Brief Chronology
1450Building of a great organ
1482Rebuilding of the existing Gothic organ, presumably by Johan then Damme (with Rudolf Agricola as his adviser)
1542Alteration in Renaissance style
1564Enlargement by Andreas de Mare
1627-28Enlargement by Anthoni and Adam Verbeeck
1685-90Alteration by Jan Helman
1691-92Rebuilding and enlargement (32'-pedal towers) by Arp Schnitger
1728-30Alteration and enlargement (new Rugpositief) by Frans Caspar Schnitger and Albertus Anthonie Hinsz
1740Large-scale repairs after subsidence, and enlargement with seven new stops by Hinsz
1808-1912Numerous modifications by Lohman, van Oeckelen and Doornbos
1938-39Alteration (electrical action and re-voicing) by J. de Kof
1971Disassembly because of restoration
1976-84Restoration, partial reconstruction by Jürgen Ahrend from Leer/Loga (based on the 1740 situation). Adviser was Cor H. Edskes.


Stichting Avondtmusyck Martinikerk Groningen - 3 MARCH 1999