Documenting the Goršič Pipe Organ in the Church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko

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Pipe Organ

Location: Church of St. Ožbolt, Zgornje Jezersko, Slovenija
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Organ Builder: Franc Goršič  Op. 16, 1873

In August 2020, as part of the project of researching the Franc Goršič organ legacy, we documented the organ in the parish church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko. This is Goršič’s 16th work, dating from 1873.

Organ in the church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
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. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
Photo: Organistica

Data and findings

Documented: August 8, 2020

Number of pipes: 608 (wood: 80, metal: 528)

The organ is mechanical with a slider chest:

  • Number of windchests: 2 (manual: 1, pedal: 1)
  • Wind pressure: 75 mm water column
  • Tuning: a1 = 447,6 Hz
  • Wind system: double bellows with onefeeder bellows (electric blower, motor Rade Končar Type: AZc157-4)

Notes:

  • The organ pipes are dirty, as the inside of the organ was not protected during the painting.
  • The prospect pipes are not authentic.
  • The organ needs a thorough cleaning, but nonetheless, it functions satisfactorily from a technical standpoint.

Organ disposition

Manual (C – g3)Material
Principal 8’wood: C-G, metal: GIS-g3
Viola di Gamba 8′wood: C-H, metal: c0-g3
Dvojna flavta 8′wood: C-H, metal: c0-g3
Oktava 4′metal
Harmonična flavta 4′overblows from c1, metal
Kvinta 2 2/3′metal
Superoktava 2′at cis3 repeats in 4′, metal
Mixtur III 2′metal
Pedal (C – h0)
Principalni bas 16′wood
Oktavni bas 8′wood
Pedal coupler

 

Mixtur III 2′

Cc0c1cis2gis2cis3f3
Vrsta I2′2′2′4′4′4′4′
Vrsta II1 1/3′1 1/3′1 1/3′1 1/3′2 2/3′2 2/3′2 2/3′
Vrsta III1′1′1′2′2′4′4′

 

  • Original opus mark on the organ console, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Drawstops on the right side of the organ console, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Drawstops on the left side of the organ console, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Pedal tracker of the organ console, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Complete manual keys, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Drawstop mechanics in the organ console, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Manual and pedal organ pipes, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Main double belows for the supply of manual and pedal, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Rollerboard of the organ tracker, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Transmission of the drawstop tracker to sliding moldings, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Organ manual pipes, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Organ manual pipes, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Principalbas 16' pedal pipes, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Organ manual pipes, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

  • Organ case, church of St. Ožbolt at Zgornje Jezersko (Franc Goršič, Op. 16, 1873)
    Photo: Organistica

Associates

Parish of St. Ožbolt, Zgornje Jezersko