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2025.02
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Content
* Luc Lannoo: De familie Berger — orgelbouw in het 18de-eeuwse Kust-Vlaanderen
* Léon Berben: Het 15de-eeuwse orgel in Ostönnen (D)
* Roland Galtier: Ontwikkelingen in het restauratiebeleid — 5. Frankrijk
* Verder: Recensies | Zomerorgelconcertenagenda | Overzicht inhoud internationale orgeltijdschriften
Details
- Luc Lannoo: The Berger Family — Organ Building in 18th-Century Coastal Flanders
The Berger organ builders were active in the coastal region of Flanders (contemporary Belgium) in the 18thcentury. Coming from the south of this region (contemporary France), Jacob Berger fled the French occupation and settled in Bruges. The reader will discover that the entire story of this organ building workshop was heavily influenced by the political troubles in this battlefield of Europe.
The Berger family can be considered the successors of Jacob van Eynde and other organ builders of the Coast-Flemish tradition. That is reflected in the regional spread of their activities, in numerous technical details of their building procedures, in the alloy used for their pipework and in the sound quality of their instruments: it is broad and vocal and has prominent fundamental tones.
The Berger organ builders were rather unknown. Unfortunately, not many instruments of theirs have been preserved in an acceptable or complete condition. Of the first Berger generation the organ of Uitkerke stands out, of the second generation the organs of Slijpskapelle and Zevekote, and of the last generation the organs of Zuienkerke, Meetkerke and the loft organ of the Abbey of the Dunes in Bruges.
They were unloved as well, because organographers kept discussing and praising the Rococo Van Peteghem organ builders from Ghent.
The present paper wants to put this right. The Berger organs are of high quality and the Berger builders are true descendants of the Coast-Flemish tradition.