Christian August Gerhard

Christian August Gerhard (born September 1, 1745 in Lindig ; † December 15, 1817 ) was a German organ builder .

Life

Gerhard was the son of the organ builder Justinus Ehrenfried Gerhard , a pupil of Gottfried Silbermann . His workshop was in Lindig. In 1777 he married the local resident Maria Susanna Süße. The marriage produced 16 children, 9 of whom reached adulthood. Gerhard's son Johann Christian Adam was also an organ builder. He moved the workshop to Dorndorf .

Works

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1781/1782	Kospoda	St. Peter		I / P	7th	including older parts; receive
1785/1786	Ruppersdorf	Ruppersdorf Church		II / P	17th	not received
1787	Rehmen	Rehmen village church		I / P	10	receive
1788	Altengesees	St. Margarethe		I / P	8th	In 1788 the church received the organ that is still in use instead of the small organ donated by Christoph Adolph von Watzdorf in 1708 .
1792	Neusitz	Neusitz village church		II / P	14th	receive
1797	Jägersdorf	Jägersdorf village church		I / P	8th	2002 organ burned
1801	Great lohma	Großlohma village church		I / P	10	receive
1803	Hummelshain	Hummelshain village church		II / P	14th	Organ has been extensively modified
1804/1805	Shatter	Zscherben village church
1812	Löbschütz	Löbschütz village church		II / P	17th	1904 Neo-Gothic prospectus received
1812	Oberbodnitz	Oberbodnitz village church		I / P	9	receive

literature

• Albrecht Dietl: The organ builder family Gerhard in East Thuringia. An overview. In: Thuringian Organ Journal. Thuringian Organ Summer, Arnstadt 1994
• Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders . tape 1 : Thuringia and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-921140-86-4 , pp. 88 .
• Matthias Schubert, Hans-Martin Striebel: Thuringian masterpieces. The organs of the Gerhard family. Church Art Association Stadtroda e. V., Jena 2017, ISBN 978-3-96140-025-6 .