Het ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 6, xx-xx [summary]
| Cees van der Poel and Rogér van Dijk | |
The organ builders Kaat & Tijhuis – recent work Het ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 6, xx-xx [summary] |
The organ builders Kaat and Tijhuis had both gained experience with various
employers when they decided to start their own company in Kampen in 1979. Since
1993 Menno Kaat has been the director. The personnel has varied, which has
influenced the company’s artistic course. Three recent instruments are used to
illustrate the present direction. In 2005 Kaat and his employees finished a
2-manual organ with independent pedal for De Hofstad in Apeldoorn, using
pipework from two older instruments. This organ was built concurrently with the
silver jubilee of the company.
The Blank organ from 1966 in the Joriskerk in Venlo was completed in 2006, and
in 2007 Kaat & Tijhuis thoroughly revised their own instrument in the
Noorderkerk in Kampen (1982).
Venlo Joriskerk Photo: Cees van der Poel
Venlo Joriskerk Photo: Cees van der Poel
Kampen Noorderkerk Photo: Cees van
der Poel