- 1770: The Council of the City of Nijmegen decides to have a
new organ build. The repair of the existing organ would have been to expensive.
The assignment was given to Christian Müller, although the same name not
(!) the builder of the organ in Haarlem. Unfortunately Müller was not a
skilled organbuilder and didn't succeed in building the Nijmegen organ.
- 1773: The Council of the City of Nijmegen decides to assign
the work to Ludwig König, the famous organbuilder from Cologne. In 1776
the organ is approved by Jacobus Potholt, organist of the Oude Kerk in
Amsterdam, Hendricus Radeker, organist of the St. Bavo in Haarlem and Ivo
Bruinsma, organist in Nijmegen. The report mentions a new feature: the
possibility to couple the manuals!
- 1832: Various repairs are carried out by Jonathan Bätz
and adjusted to the well-tempered tuning.
- 1872: Bätz and Witte carry out major repairs. The
disposition remains unchanged.
- 1903: Witte repairs the various bellows. The organbuilder J.
van der Kleij repairs the key and tracker mechanics and modifies the
disposition of the Bovenwerk.
- 1926: De Koff carries out various works. He adds a Swell box
to the Bovenwerk and a pneumatic windchest for the Hoofdwerk replaces the
mechanical slider chest.
- 1944: During the bombardment of Nijmegen the tower of the
church is hit and the church and organ are heavily damaged. The organ is then
transported to the Buurkerk in Utrecht where it remained during the restoration
of the Stevenskerk.
- 1964: De Koff in Utrecht is assigned to restore the organ
according to the original plans with the later adjustment if required for the
practical use of the organ. The restoration takes place until 1970. The quality
of the restoration was very poor and not satisfying. Flentrop was asked to
complete the restoration and to undo various adjustments of De Koff.
- 1974: The restoration by Flentrop is completed.
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