Gebr. Späth organ building
Gebr. Späth organ building | |
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legal form | one-man business |
founding | 1894 |
Seat | Quantities , Germany |
Branch | Musical instrument making |
Gebr. Späth Orgelbau , based in Mengen, was a German organ building company from 1894 to 1971 .
history
The organ builder Alois Späth (born June 16, 1825 in Ennetach ; † July 7, 1876 in Ennetach) had three sons who also became organ builders: Franz Xaver Späth (* 1859), Albert Späth (* 1866) and Hermann Späth (* 1867 ). When Alois Späth died, his workshop was initially closed. To ensure the family's livelihood, Franz Xaver worked for the organ builders Ferdinand Benz, Xaver Mönch , the Klingler brothers and Heinrich Conrad Branmann. It was not until 1882 that he was able to reopen his father's workshop in Ennetach. In 1894 his brother Albert joined the company, which was now called Gebr. Späth Orgelbau .
After 1896, Hermann Späth continued Balthasar Pröbstl's workshop under his own name, which it closed after his death.
His sons Alban Späth (1898–1972) and Hermann Späth junior joined the Späth brothers, their uncles, as employees in 1917. Alban Späth first worked on organ building in the Fuldaer Land in 1914, when the Späth brothers built the organ in Hofbieber. More organs followed. In 1928 the company Gebr. Späth set up a branch in Fulda, which Alban Späth managed. New buildings were still being built in Ennetach, but Alban negotiated with the municipalities, made the plans and then managed assembly, temperature control and mood. In 1928 Alban Späth married Barbara Betty Wieger from Großauheim in Großauheim. (She died in Fulda in 1957; children: Elisabeth Barbara in 1929 - now in the USA, 1931 Hilde Josephine - married in Großauheim and died in 1974.) The family lived in Fulda since 1928, first at Petersberger Str. 78, then since 1931 in Leipziger Str. 16, where Alban kept the workshop until his death. In 1933 he passed the master craftsman examination at the Kassel Chamber of Crafts. In 1937 Alban Späth went into business for himself with regard to conversions, repairs and maintenance contracts. In the case of new buildings, the cooperation with the company Gebr. Späth continued. From 1943 to 1946 he did military service. Then Alban Späth's business was again run as a branch of Ennetach. He died on April 1, 1972 in Fulda and was buried in Großauheim am Main. His workshop in Fulda closed.
In 1909, two other organ builders from the family, the brothers Emil and Hubert Späth in Rapperswil , Switzerland, took over the business from Heinrich Spaich. This offshoot of the Späth organ building dynasty still exists today under the name Späth Orgelbau AG.
In 1912 Franz Xaver Späth was appointed court organ builder and in 1927 as supplier to the papal court. Franz Xaver's son Franz (1901–1924) was to continue the business. However, his unexpected death in Spain prevented this. His brother Karl Späth (1899–1971), a doctor, therefore took over his father's business. The youngest brother August (1908–1979) was a partner from 1934.
In 1964 August Späth and his son Hartwig (* 1942) separated from Karl Späth and transferred the Freiburg branch into a separate company: Freiburg organ builder August Späth .
When Karl Späth died in 1971, eight company employees founded Orgelbau Späth GmbH under the management of Franz Rapp . Later his son Harald Rapp took over the company. In 1985 he started his own business with Harald Rapp organ building workshop .
In 2002 Hartwig Späth, sole owner of the Freiburg Orgelbau company since 1979 , bought the Späth organ building back, but closed the business premises in Ennetach. Hartwig's company has existed since his son joined in 2008 under the name of Freiburger Orgelbau Hartwig and Tilmann Späth .
The company Orgelbau Späth GmbH has expired.
