Regina Stegemann (born 1951 in Göttingen) is an organ builder from East Frisia who specialises in the restoration of historic organs, but also carries out maintenance and rebuilding work. New builds are carried out exclusively with mechanical slider chests. Her area of work is concentrated on East Frisia, the Oldenburg Land and the Wesermarsch.
She learned organ building in the 1970s at the company (Kassel) and Rudolf Janke and was a journeywoman with Gerald Woehl until 1984 (Marburg), with whom she also took the master craftsman's examination (1990). From 1985 to 1991, she led the "Krummhörner Orgelwerkstatt" in Greetsiel, a collective of young organ builders (Bartelt Immer, Hero Bödeker, Martin and Wilfried Fooken). Their own workshop was founded in 1991 and is located in , a district of Aurich.
Jürgen Kopp joined Stegemann in 1987 from Jürgen Ahrend for a few years before becoming a self-employed professional. After passing his master craftsman's examination in 1995, he worked in their workshop from 1996 to 2000, specialising, among other things, in the construction of chest organs. In 2000, Kopp took over the entire business in Tannenhausen. Stegemann continued to use the workshop for her own organ building projects and was a temporary employee in his business until Koop's death in June 2014.Kopp-Orgelbau (retrieved 22 February 2021).
Work (selection)
Year Location Church Picture Manual Stops Notes 1985 I/p 6 The organ with neo-Gothic facade was built in 1939 by the Eberhard Friedrich Walcker company, which rebuilt an original school organ from the beginning of the 19th century by Christian Heinrich Wolfsteller. 1987 Mackenrode Mackenroder Kirche I/p 4 New building; in Kirchdorf a larger instrument was built according to a similar concept. 1987–1988 I/p 5 New organ behind historic facade by Gerhard Janssen Schmid (1814) (Krummhörner Orgelwerkstatt) 1987–1988 Midlum I/p 9 Restoration of the organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1766) (Krummhörner Orgelwerkstatt) → Orgel der Midlumer Kirche 1988–1989 Aurich-Kirchdorf St. Paulus I/P 7 New construction by the Krummhörner Orgelwerkstatt 1989 I/p 7 Restoration of the organ by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs (1828) (Krummhörner Orgelwerkstatt) 1989 Petkum St.-Antonius-Kirche II/p 14 Restoration of the organ by Valentin Ulrich Grotian (1694–1699) (Krummhörner Orgelwerkstatt) 1989–1990 Suurhusen II/P 7 Repair of the organ by Gustav Brönstrup (1959); previously as house organ in Oldenburg (Pedagogical Academy) and then in Detern (Krummhörner Orgelwerkstatt) 1990 Rotenburg Stadtkirche I 3 New construction of a chest organ (masterpiece); stops made of wood (8', 4', 2'); tuning pitches a' = 415 Hz bzw. 440 Hz 1990 Brackwede Bartholomäus-Kirche I/P 5 Overhaul and New Intonation of the positive by Eberhard Friedrich Walcker (ca. 1965) 1990 Greetsiel I/p 6 Restoration of the organ by Karl Schuke Berliner Orgelbauwerkstatt (1963) behind historic facade of Johann Friedrich Constabel (1738) by the Krummhörner Orgelwerkstatt 1990–1991 Liudgeri-Kirche I/p 7 Restoration of the organ by Arnold Rohlfs (1864-1865) (Krummhörner Orgelwerkstatt) → Orgel der Liudgeri-Kirche (Holtgaste) 1991–1992 Sattenhausen Ev.-ref. Kirche I/P 9 Restoration of the organ by Johann Wilhelm Schmerbach the Middle (1789-1790), which underwent intervening alterations 1992–1993 Aurich-Sandhorst St. Johannis II/P 17 Re-intonation of the organ by Karl Schuke Berliner Orgelbauwerkstatt (1966-1972) and extension by one stop which had remained vacant in 1972 1993–1994 I/p 9 Restoration of the organ of the Gebr. Rohlfs (1870) ? Private I 3? New construction of a chest organ 1997 Reformierte Kirche II/P 9 Overhaul of the organ by Ernst Leeflang (1970) and exchange of stops 1999 Christuskirche II/P 14 Overhaul of the Walcker organ (1970) 1999 Rodenkirchen Gemeindehaus I 3 New construction of a positive with wooden stops 2002–2008 Jade Trinitatiskirche II/P 21 Restoration of the organ by Johann Dietrich Busch (1739) 2007 or 2008 Engerhafe St. Johannes der Täufer I/p 9 Restoration of the organ by Gebrüder Hillebrand Orgelbau (1971-1973) behind facade by Hinrich Just Müller (1774–1775) 2009 II/P 13 Repair and retoning of the organ of Karl Schuke (1965)
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