430 208?2 (April 1989); Hyperion CDA 66230 (Sept 1986); Kevin Mayhew KMCD 1030 (1995); Priory PRCD 370/906, 568, 597, 649 (1990s)

BOURGES (FR) Cathedrale St Etienne
1663?67 JOLLY/GANCHOIS: much pipework on 3 manuals
Alienor AL 1021 (May 1986); Hanssler 98.937 (1995)

NORWICH (GB) Cathedral
1664 DALLAM: most of one 8 Open on Choir?Positive, revoiced 19xx; 1690 HARRIS: part of an 8 4?, revoiced 19xx; 17xx? SMITH: part Trumpet?, revoiced 19xx
Cramer CRACD 1; Opus Magnum Records OM 880 099, 880 326; Prezioso 800.001/4/5/6/7 (1975/76); Priory PRCD 396

AIX?EN?PROVENCE (FR) Saint?Esprit
1668 ROYER: 11 manual stops, parts others
Pierre Verany PV 785 032/33 (1984)

STADE (D) St Cosmae und Damiani
1668?73 HUSS: 18 manual, 5 pedal stops, parts others; 1688 SCHNITGER: 2 manual stops, parts others
Arion ARN 68207 (1983); Denon C37?7492, CO?1260 (1980s); D&G, MDG L 3269; Harmonic H/CD 8826 (May 1988)

 

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