JESZCZE O ZABYTKOWYCH ORGANACH W KOŚCIOŁACH DIECEZJI RZESZOWSKIEJ (STUDIUM HISTORYCZNO-INSTRUMENTOZNAWCZE)
ABOUT ANTIQUE ORGANS AT CHURCHES IN DIOCESE OF RZESZÓW – CONTINUATION (A STUDY OF HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTAL KNOWLEDGE)

Summary/Abstract: There are 148 pipe organs at churches in diocese of Rzeszów, 62 instruments areconsidered to be antique. One of the criterion of being antique is the age of the instrument. InPoland organs built before 1939 are antique. The subject of the article are the antique organsin the churches of Rzeszów diocese, which have not had separate study so far. These organsare in churches: Boguchwała, Brzyska, Dębowiec, Kąty, Kupno, Wola Rafałowska.The article was divided into two parts. The first one presents history of the church,the history of the instruments which survived and did not survived. As far as survived organsare concerned the description inventory was given (location and dimension of organ case,disposition, range of keyboards, action, kind of bellows). The second part includes a synthesisof analytical results.The article is based on material which was found in Archdiocesan Archive inPrzemyśl and Diocese Archive in Rzeszów. The information about organs are in 31 sources.The author conducted also query research at parish archives. The author used printed sourcesand information from books.When it comes to not survived organs there is information about 5 instruments. Itwas impossible to establish builders of these instruments. One may assume that theyfunctioned in the churches from 17th to the 19th century.In case of survived organs three of them were transferred (Dębowiec, Kąty, Kupno).At this stage of the study it was possible to determine the date of creation and builders of fiveinstruments. The construction year and the builder of the organ in Kupno has not beenestablished yet.Boguchwała -1905, 6 stops, one Manual and Pedal, Gebrüder - RiegerBrzyska -1883, 12 stops, one Manual and Pedal, Stanisław JanikKąty -1902, 12 stops, one Manual and Pedal, Aleksander ŻebrowskiKupno – 19th century, 13 stops, one Manual and Pedal, the builder is unknownDębowiec - 1935, 19 stops, two Manual and Pedal, Stefan KrukowskiWola Rafałowska -1893, 12 stops, one Manual and Pedal, Jan GrocholskiEleven instruments were described in this article.

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