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
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

Commons : Kaps Orgelbau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Christoph Kaps

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 
2. ↑ 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.