Eifert (organ building)

Eifert was an organ building company in the Thuringian city ​​film . The company founder Adam Eifert built more than 115 organs for Thuringia and about two dozen for Hesse .

history

Adam Eifert (born April 2, 1841 in Grebenau ; † March 2, 1910 in Stadtilm) founded the company. From 1858 to around 1861 he learned organ building from Friedrich Wilhelm Bernhard in Romrod, Hesse. This was followed by journeyman years at Ibach & Söhne (Barmen) around 1862/1863 , at August Martin (Riga) around 1864/1865, and from 1865 to 1867 with Karl-August-Eduard Witzmann. Eifert married von Witzmann's daughter in 1867 and became his business partner. In 1871 Eifert went into business for himself. He was a privileged "Grand Ducal Saxon court organ builder".

Since Adam Eifert's marriage remained childless, his nephew Johann Eifert (* May 10, 1870; † 1944) became his successor and from 1905 to 1907 managing director and owner of Eifert & Müller and from 1908 to 1926 owner of Ad. Zeal and successor . From 1927 to 1936 he was an organ builder in the company and from 1928 only carried out repairs. The last owner was Otto Schäfer from 1936 to 1944. After the Second World War, Lothar Heinze took over the vacant workshop. From 1967 Orgelbau Schönefeld continued the company under a new name.

plant

By 1907 Adam Eifert had built more than 140 organs in Stadtilm. Most of them were delivered to Thuringia, around two dozen instruments were transported by rail to Eifert's Hessian homeland, mainly to Vogelsberg . The one or two manual village organs have 5 to 26 registers . Eifert initially used the mechanical sliding drawer , from 1887 at the latest the mechanical cone drawer and from 1891 the tube pneumatics in parallel. From the 20th century, the pneumatic action is used almost exclusively . In this way he was able to produce organs cheaply and survive the pressure of competition. The stop action is unusual: the manubriums (stop pulls) are not pulled as usual, but are pressed down to activate with the help of a trigger mechanism. Johann Eifert delivered 42 new organs by 1926.

In terms of sound, his organs are shaped by Romanticism. Eifert preferred fundamental labial voices in an eight-foot position (equivalent position) in order to enable stepless sound dynamics. However, tongue and aliquot registers are rare. The second manual is designed as an echo work and has extremely gentle flute and string parts.

List of works (selection)

