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In the year 1970 after global renewal the reinauguration of
the organ
of Tobias Heinrich
Gottfried Trost from the year 1746 took place . As monument of
baroque
organ architecture Central Germany this instrument earns special
attention
after its restoration. Trost lived from 1670 to 1759 and belonged to
the
most important Thuringian constructors of organs of the 18. century it
worked first in the environment of the town Gotha and went around
1721/1722
to Altenburg, where he attainedt the title of a "Fuerstlicher
Hof-,
Stadt- und Landorgelbaumeister " . In September 1739 Johann Sebastian
Bach
came to Altenburg, in order to test an organ manufactured by Trost
there
in the castle church. The Bach follower J.Fr. Acricola and J.L.Krebs
estimated
this instrument much; in particular Krebs as Altenburg court organist
let
ring out so some Bach organ factory on it.
published in "Leipziger Volkszeitung" 1970,10,21 , Autor H-h |
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new bells 1955