The return of the organ: a life for the buttons in Bavaria!

The return of the organ: a life for the buttons in Bavaria!

in the middle of flaming passion for organ building stands Helmut Marx, whose heart beats for the dazzling world of church music. His life's work? To maintain and keep the historical instruments of the Steinmeyer Manufaktur. Despite the challenges that the profession brings with it - for many months to assembly, often far away from home - this craftsmanship for Marx remains more than just a job. His four children have also become musicians in the instrument, which underlines the deeply rooted family tradition. "Despite all the adversities, the love of organ is unbroken," his son Daniel puts on record. Especially in Bavaria, where the organ in the monastery church in Speinshart from 1996 is an emotional relationship for Marx, his dedication to music becomes clear, as Donau-Ries Aktuell reported.

Meanwhile, a one-time organ arouses the interest of music lovers worldwide: the large 71 register Steinmeyer organ, op. 1400, built in 1925, which is one of the few preserved original instruments of this era. Designed by the Berlin concert organist Otto Dunkelberg, she has retained itself as a legacy of organ architecture over the decades, although it was threatened in the turmoil of the Second World War and the changes by the neo-baroque. Now it was made fully playable again in a three -year restoration process by the organ workshop Fleiter and inaugurated in 2018. This organ offers a wide range of sounds that enables music from the 19th to early 20th centuries and impresses with its impressive dynamics, which ranges from gentle tones to powerful sound, such as reported.