Eduard Hirnschrodt senior
Eduard Hirnschrodt Sr. (* 1875 in Urfahr near Linz ; † 1933 Regensburg ) was an Austro-German organ builder.
Life
Eduard Hirnschrodt was born in Urfahr near Linz in 1875. He completed an organ builder training with Karl and Hans Mauracher . After ten years in Austria and Hungary he went to Germany and worked for the most progressive organ building companies of the time, Späth , Walcker and Hammer . In 1904 he came to Regensburg to the Binder company , where he worked as a voicer from 1912 . In 1925 he founded the company Hirnschodt & Sohn with his son of the same name, Eduard Hirnschrodt . He continued the company after his death.
literature
- Georg Brenninger: Organs in Old Bavaria . GeraNova Bruckmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7654-1859-5 .
- Eberhard Kraus: Historic organs in the Upper Palatinate. Schnell & Steiner 1990, ISBN 3-7954-0387-1 .
Web links
- Eduard Hirnschrodt senior in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirnschrodt, Eduard senior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hirnschrodt, Eduard sen. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-German organ builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Urfahr near Linz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1933 |
| Place of death | regensburg |