Ernst Roever

Ernst Röver family (1898)

Ernst Röver , actually Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Röver, (born September 3, 1857 in Meierhof near Stade ; † March 22, 1923 in Hausneindorf , district of Quedlinburg) was a German organ builder of the late Romantic period in the last quarter of the 19th and early 20th centuries .

Life

Ernst Röver came as the son of Johann Hinrich Röver and the younger brother of Carl Johann Heinrich Röver from a family of organ builders in Stade , which had achieved regional importance in northern Germany. Both brothers learned organ building from their father and joined their father 's business in 1877 without years of traveling , which has since operated under the name of "Johann Hinrich Röver & Söhne OHG". After Ernst Röver left, Heinrich Röver continued the company until 1926, when it went out.

Ernst Röver married his first wife Gertrud († 1886) in 1883, with whom he had a son Ernst junior (1884–1963) and a daughter Gertrud. With his second wife, Luise († 1928), he had the son Hans (1890-1917) and the twin daughters Charlotte, who died at the age of one, and Irmgard (1901-1980).

When Emil Reubke, son of Adolf Reubke , died in 1884, Röver took over his company in Hausneindorf and left Stade. In the period that followed, the company experienced a strong boom. In 1890 a large production hall and a two-storey "organ hall" were completed. The company switched to steam operation and introduced the series production of individual parts. At the beginning of the First World War there were 25 employees.

Neither his son Ernst junior nor Hans became organ builders. The last two organs were built between 1916 and 1919. After that, only maintenance work and repairs are proven. Ernst Röver succumbed to the consequences of a stroke . The company went out shortly afterwards. Irmgard Röver guarded the closed workshop, but could not find anyone interested in the estate, which was largely disposed of after her death.

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Ernst Röver was interested in further developments in organ building and experimented on technical improvements in the area of ​​the wind chest and the action . In this way a new type of transmission device , a register keyboard, a pneumatic combination device and a box drawer based on tube pneumatics were created. Johann Hinrich Röver got to know the first box store at Peter Tappe's, which he and his sons further developed in Stade. After this flapless wind chest was fully developed in 1886, Ernst Röver used it all his life. After the introduction of the pneumatic action in the Stade workshop in 1880, Ernst Röver reduced the sound delays by using the outflow principle instead of the inflow.

After Reubke's death, Röver completed his large new building in the St. Gertrud Church in Hamburg-Uhlenhorst (III / P / 46) with the new pneumatic box drawer. This brought him numerous follow-up orders. By 1921, around 50 new buildings were built in the Hamburg area alone. During the seven years of the joint Stader OHG, 20 new organs were built and in the 35 years in Hausneindorf (1884–1919) more than 200 new organs were built. From 1893 at the latest, five and from 1911 ten instruments per year were built. After 1911 production fell sharply. The workshop shifted to the construction of motorized aircraft and radio-controlled torpedoes for the armaments industry. Of the total of 78 preserved works, 57 are in the Prussian province of Saxony, today's Saxony-Anhalt .

The high number of basic voices and the restriction to three manuals are characteristic of his romantic organ works . Röver used high-quality materials and, with its developments, achieved a high level of functional reliability and immunity to interference. The largest organ built by Röver with three manuals and 101 registers was built in 1891 for the Nikolaikirche (Hamburg) and was destroyed in the bombing of Hamburg in 1943. Like many of his other works, his other large organ in Magdeburg Cathedral , which had over 100 registers, did not survive the Second World War either. Only one organ from Röver was exported abroad, an instrument from 1898 for the German Reformed community in Moscow (III / P / 38).

List of works (selection)

The list includes all of Röver's organs that have survived, as well as a few representative instruments that have been destroyed or replaced.

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
1884	Luneburg	secondary school		II / P	9	not received
1885	Badeborn	St. Viti		II / P	20th	Reconstruction of the organ by Reubke (1880); completely preserved
1885	Hohenleipisch	Village church		II / P	14th	receive
1886	Warnstedt (Thale)	St. George		II / P	14th	Dismantled in 1980, transferred to Aken (Elbe) in 1986 , New Apostolic Church; receive
1888	Quedlinburg	St. Benedict		III / P	52	Opus 10; 1943 rearranged somewhat; largely preserved → organ
1889	Neinstedt	Lindenhof Church		II / P	16	1931 extended to II / P / 19; receive
1889	North Leda	St. Nicolai		II / P	20th	Opus 15; completely preserved
1889	Gatersleben	St. Stephani		II / P	27	Reconstruction of the organ by Reubke (1854); completely preserved
1890	Berßel	St. Petri and Pauli		II / P	18th	completely preserved
1890	Ulzigerode	St. Peter and Paul		II / P	15th	Opus 21; completely preserved
1891	Hamburg	Nikolaikirche		III / P	101	Rövers largest organ; on July 28, 1943 church with organ destroyed
1891	Weddersleben	St. Michael		II / P	18th	completely preserved
1891	Michaelstein Monastery	Instrument museum		I.	4th	House organ Rövers; preserved and currently stored at Orgelbau Reinhard Hüfken
1889-1892	North Leda	St. Nicolai		II / P	20th	Restored in 2003; almost completely preserved
1892	Hausneindorf	St. Petri		II / P	25th	1914 extended by Röver to II / P / 29; receive
1892	Opperode	St. Petri		II / P	9	received, but currently unplayable
1893	Leeches	Marienstuhl Monastery , church		II / P	26th	1953 and 1973 conversions; received changed
1894	Berlin	St. Bonifacius		II / P	14th	Opus 40; