Christoph Kaps
Christoph Kaps (born October 7, 1959 in Munich ) is a German master organ builder . His workshop is located in the Eichenau industrial park .
Kaps received piano lessons from 1970 and organ lessons from 1973. Since 1975 he has been organist in Altlochham. From 1976 to 1979 he trained as an organ and harmonium builder in Munich and Ludwigsburg. In 1980 he worked as a journeyman in Munich and Regensburg. After completing the master craftsman examination in 1985, the company was founded in 1986. In 2002 the company relocated to Gilching and in 2007 to Eichenau.
Christoph Kaps builds one- and two-manual organs with mechanical slide chests . He also restores historical instruments.
List of works (selection)
By 2011 he had built a total of 24 new organs, including a number of chest organs .
year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1986 | Krailling | Caritas nursing home | II / P | 9 | New building; masterpiece | |
1988 | Öberau ( Straubing ) | I / P | 4th | Restoration of the organ by Anton Ehrlich (1875) | ||
1988 | Straubing | Pilgrimage Church Frauenbrünnl | I / P | 4th | Restoration of the organ | |
1990 | Freising | Camerloher high school | II / P | 12 | New building with additional coupling manual | |
1992 | Neuried (near Munich) | St. Nicholas | II / P | 14th | New building | |
1993 | Straubing | Elisabeth Hospital | I / P | 8th | ||
1993 | Munich - Giesing | Holy cross | I. | 4th | Chest organ | |
1995 | Kirchroth | St. Vitus | II / P | 20th | New building behind the historical case incorporating 6 registers from the previous organ | |
1996 | Erding | Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Blood | II / P | 16 | New building behind historical housing including a register from FB Maerz (1907) | |
1998 | Munich - Obermenzing | Suffering of christ | II / P | 15th | New construction of the choir organ | |
1998 | Lochham | Old parish church of St. Johann Baptist | I / P | 10 | ||
1999 | Munster (Steinach) | St. Tiburtius | II / P | 14th | Restoration of the organ by Ludwig Edenhofer (1908) behind the 18th century prospect | |
2001 | Dachau- Mitterndorf | St. Nicholas and Mary | II / P | 12 | New building | |
2002 | Gauting | woman Church | II / P | 13 | New building | |
2003 | Eichenau | Friedenskirche | II / P | 12 | New building | |
2004 | Malching | St. Margareth | II / P | 12 | New building | |
2005 | Bad Reichenhall | Evangelical town church | I. | 3 1 / 2 | Chest organ | |
2008 | Steinkirchen ( Gde. Reichertshausen ) | St. Anna | I / P | 12 | Restoration of the organ by Max Maerz (1862) | |
2009 | Germering - Unterpfaffenhofen | St. Jacob | II / P | 18th | New building | |
2011 | Munich - Moosach | New St. Martin | I. | 4th | Chest organ | |
2012 | Waging by the lake | Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary on the Mühlberg | I / P | 10 | New building in a historic housing | |
2015 | Dachau | Assumption Day | III / P | 41 | Largest organ in the company | |
2015 | Ellbach | St. Martin | I / P | 8th | ||
2016 | Krailling | St. Margareth | II / P | 9 | Change loop system | |
2019 | Koblenz | House organ (private) | II / P | 10 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage Kaps: Der Gründer ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2012 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. , seen December 30, 2011.
- ↑ Homepage Kaps: References ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (complete list of works), viewed December 30, 2011.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kaps, Christoph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1959 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |