August Hartmann (organ builder)

August Hartmann (born February 2, 1931 in Oberdeggenbach ( Lower Bavaria ), † April 24, 2011 in Regensburg ) was a German organ builder .

Life

August Hartmann was born on February 2nd in Oberdeggenbach near Schierling in Lower Bavaria . From 1946 he completed an organ builder training with Eduard Hirnschrodt . After passing the journeyman's examination, Hartmann worked as an organ builder at the Hirnschrodt company, and later as a manager in the company's carpentry and assembly department. After the company was taken over by the organ builder Georg Jann , he initially continued to work in this company. After the Jann company moved to Allkofen in Lower Bavaria, he and a few other employees left the Jann company and  continued to work actively with the aforementioned employees in the previous company building, which was located in Regensburg - Stadtamhof at Protzenweiher 13. From then on, the company served as a branch for the Guido Nenninger company and later for Hermann Kloss . In 1982 August Hartmann went into business for himself and built organs with sliding drawers , with purely mechanical or combined action in his property, which was located at Ardennenstraße 26 in Regensburg. August Hartmann died on April 24, 2011 in Regensburg.

List of works of the new buildings (selection)

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1984	Vilshofen ( vineyards )	St. Michael		II / P	16
1985	Lambertsneukirchen ( Bernhardswald )	St. Lambert		I / P	6th
1987	Sand harlands	St. Gallus		II / P	19th
1988	Duggendorf	Sacrifice of the Virgin		II / P	15th	unknown historical prospectus , expanded in 1988 to include external towers and adjoining small fields
1988	Offenstetten	St. Vitus		II / P		in the historical case of the previous organ
1989	regensburg	Sr. of the Home Mission				Was transferred to the Holy Family parish church in Bad Abbach in 2018
1989	Ammerthal	woman Church		I / P	6th	Repair? Case Binder & Siemann 1905
1990	Kneiting	St. Peter and Paul		II / P	14th
1992	Beratzhausen	Saint Peter and Paul		III / P	24
1992	Heitzenhofen Castle	St. Wolfgang (Castle Chapel)		I / P	6th
1993	Bubach a. Forst ( Holzheim am Forst )	St. Peter and Paul		II / P	12
1993	Oppersdorf ( Lappersdorf )	St. Bartholomew		II / P	10
?	Franconia ( Laberweinting )	St. Nicholas		I / P	4th	→ organ

literature

• Eberhard Kraus: Historical organs in the Upper Palatinate (=  131st publication of the Society of Organ Friends ). Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7954-0387-1 .
• Hermann Fischer and Theodor Wohnhaas: Lexicon of the southern German organ builders. Heinrichshofen Wilhelmshaven, 1994. ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 . Pp. 138 and 160.

Web links

• August Hartmann in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mittelbayerische Zeitung, edition: City of Regensburg , 67th year No. 96, page 32