Christian Heinrich Kersten

Organ in the hall

Christian Heinrich Kersten (also Christian Hinrich Kersten ; * 1732 or 1733 ; † July 1, 1799 in Rostock ) was a German organ builder in Rostock.

Life

Kersten's origin is unknown. He was probably a student of the organ builder Paul Schmidt in Rostock, as his organ building style was very similar to his works. His first work as an organ builder is known from 1766. In 1788 he made an application for the maintenance of all Rostock organs, which was rejected (or approved ??) by the magistrate.

Works (selection)

Christian Heinrich Kersten is known to have built seven new organs, some repairs, a conversion and two new building offers in the Rostock area. The organs in Bad Sülze , Saal and Belitz as well as the prospectus in Jesendorf have been preserved .

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
before 1772	Diekhof	Castle chapel		I.	4th	not received
1772-1775	brawn	City Church		I / P	15th	received rebuilt
1780	Jesendorf	Village church		I / P	7th	Prospectus received, in it 2000 new work by Karl Lötzerich (I / P, 5, from 1972)
1780	Hall , Western Pomerania	Village church		II / P	14th	several modifications and rearrangements, 2004 reconstruction of the Kersten organ by Schuke
1784	Neubukow	City Church		I / P	10	not received
1784, 1786	Belitz	Village church		I / P	15th	1784 10 registers without pedal 1786 five pedal register 1858 at 18 second manual registers by winemakers obtained
1790	Ribnitz	City Church of St. Mary		II / P	20th	not received

More work

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1766	Toitenwinkel	Village church				Repairs, first known job
1783	Toitenwinkel	Village church				New building offer, not accepted
1788	Sternberg	City Church				New building offer, not accepted
1790, 1795	Kessin	Village church				Repairs
1795	Warnkenhagen	Village church		I.	5	Implementation of a small interim organ from Rostock, St. Marien

literature

• Max Reinhard Jaehn : Christian Heinrich Kersten . In: Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (Eds.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area including Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. p. 281.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jaehn, Lexikon , p. 218
2. ^ Organ in Belitz churches in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
3. ^ Organ in Bad Sülze, Malchow Organ Museum
4. ^ Organ in Jesendorf Orgelmuseum Malchow
5. ^ Organ in Belitz Orgelmuseum Malchow
6. ^ Organ in Belitz Dorfkirchen in MV