Aug. Laukhuff
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1823 |
| Seat | Weikersheim , Germany |
| management | Tobias Schröter ( Managing Director ), Alexander Laukhuff ( Managing Director ) |
| Number of employees | approx. 160 (2019) |
| Branch | Musical instrument making |
| Website | laukhuff.de |
The Aug. Laukhuff GmbH & Co. KG , based in Weikersheim is the world's largest supplier of Organ parts .
history
The company founder Martin Andreas Laukhuff learned from the organ builder Johann Eberhard Walcker , then worked with his son Eberhard Friedrich Walcker and finally founded his own organ building workshop in 1823. His three sons August, Andreas and Adolf Laukhuff continued to run the business, with August specializing in organ parts, Andreas the commercial and Adolf the artistic side. In the 19th century it was possible to establish international business connections. Andreas Laukhuff cataloged and standardized all the necessary parts of an organ, whereupon he was awarded the title of Kommerzienrat . The catalog published by Laukhuff is still the standard in organ building today.
Otto and Wilhelm Laukhuff , sons of Andreas Laukhuff, managed to rebuild the company that was destroyed in 1945. Otto and Wilhelm Laukhuff's sons, Hans-Erich († 2012) and Peter, ran the company until 2011.
2012–2017 Magnus Windelen took over the management of Aug. Laukhuff GmbH & Co. KG. - The nephews of Hans-Erich and Peter Laukhuff, Tobias Schröter and Alexander Laukhuff, have been running the family business since October 2017.
In April 2014, Aug. Laukhuff GmbH & Co. KG requested the district court Amtsgericht Crailsheim insolvency in self-administration . This enabled the company to be reorganized and was released from the insolvency proceedings on November 20, 2014.
In 2017 Aug. Laukhuff GmbH & Co. KG expanded its piano and grand piano production by taking over the piano and grand piano production from Otto Heuss.
Special
In the organ hall of the Aug. Laukhuff company there is one of the few remaining cinema organs . It is a Möller organ that has been rebuilt.
Web links
- The company's website at laukhuff.de
- Richard Kassel: The Organ: An Encyclopedia.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bundesverband Klavier eV on pianos.de (accessed April 1, 2014)
- ↑ Hit the right note on the world market on welt.de (accessed April 1, 2014)
- ↑ Laukhuff, a company with a long tradition, is aiming for renovation. In: swr.de. April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014 .
- ↑ Aug. Laukhuff GmbH & Co. KG. In: Insolvenzportal.de. January 27, 2015, accessed January 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Laukhuff takes over piano and grand piano production from Otto Heuss Klaviaturen GmbH. In: das-musikinstrument.de. January 12, 2017, accessed March 17, 2020 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 59 ″ N , 9 ° 54 ′ 0.1 ″ E