The Church of Saint-Pierre in Chechny-de-Ménésterol was built in the 12th century in the Romanesque style. The western facade with its portal dates back to this period.
The interior was rebuilt in the 15th century. Two side chapels were added in the 17th century.
In the 1970s, organist Francis Chapelle was looking for a concert instrument for the church. He used the remains of the organ from the Church of Saint-Mathieu de Colmar, which had been disassembled after a fire. These remains included the organ case, the wind chamber of the Great Organ, some mechanical components, and the front pipes. The 23-register instrument from Colmar, which was close to destruction, was built by Valentin Rinkenbach in 1842 for the chapel of the old hospital, which later became the Church of Saint-Mathieu. After restoring, assembling, and decorating the case in the choir of the Church of Saint-Pierre, Gerhard Grenzing added a new instrument between 1980 and 1982. It consisted of two manuals (Hauptwerk, Oberwerk) and a pedal, for a total of 23 stops. In 2006, J.F. Dupont overhauled the organ, replacing the small Regal stop from the Récit with an 8′ Dolzian.
The organ is built in the North German Baroque style, modeled on small Schnitger-type instruments found in places like Grasberg, Pellworm, Noordbroek, and Uithuizen.
Installation:
Copy the OrganDefinitions and OrganInstallationPackages folders to the Hauptwerk\ HauptwerkSampleSetsAndComponents folder
ATTENTION! This is an early version of the sample set, which lacks a controllable channel mixer.
However, adjusting the relative volume of the channels (Moist + Wet + Surround) is possible
by loading the additional configuration Menesterol – Surround – 3Ch.
