Carl Schultze (organ builder)

Carl Friedrich Schultze (* August 1814 ; † February 8, 1878 in Potsdam ) was a German organ builder in Potsdam.

Life

His father was a Schumacher in Potsdam. Carl Schultze learned from Johann Christian Benjamin Müller in Breslau . From this he brought the original gauging of the portal flute , which he built into some of his organs. Around 1848 Carl Schultze became an employee at Carl Ludwig Gesell in Potsdam, and together with him, since 1852, he ran the company Gesell & Schultze . Around 1862 he went into business for himself, the workshop was at Kietzstrasse 20 in Potsdam.

Works (selection)

Carl Schultze has been building organs together with Carl Ludwig Gesell as Gesell & Schultze since 1852 , especially in the Mittelmark . Since about 1862 he worked independently.

New organs

year	place	building	Manuals	register	Remarks
1852	Babelsberg	Friedrichskirche	I / P	15th
1852	Oderberg , Barnim	St. Nikolai	II / P	16	with pipes and wind chest by Johann Simon Buchholz from 1792, 1953 re-arrangement by Karl Gerbig
1856	Werder	Holy Spirit Church	II / P	17th	1906 and 1934 conversion by Schuke to II / P, 20 and pneumatic action, 1985 restoration
1860	Potsdam	Holy Spirit Church	II / P	22nd	1945 destroyed with church
around 1862/63	Tietzow	Village church	I / P	11	first known independent organ without a companion
1864/65	Zehlendorf	Village church	I / P	7th	1913 to Riegersdorf, today Rudgerzowice, in Silesia
1865	Deer Bridge	church	I / P	9	not received
1866	Wolsier	Village church	I / P	6th	not playable, in need of restoration
1869	Current stretch	church	I / P	7th	not received
1874	Zollchow, Uckermark	Village church	I / P	10	receive

More work

1855 Brandenburg St. Katharinen , extension of the Wagner organ to III / P, 32, with companion
1862 Potsdam , Garrison Church , rearrangement of the Wagner organ (III / P, 43)
1868 Gransee , St. Marien, conversion of the Wagner organ (II / P, 23)

literature

Uwe Pape , Christhard Kirchner: Carl Schultze . In: Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (Eds.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. p. 519.

Web links

Carl Schultze Institute for Organ Research Brandenburg

Individual evidence

^ Organ Institute for Organ Research
↑ Wolsier Church

personal data
SURNAME	Schultze, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schultze, Carl Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organ builder in Potsdam
DATE OF BIRTH	August 1814
DATE OF DEATH	February 8, 1878
Place of death	Potsdam

[1] Organ Institute for Organ Research

[2] Wolsier Church