navigation search j. l. van den heuvel orgelbouw type organ builder industry pipe organ construction and restoration founded 1967 headquarters dordrecht netherlands key people jan l. and peter van den heuvel products new and restored pipe organs services maintenance and restoration of old organs ; construction of new organs website http vandenheuvel orgelbouw.nl english.htm j. l. van den heuvel orgelbouw is a firm of pipe organ builders based in dordrecht netherlands . the company specialises in the construction of instruments in the french symphonic tradition . contents 1 history of the firm 2 tonal ethos 3 notable organs 4 notable players of van den heuvel organs 5 photo gallery 6 external links 7 references history of the firm edit jan van den heuvel had from early childhood felt an affinity with symphonic organ music . jan founded his organ building company in 1967 at the age of twenty this made him the youngest organ builder in the netherlands having spent four years in training with flentrop in zaandam where he persisted in his championship of the romantic organ in the face of dirk andries flentrop s neo baroque ideals . 1 jan van den heuvel constructed his first organ one manual and pedals 10 stops in 1967 attracting immediate critical acclaim for its voicing and high build standard . the actual construction took place in the workshop belonging to his father a painter . he was commissioned to build a new three manual organ of 32 stops for the singelkerk at ridderkerk as a result of the many positive reactions to this first instrument a significant milestone in the young organ builder s career as he was responsible not only for the design and construction of the instrument but also for the richly carved organ case . 2 the commissioning of this instrument necessitated the construction of a new workshop which jan van den heuvel himself designed . the instrument attracted widespread praise leading to numerous orders for new organs and restoration of existing instruments . a new organ of two manuals and 33 stops was commissioned for the lambertuskerk strijen which was delivered in 1975 the year in which jan s 17 year old brother peter joined the firm . 3 expansion of the business with further enlargement of the workshops was underpinned by receipt of a volume of new contracts for large organs . particularly worthy of mention amongst these are the instruments in the nieuwe kerk katwijk aan zee l glise saint eustache paris the largest organ in france the victoria hall in geneva and the katarina kyrka in stockholm the last two buildings now restored after being gutted by fire and the dr byen hall in copenhagen . tonal ethos edit both jan and peter van den heuvel were for a number of years interested in nineteenth century french organ building as well as the traditions previously practiced in the netherlands . their contact with french organists such as michelle leclerc and daniel roth spurred them on to further studies on the aristide cavaill coll organs . this led to numerous visits to france not only to study and evaluate famous cavaille coll organs such as st. sulpice notre dame and sacr c ur in paris . 4 the brothers developed cavaill coll s own schemes to establish a style of organ that was entirely their own but completely inspired by the french symphonic tradition . this ethos continues to this day . however not only does the firm specialise in french style instruments but they have also built organs in traditional dutch style . notable organs edit date country place building size comments 1970 nl ridderkerk singelkerk iiip 32 j. l. van den heuvel s first major commission 1979 nl katwijk aan zee nieuwe kerk ivp 80 one of the netherlands largest organs 1989 fr paris glise saint eustache vp 101 the largest organ in france 1992 ch geneva victoria hall ivp 71 the only van den heuvel organ in switzerland 1993 gb london royal academy of music duke s hall iip 24 the only van den heuvel organ in britain 1994 usa new york city church of the holy apostles iiip 32 the first vdh organ in the usa . originally in castle shiloah tx . 1995 se stockholm kungliga musikh gskolan iiip 25 the first van den heuvel organ in sweden . 1995 nl rotterdam maranatha kerk iiip 25 the musikh gskolan s twin built for another buyer who pulled out 1997 de berlin st franziskus kirche iiip 51 the only van den heuvel organ in germany 2000 se stockholm katarina kyrka iiip 62 replaced a 1976 kerman & lund organ destroyed by fire in 1990 2000 nl the hague residence of ben van oosten iiip 16 vdh s first commission for a house organ from a famous organist 2000 fi m ntt church iiip 30 the only vdh organ in finland also their only totally enclosed organ 2006 dk copenhagen copenhagen concert hall ivp 91 the only van den heuvel organ in denmark . inaugurated in 2009 . notable players of van den heuvel organs edit ben van oosten jean guillou torvald tor n dirk donker david lumsden photo gallery edit the organ of the katarina kyrka stockholm the organ of the glise saint eustache paris . the organ of the nieuwe kerk katwijk aan zee . external links edit the official website of j. l. van den heuvel orgelbouw bv english version the st eustache organ on music and musicians by robert poliquin universit du qu bec the pipedreams public radio page for the st eustache organ where numerous recordings can be heard . news in the organ magazine of the new instrument being built for the dr byen hall in copenhagen references edit j. l. van den heuvel orgelbouw history . j. l. van den heuvel orgelbouw history . j. l. van den heuvel orgelbouw history page 2 . j. l. van den heuvel orgelbouw history page 3 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title j. l. van den heuvel orgelbouw & oldid 611905335 categories pipe organ building companiesmanufacturing companies of the netherlands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more 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