Skåre kirke

Address: Skåre, 5523 Haugesund, Norway

Skåre kirke is an octagonal church built in 1858 in Haugesund, Rogaland.

The building is of wooden construction and has 550 seats.

The church is known as a kulturkirke/'culture church'.

'When new in 1856, the Skaare kirke did not have an organ, but goldsmith and organist Hartvig Jeppesen let the church borrow his harmonium that was placed on a narrow gallery over the altar.'

The church's first organ - two manuals, 8 stops - was built by local organbuilder Andreas Landrog in 1908.

The current main organ was built by Steinmeyer in the 1950s following the construction of the Steinmeyer organ in Vår Frelsers.

(sources: wikipedia; http://home.online.no/~eihustve/page5.html)

Main organ
Builder: G.F. Steinmeyer (in conjunction with Norsk orgel- og harmoniumfabrikk) - circa 1955. Couplers:

II-I

III-I

III-II

I-Ped

II-Ped

III-Ped

III4'-Ped

Other notes:
Electro-pneumatic action

Setter boards above stop tabs

3 Free 'general' combinations

4 Separate Pedal combinations

Waltzer pedal (33-stage)

Manual compass: C-a

Pedal compass: C-f'

Aids below Man. I (Left to Right):

'Utløser handreg. på' (Hand registration ON)

P

MF

F

TUTTI

'Utløser' (Cancel)

'Frikombinasjon I' (Free combination 1)

'Frikombinasjon II' (Free combination 2)

'Frikombinasjon III' (Free combination 3)

'Handreg. av' (Hand registration OFF)

'Tunge-stemmer av' (Reeds OFF)

'Mixturer av' (Mixtures OFF)

'Koppler ut valse' (Disconnect Waltzer)

Aids above pedalboard :

(Left top)

'M.K. III-II' (Manual coupler III-II)

'M.K. III-I' (Manual coupler III-I)

'M.K. II-I' (Manual coupler II-I)

'Valse av' (Waltzer off)

(Left Bottom)

Super-III-ped.

'P.K. III' (Pedal combination III)

'P.K. II' (Pedal combination II)

'P.K. I' (Pedal combination I)

(Right Top)

'Utløser' (Cancel)

'Frikomb. I' (Free combination I)

'Frikomb. II' (Free combination II)

'Frikomb. III' (Free combination III)

(Right Bottom)

PP

P

MF

Forte

Tutti

Choir organ
Builder: Henrik Brinck Hansen - 1999
 * Stop label missing

Couplers

II-I

I-Ped

II-Ped

Other notes:
Man. II unenclosed

Couplers available as foot-operated levers above pedal-board

Nightingale stop activated by pin to the left of Man. II

Manual compass: C-g

Pedal compass: C-f'