Works (selection)
year | opus | place | church | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1870/71 | Allmannsweiler | Kath. Filialkirche Heilig Kreuz | I / P | 9 | receive | ||
1890 | 11 | Bad Saulgau | Church of Our Lady | I / P | 7th | receive | |
1894 | 28 | Emerfeld , Langenenslingen municipality | Catholic parish church St. Pankratius | I / P | 7th | receive | |
1895 | 26th | Christazhofen , municipality of Argenbühl | Catholic parish church of St. Mauritius | II / P | 16 | Mostly preserved, restored in 1990 | |
1897 | 50 | Zußdorf , municipality of Wilhelmsdorf | Catholic parish church of St. Simon and Judas | II / P | 12 | receive | |
1898 | 25th | Emerkingen | II / P | 10 | receive | ||
1903 | 106 | Saarholzbach | St. Anthony | II / P | 12 | Originally built for St. Sebastian Illerkirchberg / Oberkirchberg ; Restored in 2006 by Egbert Pfaff (Überlingen) and installed in Saarhölzbach. | |
1907 | 154 | Ostrach - Weithart , part of Habsthal | Catholic parish church St. Stefan, Benedictine monastery church of the Habsthal monastery | II / P | 18th | almost original; Restored several times, most recently in 2003 by Harald Rapp's organ building workshop | |
1908 | 172 | Isny | St. Mary | II / P | 24 | replaced in 2005 by an instrument by Josef Maier (Hergensweiler); individual parts of the Späth organ were built into the new instrument | |
1910 | 185 | Fronhofen , municipality of Fronreute | Catholic parish church St. Konrad | II / P | 14th | 1951 rebuilt and expanded; Canceled in 1999; 5 registers used in the new building Heilig Kreuz Ravensburg, Rückpositiv today in Zußdorf | |
1911 | 194 | Hedingen Monastery , Sigmaringen | Crypt church (former monastery church) | III / P | 32 | largely original | |
1912 | 201 | Gerleve Abbey , Billerbeck | Monastery church | III / P | 43 | Overhauled in 1971 by the Stockmann brothers from Werl and expanded from the original 25 to 43 registers | |
1915 | 244 | Wuchzenhofen , Leutkirch in the Allgäu | Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Baptista | II / P | 20th | in the existing case by Braun 1845/46; largely original | |
1924 | 310 | Hausstadt (Saarland) | Parish Church of St. Mauritius and Companions | II / P | 24 | unplayable; receive | |
1925 | 312 | Saarbrücken | St. Michael | IV / P | 58 | with changes (1984) | |
1925 | 322 | Schramberg | Holy Spirit Church | II / P | 35 | romantically disposed, but first influences of the organ movement | |
1927 | Rheinfelden (Baden) | Catholic parish church St. Joseph | 41 | 1985 rebuilt by master organ builder Hartwig Späth from March while retaining the old case. The number of registers was increased to 44, 37 of the registers have been reused in whole or in part from the old work. | |||
1934 | 458 | Winterbach (St. Wendel) | Holy Family | II / P | 15 (18) | ||
1936 | 468 | Waldfischbach castle albums | Catholic pilgrimage church Maria Rosenberg | II / P | 26th | ||
1937 | 488 | Saarbrücken | Oblate Monastery | II / P | 19 (23) | Sold to Poland in 2011. | |
1938 | 495 | Elversberg | Catholic parish church Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Elversberg) | III / P | 26th | electropneumatic cone chests; receive | |
1941 | 525 | Ostrach - Weithart , part of Levertsweiler | Catholic parish church of St. Luzia | II / P | 13 | receive | |
1951 | 551 | Lindenberg (Palatinate) | Catholic parish church of St. Maria Immaculata | II / P | 19th | ||
1950 | 553 | Saarbrücken | St. Jakob (Saarbrücken) | II / P | 17th | 1962 extended to III / 33 (37) | |
1951 | 563 | Weiskirchen | St. James the Elder (Weiskirchen) | II / P | 28 | ||
1952 | 574 | Zweibrücken | Holy Cross Church | I / P | 13 | 1955 extended to three manuals with 47 registers, replaced in 1994, parts reused in Coswig (Saxony) | |
1953 | 583 | Elmstein | Catholic parish church Herz Mariä | I / P | 5 | ||
1955 | 611 | Hirzweiler-Welschbach | Catholic parish church St. Laurentius | II / P | 16 | ||
1956 | 635 | Kirchhain | St. Elisabeth | II / P | 24 | electric action | |
1957 | 652 | Höllstein | St. Mary | I / P | 6th | originally built for Winterlingen ; split loops, B / D division at a / b | |
1960 | 697 | Hüttersdorf | Parish Church Exaltation of the Cross | III / P | 36 | ||
1960 | 707 | Munich-Schwabing | All Saints Church | III / P | 27 | III / 35 after expansion / reconstruction in 2002 by Jocher & Edouard | |
1962 | 737 | Koblenz | Basilica of St. Castor | III / P | 34 | Dismantled in 2013 and rebuilt by Tamburini in Italy in the Santuario di San Gabriele dell'Addolorata with some changes | |
1963 | 755 | Esenhausen , municipality of Wilhelmsdorf | Catholic parish church St. Martinus | II / P | 15th | receive | |
1964 | 755 | Frankfurt am Main - Bornheim | Holy Cross Church | II / P | 24 | received, renovated in 2019 by the Freiburg organ builders Hartwig and Tilmann Späth | |
1966 | 812 | Schmelz-Bettingen | Parish Church of St. Stephen | II / P | 28 (29) | ||
1968 | 856 | Dornstadt | Catholic parish church St. Ulrich | II / P | 29 | receive; 2015 by Orgelbau Lenter, Sachsenheim, technically overhauled, reworked and expanded with a setting system |
literature
- Wolfgang Manecke, Johannes Mayr: Historical organs in Upper Swabia. The district of Biberach . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1995, ISBN 3-7954-1069-X , p. 229 ff .
Individual evidence
- ↑ spaeth.ch: Späth Orgelbau AG , accessed on April 4, 2013
- ↑ The Späth Organ Saarhölzbach on Organindex.de
- ↑ schramberger-orgelkonzerte.de: Organ in Schramberg , accessed on January 16, 2016.
- ↑ new disposition
- ^ Freiburger Orgelbau Hartwig and Tilmann Späth, OHG : Frankfurt am Main, Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche - renovation of the Gebr. Späth organ (1964) II / 23 +1 TM 2019 Opus 770. In: Homepage. July 3, 2019, accessed December 14, 2019 .