Christian Scheffler (organ builder)
Christian Scheffler (born July 5, 1954 in Dessau ) is a German organ builder .
biography
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Christian Scheffler did his Abitur at the extended high school "Philanthropinum" in Dessau. After completing his military service, he learned to be a carpenter in 1975 . His interest in organ music brought him to organ building. From 1977 to 1979 he trained as an organ builder at VEB Frankfurter Orgelbau W. Sauer , Frankfurt (Oder) .
During his work as an employee of the company, Scheffler completed a distance learning course at the Museum for German History and at the Museum for Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig from 1986 to 1990 . The successful completion of his studies and the turnaround in the GDR gave him the opportunity to be self-employed.
He is in the Bund Deutscher Orgelbaumeister e. V. (BDO) , the International Association of Organ Builders (ISO) , the Society of Organ Friends e. V. (GDO) and the Friends of Church Music Frankfurt (Oder) . Christian Scheffler is married and has four children. His wife also works for the company.
Company history
On November 1, 1990, Scheffler opened his own workshop in a former LPG building on the estate in Sieversdorf . The first orders were the restoration of the Walcker organ in Sternberg and the Sauer organ in Markgrafpieske .
As the company expanded, it moved to the former distillery on the estate in 1997. The reconstruction of the building was awarded the Federal Prize for Handicraft in Monument Preservation in 1995. The internationally recognized company has created its own works in addition to restorations since it was founded. Concerts and cultural events are also organized in Sieversdorf. The organ building company is the guild of the district craftsmen .
Works (selection)
- Schwerin , Schelfkirche St. Nikolai , reconstruction of the organ from 1858, built by Friedrich Friese III , 18 stops , II manuals , pedal , mechanical cone chest
- Inaugurated in 2000: Bergen , Norway , Skjold Church, new organ, Ladegast copy, 23 stops, II manuals, pedal, mechanical cone chest
- Hafnarfjörður , Iceland , Evangelical Church, new style copy after Wilhelm Sauer , 25 stops, II manuals, pedal, pneumatic cone chests
- Langenhain (Taunus) : Repair of an organ in the Evangelical Church, built by the company Orgelbau Friedrich Weigle , Stuttgart. On the organ from 1904 some of the pipes were added, the pneumatics were replaced and the instrument was re-intoned.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of BDO members ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 2010 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.
- ↑ List of ISO members ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ List of GDO members ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2010 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.
- ↑ References 1995 Jenner & Schulz architects
- ^ Organs in Schwerin
- ↑ Facta om Skjold Kirke ( Memento from February 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ First notes after 35 years. In: FAZ of October 5, 2013, page 55.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheffler, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th July 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |