David Baumann

Organ in Heiligengrabe

David Baumann († after 1740 ) was a German organ builder in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg . He worked at times with his son of the same name.

Life

In 1713 a David Baumann, Studiosus artium liberalium (student of liberal arts) in the organ in Wusterhausen an der Dosse was named in a wind chest. He came from Friesack . His organ building style could not yet be assigned to any tradition, Christian Kreynow was active nearby in the Altmark during this time. Baumann built a pedal mechanism with nine registers in Wusterhausen, which has been preserved to this day. In the following time he built and repaired organs in Brandenburg an der Havel and its surroundings. It is not known where his workshop was.

From 1727 Baumann built the first organ in Mecklenburg, in Kirch Grubenhagen. The son was named David. More new buildings and repairs followed in Mecklenburg. In 1736 and 1747 Friedland was named as the location of the workshop. In 1740 father and son were named together for the last time.

The son David Baumann (d. J.) married in 1730 in Kirch Grubenhagen. One of the two is known for the last time from 1747.

Works (selection)

David Baumann the Elder built and repaired organs first in the western Mark Brandenburg , then once in the Altmark (Werben). From 1727 he worked in Mecklenburg with his son. Since both 1727 and 1740 were mentioned together, it is difficult to assign the organs from this period to one of the two. In 1747 the organ in Friedland was designated its 16th work. The organs in Heiligengrabe and Neukalen, brochures in Karpzow and Friedland, and the nine-part pedal work in Wusterhausen / Dosse have been preserved.

New organs

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1719-1721	Brandenburg on the Havel	St. Pauli		II / P		not received
1723	Karptsov	Village church				Prospectus received, in it 1957 new organ from Schuke
1725	Holy grave	Collegiate church		II / p	10?	Originally attached pedal, in the 19th century installation of an independent pedal and rearrangement, 1936 reconstruction of the original disposition, 1953–1956 restoration by Schuke, extensive repair work planned in 2020/21
1727-1728	Church of Grubenhagen	Village church		I / P	8th	first organ in Mecklenburg, by father and son, later replaced by Lütkemüller
1729	Ticino	City Church		I.	9	1743 expanded to I / P, 12 by Baumann, replaced in 1877 by Lütkemüller
1738-1739	Gnoien	City Church		I / P	8th	replaced by Lütkemüller
1739-1740 / 42	Recalculation	City Church of St. John		II / p	12	receive
1744-1746	Friedland	City Church		II / P	26th	with Christian Gottlieb Richter , prospectus received, in it 1854 new work by Ernst Sauer , 1934 new organ by W. Sauer (III / P, 41)

More work

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1713	Wusterhausen an der Dosse , Prignitz	St. Peter and Paul		II / P	29	Installation of a pedal mechanism with 9 registers, new bellows and cleaning of the pipes, 1748 rebuilding of the rest of the organ by Joachim Wagner, pedal mechanism from Baumann preserved
1716	Advertise , Altmark	City Church				Repairs
1720	Brandenburg on the Havel	St. Gotthardt				Repairs
1720	Brandenburg on the Havel	St. Catherine's				new bellows installed
1721	Brandenburg	St. Johannis				Repairs of a positive
1731	Schwerin	Castle Church				Repairs
1731, 1737	Schwerin	Dom				Repairs
1743	Ticino	City Church		I / P	12	Expansion of the own organ from 1725 from I / 9 to I / P, 12

literature

• Max Reinhard Jaehn , Christhard Kirchner: David Baumann . 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. 32.
• Walter Haacke, Reinhard Jaehn: Paul Schmidt and Mecklenburgs organ building in the 18th century. In: Acta Organologica 18. 1985. pp. 44-265, here pp. 214-227.

Web links

• David Baumann Institute for Organ Research Brandenburg
• David Baumann Mecklenburg Organ Museum Malchow

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karpzow village church, old churches, Brandenburg
2. ↑ Karpzow Church Parish Parish Wustermark
3. ↑ Organ in Heiligengrabe Orgeldatabase (Dutch)
4. ^ Organ in Neukalen Mecklenburgisches Orgelmuseum Malchow
5. ^ History of the organ in Friedland Orgelmuseum Malchow
6. ^ Report by Schuke from 1978