Italics indicate that the organ has not been preserved or only the historical case has been preserved. In the fifth column, the Roman number indicates the number of manuals and a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal . The Arabic number indicates the number of sounding registers . The last column provides information on the state of preservation or special features.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1867	Ottmannshausen	Ottmannshausen village church		II / P	14th	together with Karl-August Witzmann; Organ acceptance by Johann Gottlob Töpfer
1878	Neumark (near Weimar)	St. Johannis		II / P	19th	op. 15, Adam Eifert
1879	Hettenhausen	Ev.-Luth. Parish Church of St. George		II / P	17th	Adam Eifert; high proportions of original sound and technical substance; mechanical game and stop action with sliding chests, calcant pull; complete restoration in accordance with listed buildings in 2020
1880	Oberrod	Ev. church		I / P	6th	Adam Eifert, mechanical action with zinc loops
1881	Lachstedt	Lachstedt village church		II / P	9	op. 21, Adam Eifert; Entry inside "30.6.1900 Ef" (mood)
1883	Bad Sulza	St. Mauritius , main organ		II / P	24	op. 34, Adam Eifert
1883	Udenhausen	Ev. church		I / P	6th	mechanical cone shop
1884	Maina	Maina village church		II / P	10	op. 43, Adam Eifert
around 1885	Milda	St. James		II / P	13	Adam Eifert, maybe just a modification of the previous organ by Ludwig Wilhelm Hähner
1886/1899	Tannroda	St. Michael		II / P	22nd	op. 49, Adam Eifert; Installation in the Rococo case of the previous organ
1886	Forge	Village church		I / P	5	Adam Eifert
1886	Village sulza	St. John Evangelist		II / P	12	op. 53, Adam Eifert
1887	Beelitz	St. Marien and St. Nikolai		II / P	20th	Adam Eifert
1887	Roda (Ilmenau)	Village church		II / P	10	Adam Eifert
1888	Laucha on the Unstrut	St. Mary		III / P	29	Adam Eifert, expanded in 1963; largely preserved
1889	Wipfra	Fortified church		II / P	10	New building by Adam Eifert behind the historic prospect; Restored in 2004
1890	Mellenbach	Katharinenkirche		II / P	17th	Adam Eifert
1890-1891	Bergern	To the Kripplein of Jesus		II / P	7th	op. 68, Adam Eifert; Church decorated in color by peace activist Matt Lamb in 2002
1892	Goldisthal	Ev.-luth. church		II / P	20th	Adam Eifert
1894	Gods	Village church gods		II / P	12	op. 82, Adam Eifert
1894	Freiensteinau	Ev. church		II / P	14th	Adam Eifert, with a mechanical cone store, behind the prospectus by Johann Georg Stertzing (1728)
1894	Allmenrod	Ev. church		I / P	9	Adam Eifert, mechanical cone shop
1895	Hohlstedt					op. 85, Adam Eifert; 1988 given as a gift to a music teacher in Jena
after 1890	Pointer home	Fortified church Zeigerheim		II / P	7th	op. 88, Adam Eifert
1896	Vollersroda	Vollersroda village church		II / P	8th	op. 89, Adam Eifert; Housing from previous organ
1897	Angersbach	Ev. church		II / P	20th	Adam Eifert, modernized in 1968
1897	Hopfmannsfeld	Ev. church		II / P	16	Adam Eifert
1899	Obernissa	Simon Peter		II / P	12	op. 102, Adam Eifert
1900	Calder	Nikolaikirche		II / P	20th	New building by Adam Eifert behind the prospectus by Johann Christian Rindt (1701–1702), interior replaced in 1978
around 1900	Dosdorf	St. Otmar		II / P	13	Adam Eifert
1901	Herbstein	Catholic Church		II / P	10	op. 111, Adam Eifert; mechanical cone shop; preserved unchanged
1901	Niederzimmer	St. Wigberti		II / P	26th	op. 105, Adam Eifert; 1996 general renovation and reinstallation by Schönefeld (Stadtilm), 2001 organ consecration for the 1125th anniversary celebration
1901	Eckelshausen	Ev. church		II / P	10	Adam Eifert
1901	Petterweil	St. Martin		II / P	10	behind neo-Romanesque prospectus; largely preserved; In 1971, two 8-foot registers were shortened to 2 feet.
1902	Apolda	Sophia School				op. 123, Johann Eifert, sponsored by Schulsparkasse; lost
1903	Stadtilm	City Church St. Marien (Stadtilm)		III / P	32	Using the baroque prospectus and parts of the Schulze organ from 1789. A special feature is that a decorative grille was designed in the prospectus instead of ornamental pipes .
1904	Brauerschwend	Ev. church		II / P	12	Adam Eifert, mechanical cone store, neo-renaissance case
1904	Brauerschwend	Ev. church		II / P	12	Adam Eifert, mechanical cone shop, behind the historic case, after the gothic case could not be built due to the preservation of monuments
1904?	Breidenstein	Ev. church		II / P	6th
1904/1905	Meckfeld (Bad Berka)	St. Martin		II / P	10	op. 136, Adam Eifert
1905	Rödelwitz	Village church		I / P	5	Adam Eifert
1905	Gortz	Village church		I / P	12	Adam Eifert
1905	Pods	St. Mary		II / P	10	op. 138, Adam Eifert
1905	Wallrabenstein	Peterskirche		I / P	8th	mechanical cone shop
1907	Lotschen	Lotschen village church		II / P	10	op. 149
1907	Meckfeld (Blankenhain)	Martinskirche		I / P	7th	op. 167
1906	Thangelstedt	St. George		II / P	10	op. 146 "Adam Eifert Nachf."
1905-1908	Ehringsdorf	Beatae Mariae Virginis		II / P	17th	August Müller
1910	Weitershausen (Gladenbach)	Ev. church		I / P	6th
1910	Tiefengruben (Bad Berka)	St. Nicholas		II / P	12	August Müller; 2006 gaming table removed
1911	Ottstedt (Magdala)	St. Nikolai		II / P	10	August Müller; Cost offer Adam Eifert 1907
1913	Bromskirchen	Ev. church	Image wanted	II / P	10	Andreas Reinecke / Bernhard Reinecke (?) / Daniel Mütze (?, 1704), Johann Eifert; hanging pipes in the middle pipe tower
1913	Ilbeshausen	Ev. church		II / P	12	mechanical-pneumatic cone store
1916	Elxleben on the Gera	St. Michaelis		II / P	28	New building in the old prospectus by Franciscus Volckland (1749)
1916	Niederzimmer	Mourning hall		I.	5	op. 180; 2000 Outsourcing of the pipes

literature

• Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.1 ). tape 2 : The area of ​​the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 1: A-K . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1307-2 .
• Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.2 ). tape 2 : The area of ​​the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 2: L-Z . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1370-6 .
• Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.1 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 1: A-L . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 .
• Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.2 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 2: M-Z . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1331-5 .
• Hermann Fischer : 100 years of the Association of German Organ Builders . Orgelbau-Fachverlag, Lauffen 1991, ISBN 3-921848-18-0 , p. 175 .
• Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders . tape 1 : Thuringia and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-921140-86-4 , pp. 64-65 .
• Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders . tape 2 : Saxony and bypassing . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-921140-92-5 , pp. 73-75 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/1. 1988, p. 21.
2. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/1. 1988, p. 18.
3. ^ Pape: Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 1: Thuringia and the surrounding area. 2009, p. 64.
4. ^ Organ in Ober-Wegfurth , accessed on October 13, 2016.
5. ^ Pape: Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 2: Saxony and the surrounding area. 2012, p. 75.
6. ^ Orgelbau Schönefeld , accessed on October 12, 2016.
7. ^ Fischer: 100 years of the Association of German Master Organ Builders. 1991, p. 175.
8. ↑ Organ in Freiensteinau ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2016 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. , accessed October 13, 2016.  
9. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/2. 1988, p. 735.
10. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/2. 1988, p. 930.
11. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/1. 1988, p. 310.
12. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/1. 1988, p. 32.
13. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/1. 1988, p. 68.
14. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/1. 1988, p. 496.
15. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/1. 1988, p. 459.
16. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2/1. 1975, p. 149.
17. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/2. 1988, p. 771.
18. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/1. 1988, p. 151.
19. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/1. 1988, p. 235.
20. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2/1. 1975, p. 98.
21. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2/2. 1975, p. 790.
22. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/1. 1988, p. 512.

Web links

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