Alexander Schuke

Carl Alexander Schuke (born August 14, 1870 in Stepenitz , Ostprignitz district , Kingdom of Prussia ; † November 16, 1933 in Potsdam ) was a German organ builder and from 1894 to 1933 owner and director of the "Alexander Schuke Orgelbauanstalt Potsdam". The company still exists today under the name Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau GmbH .

Life

Alexander Schuke was the son of the pastor Karl Schuke, who was in office in Stepenitz from 1867 to 1886, and Charlotte Margarethe Alexandrine Anna von Wulffen . In 1885 he came to Potsdam and attended the Viktoria-Gymnasium, now the Helmholtz-Gymnasium Potsdam . After graduating from high school, he learned the trade of organ building from master organ builder Carl Eduard Gesell . After Gesell's death in 1894, Alexander Schuke bought the company and took over the business. Through his temporary work at the organ building company Sauer from Frankfurt (Oder) , he was able to gain experience in contemporary modern organ building technology, bring it to his company and thus make his workshop one of the most famous organ building companies.

After his death in 1933, his sons Karl Schuke and Hans-Joachim Schuke continued to run the company together. Around 140 organs were built during Alexander Schuke's time. For example, Schuke made the organ for the village church in Ketzür .

literature

• Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau GmbH: 100 years of Alexander Schuke organ building in Potsdam . thomasius verlag - Thomas Helms, Schwerin 1994
• Uwe Pape:  Schuke. In: MGG Online (subscription required).

Web links

• Karl Alexander Schuke in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
• Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau GmbH, catalog raisonné. ( Memento of April 23, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) The directory contains all new constructions, conversions and repairs by Alexander Schuke with details of the registers, manuals and pedals.

swell

1. ↑ Berliner Morgenpost from January 4, 2005