Anton Schwenk

Anton Schwenk (* 1910 ; † 1960 ) was a German organ builder based in Munich .

Life

Schwenk learned organ building from Leopold Nenninger and started his own business in Munich in 1948 . Together with Franz Wappmannsberger from Prien , he formed a working group. Schwenk took over the construction of the organs and Wappmannsberger assembly and intonation. After Schwenk's death, Wilhelm Stöberl took over his company in 1961.

List of works (excerpt)

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1950	Munich - Schwabing	Kreuzkirche		I / P	7th	Later replaced by Stöberl .
~ 1950	Ehrenberg	Ortisei		I / P	9	Later replaced by Stöberl .
1955	Munich - Sendling	New St. Margaret		III / P	38	Partial expansion, later expanded by Stöberl ; 2020 technical reorganization by Klais
1955	Munich - Maxvorstadt	St. Benno		III / P	56	Partial expansion, later expanded by Stöberl
~ 1958	Munich - Kleinhadern	St. Corpus Christi		II / P	25th	Between 1998 and 2017 various modifications by Munich organ builder Johannes Führer
~ 1959	Munich	Kolping House on Stachus		I / P	6th	~ 1990 to St. Elisabeth Altenkessel (near Saarbrücken)
~ 1960	Altötting	St. Joseph		III / P	26th

literature

• Hermann Fischer : 100 years of the Association of German Organ Builders 1891–1991 . Organ building specialist publisher Rensch, Lauffen 1991, ISBN 3-921848-18-0 .
• Hermann Fischer and Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Heinrichshofen-Bücher, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The swivel organ by St. Margaret Sendling
2. ^ The swivel organ from St. Benno Munich