Balthasar Freiwiss

Balthasar Freiwiß (also Freiwis, Freywis or Freiweis) (* 1710 in Aitrang ; † 14 May 1783 ibid) was a German organ builder who did his apprenticeship with Joseph Gabler in Ochsenhausen . He had probably previously been an apprentice to Ehinger.

He had his workshop in Aitrang. The brochures of his organs are among the most beautiful of the Rococo. His successor in the workshop was his son-in-law Franz Thoma (around 1745-1817).

List of works (excerpt)

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1745	Oberstdorf
1747	Rottenbuch	Augustinian Canon Monastery		II / P	28	New organ work by Guido Nenninger 1962
1757	Irsee	Irsee Monastery		II / P	31	largely preserved → organ
1759	Oberammergau	St. Peter and Paul				Prospectus received. 1893 new GF Steinmeyer plant with II / 30.
circa 1760	Hohenpeissenberg	Pilgrimage church

literature

• Georg Brenninger : Organs in Old Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7654-1859-5 .

• Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Heinrichshofen-Bücher, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas, Gregor Peda: Historical organs in Swabia; Volume 94 from publication of the Society of Organ Friends; Editor: Gregor Peda, Schnell & Steiner Verlag 1982, ISBN 9783795404314 , page 25
2. ↑ www.irsee.de
3. ↑ Martin Balz: Divine Music: Organs in Germany; Volume 230 of publication by the Society of Organ Friends, Society of Organ Friends, Verlag Theiss 2008, page 180
4. ↑ pfarrei-schlehdorf.de ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

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