Christoph Wilhelm Braveleit

Christoph Wilhelm Braveleit (also Christoph Wilhelm Braweleit , * around 1752 in Labiau , Kingdom of Prussia , † March 4, 1795 in Königsberg , Kingdom of Prussia) was an organ builder in the Duchy of Courland and the Kingdom of Prussia.

Life

Christoph Wilhelm Braveleit was possibly of Lithuanian origin, the name could be derived from Bravilaitis . Braveleit was a student of Adam Gottlob Casparini in Königsberg, with whom he built an organ in Wilna (Vilnius) from 1774 to 1776 . In 1776 his name appeared in the register of the Königsberg University for Organ Building ( architecturae prae-primus organicae ). In 1779 Braveleit was granted organ builder privilege for the Duchy of Courland and Semgallia . 1784 was given as the place of residence Tuckum (Tukums). In 1788 the Duke of Courland offered him a right of residence in Goldingen (Kuldīnga) without having to accept citizenship of the city.

In the same year Braveleit returned to Königsberg and took over the workshop of the late Casparini, which he had previously asked him to do. As a court organ builder, Braveleit built some larger organs and was responsible for tuning some of the instruments in Königsberg. He died of dropsy in 1795.

Jacob Preuß completed the organ in Heiligenbeil, and Carl David Amstel was the new court organ builder.

Works (selection)

Only a few organs are known from Christoph Wilhelm Braveleit. The organ in Ēdole (Edwahlen) in Latvia and the prospectus in Kuldīga (Goldingen) as well as the Casparini organ in Vilnius have been preserved .

New organs

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1774	Vilnius , Lithuania	Dominican Church				Collaboration with Casparini, inscription Braweleidt 1774 in Windlade, received - organ
1784/88	Goldingen (Kuldīga), Courland	Lutheran Church of St. Catherine				Got a brochure, possibly parts of the organ too?
1786	Ed Wahlen (Ēdole), Courland	Protestant church		I / P	8th	1902 addition of two registers by Carl Alexander Herrmann, received
1788-1789	Goldap (Gołdap)	church				Completion of Casparini's mission, destroyed
1788-1790	Koenigsberg	Sackheimer Church		II / P	29	Reconstruction by Max Terletzki in 1891 , by Furtwängler and Hammer in 1928 , destroyed after 1944
1790-1792	Koenigsberg	Provost church		II / P	30th	1900 and 1930 modifications by Goebel , destroyed after 1944
1792-1794	Koenigsberg	Tragheimer Church		II / P	31	rebuilt several times, destroyed in 1944
1794-1795	New Pillau	City Church		I / P	16	1786 Offer from Casparini with I / P, 17, first built by Braveleit, destroyed after 1944
1794-1796	Holy ax ,	City Church		II / P	30th	Completed by Jacob Preuß , rebuilt by Wittek in 1930 , destroyed in 1945

Repairs

• 1789 Königsberg, Löbenichtsche Church , II / P, 40, built in 1782 by Johann Preuss

literature

• Werner Renkewitz , Jan Janca , Hermann Fischer : History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia from 1333 to 1944. Volume II, 2. From Johann Preuss to E. Kemper & Sohn, Lübeck / Bartenstein. Siebenquart, Cologne 2015, pp. 97–121.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Олег Диптан: Органы Курземе [Organs in Courland] . In: Органы. The Russian Organ Journal. Volume 3-4. 2014. pp. 36–41, here p. 39, with disposition and photos PDF