August Schaper

August Schaper (born February 18, 1840 in Alfeld (Leine) , † February 18, 1920 in Hildesheim ) was a German organ builder who mainly worked in the diocese of Hildesheim .

life and work

August Schaper was born as the son of the organ builder Heinrich Schaper . With him he learned organ building from around 1854 to 1858 and took over its workshop around 1877. While his father built mechanical grinding chests in the traditional way , August Schaper introduced the cone chests to the company . In addition to his new buildings, there are extensions, rescheduling and numerous repair and maintenance work. Schaper worked as an organ builder until 1919 and died in 1920 on his 80th birthday.

List of works (selection)

In the fifth column, the Roman number indicates the number of manuals and a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal . The Arabic number indicates the number of sounding registers . The last column provides information on the state of preservation or special features.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1878	Söhre	Catholic Church		II / P	15th	receive
1881	Ahrbergen	Catholic Church		I / P	7th	receive
1883	Sorsum	St. Kunibert		II / P	17th	Repair of the organ by an unknown organ builder (around 1850); Wind chest and pipe material preserved
1884	Asel	St. Catharina		II / P	15th	Housing from before 1590, preserved in modified form
1886	Harsum	St. Cecilia		II / P	30th	receive
1887	Great Giesen	Catholic Church		II / P	17th	later rebuilt
1887	Imagery	St. Michael		I / P	8th	1917 delivery of the prospectus pipes; 1953 housing redesign; largely preserved → organ
1888	Marienrode Monastery	St. Michael		II / P	29	using the case and registers from Christian Vater ; 10–12 registers obtained from Schaper
1889	Rang out	Ev.-luth. church		II / P	19th	Extension of the organ by Johann Conrad Müller (1769) by a back work on a second manual, the 4 stops of which have been preserved
1890	Charges	Ev.-luth. church		I / P	6th	receive
1891	Adlum	Catholic Church		II / P	15th	receive
1892	Ottbergen	St. Nicholas Church		II / P	19th	later rebuilt
1893	Lechstedt	Ev.-luth. church		II / P	12	later rescheduled
1894	Hüddessum	St. Matthias		II / P	13	later rescheduled

literature

• Karl Heinz Bielefeld: organs and organ builder in Göttingen . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-921140-75-8 .
• Uwe Pape : North German organ builders and their works 6: Heinrich Schaper, August Schaper . Pape, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-921140-82-6 .
• Harald Vogel , Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . Hauschild, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 .

Web links

• Catalog raisonné Heinrich and August Schaper

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pape: North German organ builders and their works 6. 2009, p. 21.
2. ^ Bielefeld: Organs and Organ Builders in Göttingen. 2007, p. 370.
3. ^ Pape: North German organ builders and their works 6. 2009, p. 361.
4. ↑ Organ in Marienrode Abbey , seen on October 26, 2012.
5. ^ Vogel: Organs in Lower Saxony. 1997, pp. 254, 357.