David Bayer

Johann David Bayer (* around 1757 in Dresden , Kingdom of Saxony ; † December 26, 1807 in Friedland , Mecklenburg ) was a German organ builder in Schwerin and Friedland.

Life

His training is unknown. In 1790 Bayer married in Dresden and was referred to as an organ builder and instrument maker. In 1794 he was mentioned in Schwerin with a Mecklenburg organ builder privilege. Some repairs to organs followed over the next few years. Around 1799 (?) He was living in Wolgast, in 1802 he lived in Friedland and died there in 1807.

Works (selection)

David Bayer is known to have built two new organs and some repairs in Mecklenburg, one in Vorpommern (Wolgast). The organ in Kotelow has been preserved.

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1795	Granzin near Boizenburg	Village church				Repairs
1795	Gadebusch	church				Repairs
1796	Wittenburg	City Church				Repairs?
1799	Wolgast	City Church				Repairs
1800-1803	Kotelov	Village church		I / P	12	New building, rebuilt in 1860 with rearrangement by Ernst Sauer , restored
1806	Friedland	St. Nikolai		I / P	13	New building, destroyed at the latest in 1945 with the church

literature

• Max Reinhard Jaehn : Bayer, David . 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. 33f.
• Max Reinhard Jaehn, Martin Schulze: 600 years of organ sound: the organs in St. Marien zu Friedland (Mecklenburg). epubli, Berlin 2004 ISBN 9783844284959 p. 25

Individual evidence

1. ^ David Bayer Orgelmuseum Malchow, not known in the lexicon!
2. ↑ Organ in Kotelow Organ Museum Malchow