August Terkmann

August Artur Terkmann (born August 29, 1885 - † February 12, 1940 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian organ builder and organist .

Life and organ building

August Terkmann apprenticed both to his father and to the German organ manufacturer Aug. Laukhuff in Weikersheim . In 1908 he took over the management of the famous organ workshop in Tallinn from his father Gustav Terkmann (1850-1924) and became one of the most important Estonian organ builders. Its organs are in Estonia , Latvia and Russia ( Saint Petersburg , Ulyanovsk , Astrakhan ). The largest Terkmann organ is in Tallinn's Church of the Holy Spirit .

Terkmann used pneumatic and electropneumatic action on his organs . From around the middle of the first decade of the 20th century, the Terkmann family only built romantic organs .

Organs (selection)

August Terkmann built organs in Estonia, some also in today's Russia and Latvia. Some have been preserved.

New organs

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1911	Tarvastu	church		II / P	22nd
1912	Randvere	church		I / P	6th
1913	Paistu ,	Marienkirche		II / P	22 + 2
1914 or 1919	Tallinn	Peter and Paul Church (Catholic)		II / P	8th	receive
1914	Tallinn	Johanniskirche		IV / P	51	New construction (or conversion) according to Normann organ, first electrical connection to the altar organ in Estonia, today III / P, 66 (39)
1914	Järvakandi	St. Petri		I / P	9	with Gutdorf
before 1918?	St. Petersburg	church				not received
before 1918	Astrakhan , Russia	church				not received
before 1918	Sibirsk , today Ulyanovsk, Russia	church				not received
1918	Kuusalu	church		II / P	15th
1921	Nömme Rahu	church		II / P	10
1923	Käru	church		II / P	8th
1925	Lääne-Nigula	church		II / P	10
1927	Kuldīga (Goldingen), Latvia	Church of St. Anna
1927-1929	Tallinn	Holy Spirit Church		IV / P	66 + 2	his largest organ, with electrical connection to the altar organ, restored by Hardo Kriisa 1985–1990 , today IV / P 70 (71) → organ
1929	Kunda	church		II / P	6 + 3
1934	Rapina ,	St. Michaelis Church				receive
1936	Tapa	church		II / P	14th
?	Tallinn	"Estonia" concert hall , today the Estonia National Opera
?	Karla	church		II / P	8th

More work

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1914	Keila	St. Michael's Church				Repairs (alterations?) To the Walcker organ from 1843

Web links

• August Terkmann and the organ in the Tallinn Johanniskirche (English) ( Memento from June 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oreli Master A. Terkman †. Päevaleht , February 14, 1940, No. 43, p. 6.
2. ↑ Toomas Mäeväli: Estonian Organs ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 100 kB)
3. ↑ Organ in St. Peter and Paul Tallinn Orgeldatabase (Dutch, German)
4. ^ Organ in St. John's Church, Tallinn, organ database