Rieger · opus 1614 · 1910
St. Anna, Bia – Rieger organ, opus 1614
A one-manual Rieger organ with pedal, built in 1910 for St. Anna Church in Bia. On 24 October 2026 I recorded its pipes one note at a time; from these recordings I then built a first sample set for Hauptwerk 4.
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At a glance
- Church
- St. Anna Church (Szent Anna-templom), Bia, Biatorbágy
- Builder
- Rieger
- Opus
- 1614
- Built
- 1910
- Keyboards
- 1 manual and pedal
- Stops
- 6 from 4 ranks
- Action
- Pneumatic
- Compass
- C–f³ and C–d¹
- Recorded
- 24 October 2026
- Samples
- 213
The recording in brief
St. Anna Church was built in 1766 for Baron Antal Sándor, in connection with the manor house. Until 1863 it was the Sándor family's private chapel, and it has been a parish church since 1949. Its organ is a one-manual Rieger of 1910, opus 1614: six speaking stops from four ranks, with pneumatic action.
On 24 October 2026 I recorded every pipe once, one note at a time: 213 samples. They became a first sample set for Hauptwerk 4, in which all four ranks and all six stops are playable.
The wireless microphones I used turned out to be unsuitable: almost every recorded note starts loud and then drops to a quieter sustain (see what went wrong). So this set is a first trial, and I will record the organ again with better equipment.
Download
Sample set v1 for Hauptwerk 4
- First trial
- RAR archive, 347 MB
All four ranks and all six stops are playable, and the Mezzoforte and Forte combinations work too. Not every processed sample has been listened to yet, and the set will be replaced when I have better recordings.
Two of the 213 samples are reconstructed from neighbouring pipes. How the set was made
No Hauptwerk? The free program Masterpiece may also load the set. How to load it
Download sample set v1SHA-256 checksum: 56904bc9764a8ea7d39a463acd7b9d145230cb76978bef6e24907d1c47a8e866
The St. Anna pages
- The church St. Anna Church in Bia: built in 1766 for Baron Antal Sándor, the family's private chapel until 1863, a parish since 1949. Its history, furnishings and photos.
- The organ The Rieger organ of St. Anna, Bia, opus 1614 of 1910: the console, six stops from four ranks, pipes and tuning, its history, what I observed and its sister organs.
- Recording How I recorded the St. Anna organ on 24 October 2026: every pipe once, note by note, the room tone, the microphone positions, the level and the format.
- Tools The microphones, computer and software I used for the St. Anna recording, what the AI helpers did and did not do, and the recording timer.
- Sample set From 213 recordings to a playable organ in Hauptwerk 4: cutting, noise reduction, loops, release cues and pitch, the finishing work, the virtual console and two reconstructed notes.
- Difficulties What went wrong at the first recording of the St. Anna organ: the microphone level drop, blower noise, action noise, timing, pitch detection and Hauptwerk, and what I learned.
- Next recording How I will record the St. Anna organ again: a better stereo microphone and recorder tested at home first, a safe but less quiet level, room tone with the blower on and off, one continuous take per borrowed rank.