Alois Schönach
Alois Schönach (born July 12, 1811 in Flirsch , † October 30, 1899 in Meran ) was an Austrian organ builder .
Life
After his three-year apprenticeship as a carpenter, he first worked in Vienna before he went on a five-year wandering a. a. worked with Alois Hörbiger in Celje and with Joseph Mohrherr in Innsbruck . In 1842 he founded a workshop in Meran; After accepting several orders in Vorarlberg , he settled in Rankweil in 1858 , where he ran an organ workshop until 1874. One of his students at this time was Anton Behmann . Returned to Merano in 1877, he worked as a piano tuner. Schönach died there on October 30, 1899.
plant
The majority of its organs are located in Tyrol , Vorarlberg , Liechtenstein and Switzerland . The instruments are characterized by registers that are otherwise not found in these regions : double flute 4 ', Gemshorn quint 3', violin 2 '. Schönach probably got to know this arrangement on his wanderings in Silesia .
- 1844 Taufers im Münstertal , (renovation)
- 1845 Naturno
- 1845 mud , (renovation)
- 1845/1846 St. Valentin on the Haide
- 1847 Burgeis , (renovation)
- 1849 Algund : Maria Steinach monastery church
- 1849/1850 Castelrotto
- 1852/1853 Feldkirch
- 1854/1855 Laives
- 1856 Bulla : St. Leonhard
- 1856 Alberschwende ,
- 1857 Schlins parish church
- 1863 Hohenems
- 1864 Altenstadt
- 1865 Weesen : Holy Cross
- 1865 Josefskirche in Großdorf (community Egg)
- 1867 Gisingen
- 1868/1869 Dreikönigskirche in Hittisau
- 1873 Rankweil
- 1891 Schweinsteg
- ? Vilpian
- ? Organ of the parish church Bartholomäberg (renovation)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schönach, Alois . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 31st part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1876, p. 118 ( digitized version ).
- P. Sonderegger: Schönach Alois. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 40.
- Alfred Reichling: Organ landscape South Tyrol. Bolzano 1982, p. 21 f.
Web links
- Alois Schönach in the organ builder lexicon of Reichling's Organ Landscape Tyrol
- Schönach's organ in Bulla . At Orgelbau Mathis
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schönach, Alois |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian organ builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1811 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Flirsch |
DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1899 |
Place of death | Meran |