Documenting the Goršič Pipe Organ in the Church of St. Ingenuin and St. Albuin in Koroška Bela

The Goršič organ from 1893, his 60th work, still graces the church of St. Ingenuin and St. Albuin in Koroška Beła. It was also described by Fr. Hugolin Sattner in the publication Cerkveni glasbenik (CG 1893, No. 9, p. 69).

“I found that all the tones responded with urgency and decision, including the Salicional in the low position, which is rarely quoted. All the registers are characteristic, and it is only in consequence of this that various combinations can be made which show the organ in all its splendour.”
Fr. Hugolin Sattner

In August 2020, as part of the project of researching the Franc Goršič organ legacy, the condition of the organ in the parish church of St. Ingenuin and St. Albuin in Koroška Beła was documented.

Original inscription on the console of organ in the church of St. Ingenuin and St. Albuin in Koroška Bela (Franc Goršič, Op. 60, 1893)
Photo: Organistica

Scope of documentation

Technical documentation included the following measurements:

basic dimensions of the church, choir, organ case, and console
tuning and temperature
wind system
windchests and the pipes arrangement on the windchests
measurements of the pipes and pipe scales

Sound documentation of the instrument

Photodocumentation of the individual parts and details of the organ

Organ console in the church of St. Ingenuin and St. Albuin in Koroška Bela (Franc Goršič, Op. 60, 1893)
Photo: Organistica

Data and findings

Documented: August 8, 2020

Number of pipes: 744 (wood: 120, metal: 624)

The organ is mechanical with a cone chest:

Number of windchests: 3 (I. manual: 1, II. manual: 1, pedal: 1)
Wind pressure: 75 mm water column
Tuning: a¹ = 435,5 Hz
Wind system: double bellows with onefeeder bellows (electric blower), concussion bellows, bellows for Pianobas 16′

The following modifications to the organ are known:

On April 11, 1917, the Austrian authorities removed 54 kg of tin pipes from the organ, which were then replaced in 1919 by Dernič from Radovljica.
In 1954, the organ builder Franc Jenko added an electric blower to the organ.
In 2012, the organ was restored by Boštjan Černe.

Notes:

When the Mixtur III-IV 2 2/3′ drawstop is pulled, the Superoctav 2′ is mechanically engaged.
The manual pipes are difficult to access.
The Pianobass 16′ drawstop activates the Subbass 16′ register via an additional bellows at lower air pressure.

Organ disposition

I Manual (C – f³)	Material
Principal 8’	wood: C-DIS, metal: E-f³
Viola di Gamba 8′	wood: C-FIS, metal: G-f³
Hohlflöte 8′	wood: C-h⁰, metal: c¹-f³
Octav 4′	metal
Superoctav 2′	metal
Mixtur III-IV 2 2/3′	metal

II Manual (C – f³)
Geigenprincipal 8′	wood: C-FIS, metal: G-f³
Salicional 8′	wood: C-H, metal: c⁰-f³
Zartgedeckt 8′	wood: C-H, metal: c⁰-f³
Flût. Harm 4′,	overblows from c¹, metal

Pedal (C – d¹)
Subbass 16′	wood
Pianobass 16	from Subbbass 16′
Cello 8′	wood

Manualkoppel II/I
Suboctavkoppel II/I
I Man. Pedalkoppel
II Man. Pedalkoppel

Mechanical fixed combinations
Mezzoforte Principal 8′, Viola di Gamba 8′, Hohlflöte 8′, Salicional 8′, Zartgedeckt 8′, Subbass 16′, Cello 8′
Forte Principal 8′, Viola di Gamba 8′, Hohlflöte 8′, Octav 4′, Geigenprincipal 8′, Salicional 8′, Zartgedeckt 8′, Flût. Harm 4′, Subbass 16′, Cello 8′
Tutti Principal 8′, Viola di Gamba 8′, Hohlflöte 8′, Octav 4′, Superoctav 2′, Mixtur III-IV 2 2/3′, Geigenprincipal 8′, Salicional 8′, Zartgedeckt 8′, Flût. Harm 4′, Subbass 16′, Cello 8′, Manualkoppel II/I, I Man. Pedalkoppel, II Man. Pedalkoppel

Mixtur III-IV 2 2/3′

	C	c⁰	c¹	c²	fis²	c³	f³
Row I	2 2/3′	2 2/3′	2 2/3′	2 2/3′	2 2/3′	2 2/3′	2 2/3′
Row II	1 3/5′	1 3/5′	1 3/5′	1 3/5′	1 3/5′	1 3/5′	1 3/5′
Row III	1 1/3′	1 1/3′	1 1/3′	1 1/3′	2 2/3′	2 2/3′	2 2/3′
Row IV		1′	1′	1′	2′	2′	2′