Johann Hinrich Röver

Johann Hinrich Röver (born January 2, 1812 in Bramstedt, † 1895 in Hausneindorf ) was a German organ builder in Stade .

Life

Röver first learned the carpentry trade and worked for the organ builder Peter Tappe in Verden from 1840 to 1850 , where he concentrated on building box drawers . In 1856 he started his own business as an organ builder in Meyerhof (near Beverstedt ) and in 1863 he moved from Assel to Stade. In 1865 he took the Stader Citizenship Oath . His sons (Carl Johann) Heinrich (1851–1929) and (Friedrich Wilhelm) Ernst Röver (1857–1923) initially worked in their father's business, which was converted on July 1, 1881 into an open trading company Johann Hinrich Röver & Sons . On September 1, 1886, the father left the company and Ernst Röver took over the company from Adolf Reubke , which had to close in 1921. Johann Hinrich Röver died in 1895. The son Heinrich Röver continued the family business until 1926. The company was dissolved when the competitive pressure from P. Furtwängler & Hammer's more industrialized organ building became too great. In addition, there was the economic decline after the First World War and the death of Heinrich's son, who was intended to be his successor.

plant

Röver built 15 new organs, 21 in the general partnership with his sons. Röver built in the romantic style, but not infrequently retained the historic organ prospect as well as mechanical grinding and cone chests . He gained fame through his development of the tube pneumatics and the mechanical box wind charger , the inventor of which he is considered. Röver was particularly active in the organ landscape between the Elbe and Weser , where he held a monopoly position for many years.

List of works (selection)

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1851	Beverstedt	Fabian and Sebastian		II / P	24	Reconstruction of the organ by Arp Schnitger (1709); later conversions by Peter Tappe (1857) and Schmidt & Thiemann (1966)
1863	Kirchwistedt	John the Baptist		I / P	13	Largely preserved
1864	Ahausen	Ev.-luth. church		II / P	11	1939 reconstruction by Ott (Göttingen); 2012 Restoration of the original state by Stefan Lincke (Unterstedt)
1864-1865	Oederquart	St. Johannis		II / P	17th	The organ was rebuilt using the prospectus and case by Arp Schnitger (1678–82), which have been preserved to this day; Rövers pipework is replaced in 1971/2000 by a new building by Gebr. Hillebrand .
1869-1870	Mulsum (Kutenholz)	St. Petri		II / P	16	Largely preserved
1870	Stade	St. Cosmae et Damiani		III / P	42	Reconstruction of the organ by Berendt Hus / Arp Schnitger: changes to the disposition and the pitch, relocation of the Rückpositiv behind the organ → organ by St. Cosmae et Damiani (Stade)
1871	Ringstedt	St. Fabian		II / P	18th	Extension of the organ by Georg Wilhelm Wilhelmy (1788; I / P / 13); 1971–74 new building by Alfred Führer using the old registers
1879	Oberndorf (Oste)	St. George's Church		II / P	25th	Largely preserved
1880	Bevern (Bremervörde)	Holy Cross Church		II / P	14th	Almost completely preserved; 1987 expanded by Alfred Führer (today II / P / 16)
1883-1884	Lilienthal	St. Mary		II / P	27	Together with his sons; largely preserved
1886	Opole	St. Nicolai		II / P	10	Together with his sons; largely preserved

literature

• Hermann Fischer : 100 years of the Association of German Organ Builders . Orgelbau-Fachverlag, Lauffen 1991, ISBN 3-921848-18-0 .
• Harald Vogel , Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . Hauschild, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 .
• Alexandra Skiebe: Ernst Röver. An organ builder from Stade . Orgelakademie Stade eV, Stade 2008, ISBN 978-3-931879-40-2 (publications of the Orgelakademie Stade; 3).

See also

• List of organ builders
• List of organs between the Elbe and Weser

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Fischer: 100 Years of the Association of German Organ Builders . 1991, p. 285.

Web links

• Organ information (life and work Rövers) (accessed on December 27, 2017).