organ
Klop
built in Gardeners in 2020
A “Monteverdi organ,” a wooden pipe organ (Organo di Legno), built by the Klop company in Garderen, 2020. Stop list: Principale 8’, Ottava 4’, Decimaquinta 2’, Flauto in Ottava 4’, Voce Umana 8’ (treble). Based on an initiative and idea by conductor and organist Krijn Koetsveld. Available for loan on a project basis.
Current player
Krijn Koetsveld
from Klop
History of this instrument
In 2019, the Musical Instrument Fund commissioned the construction of this unique instrument. Krijn Koetsveld, organist and leader of the ensemble Le Nuove Musiche, came up with the idea of building an organ that Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) spoke so fondly of: an organ with wooden pipes (“organo di legno”), with a characteristically sweet (“suave”) sound that blends so beautifully with voices and other instruments. Koetsveld’s idea proved to have broad support within the early music community. The Musical Instrument Fund therefore joined forces with the Dutch firm Klop, Krijn Koetsveld, and external advisor Pieter van Dijk to develop the instrument.
Research into, and the use of, historical data—combined with innovative construction techniques—has resulted in an instrument that does justice to the “organo di legno” of the early Baroque period while also fitting into contemporary performance practice. The Monteverdi organ is available for loan on a project basis during periods when it is not in use by Krijn Koetsveld. For information about project loans, please contact Frits Schutte (head of collections) at schutte@muziekinstrumentenfonds.nl.
The Monteverdi organ has already been heard and seen here:
September ’23 – National Organ Day: Goede Rede Almere
August ’23 – Early Music Festival
April ’23 – St. John Passion, NBA
November ’22 – St. Mary’s Vespers project, CvA
September ’22 – Presentation Festival
August ’22 – Early Music Festival
June ’22 – Opening Concert of the Holland Organ Festival in Alkmaar
January ’22 – Dutch Violin Competition, Semifinals of the Davina van Wely Prize
December ’21 – TV program “Podium Witteman” on Sweelinck, with Mattias Havinga
November ’21 – Early Music Project at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam
October ’21 – Margaretha Consort in Zwolle
October ’21 – Sweelinck Festival in Amsterdam
August ’21 – Early Music Festival in Utrecht
April ’21 – TV program *De Vooravond* on Sweelinck, with Mattias Havinga
March ’21 – “Oer-Matthäus” by Johannes Leertouwer et al. in Leiden
February ’20 – Radio performance “Spiegelzaal” with Krijn Koetsveld
January ’20 – Inaugural concert for the Monteverdi organ in Amersfoort
About the builder Klop
Since the 1960s, Klop has specialized in building harpsichords and organs. During this period, early music was experiencing a resurgence. At the time, there was a shortage of original instruments, among other things. Authentic...