In the book "The registration of Baroque organ music" from Barbara Owen, there is a whole section about the Central Germany's organs, and more specifically about the Silbermann organs.
There is some talk about the Freiberg Cathedral organ (the big brother of the Freiberg sample set).
The Freiberg sample set's stoplist is almost identical to these 2 organs, so we can easily recreate Silbermann's registrations.
For all the pros, there is nothing new for you I guess, but for an amateur like me, it does help to get the most out of sample set.
Hope this will also help some of you
François
There is some talk about the Freiberg Cathedral organ (the big brother of the Freiberg sample set).
Barbara Owen p 169-170 wrote:Despite the lenght of his organ building carrer - over 40 years - Silbermann's organs changed little. All his smaller organ, especially the many two-manual instruments, had similar stoplists....
He is of particular interest beaucse in 2 instances he wrote out some registration for his organs. In 1741 he completed a fairly typical two-manual organ for the church in Grosshartmannsdorf and the following year he finished a similar instrument in Fraureuth. For both of them he left similar sets of registration, most of them solo combinations and accompaniments, presumably for chorale-prelude use.
The Freiberg sample set's stoplist is almost identical to these 2 organs, so we can easily recreate Silbermann's registrations.
Barbara Owen p.170 wrote:
Pure plenum
Hauptwerk: Principale 8' Rohrflöte 8', Octave 4' Quinta 2 2/3', Octave 2', Mixture IV
Oberwerk: Gedackt 8', Rohrflöte 4', Octave 2', Quinta 1 1/3', Cymbel II, Sifflöte 1'
Flute registration
Hauptwerk: Rohrflöte 8' Spitzflöte 4'
Oberwerk: Gedackt 8', Rohrflöte 4'
Sifflöte registration:
Oberwerk: Gedackt 8', Rohrflöte 4', Siffloöte 1'
Lieblich (elegant) flute registration
Hauptwerk: Quintadena 8' with Spitzflöte 4' or Rohrflöte, or Haupwerk Principal 8' and Spitzflöte 4'
Oberwerk: Gedackt 8' Rohrflöte 4' Gemshorn 2'
Cornet registration
Hauptwerk: Principal 8' Rohrflöte 8' Octave 4' Cornet III to be use d as a solo with
Lute registration:
Oberwerk: Gedackt 8', Rohrflöte 4' or Gemshorn 2' as an accompaniment
Oberwerk Cornet registration:
Oberwerk: Gedackt 8' Nassat 2 2/3', Tertia 1 3/5' as solo
Nassat registration:
Oberwerk: Gedackt 8' Rohrflöte 4' Nassat 2 2/3' as solo
Hauptwerk: Rohrflöte 8' Spitzflöte 4' as accompaniment
Tertien registration:
Oberwerk: Gedackt 8' Rohrflöte 4' Nassat 2 2/3', Octave 2', Tertia 1 3/5' as a "Canto solo"
Stahlspiel registration
Oberwerk: Gedackt 8', Nassat 2 2/3', Tertia 1 3/5', Quinta 1 1/3' as solo
Hauptwerk: Rohrflöte 8' and Spitzflöte 4' as accompaniment
For all the pros, there is nothing new for you I guess, but for an amateur like me, it does help to get the most out of sample set.
Hope this will also help some of you
François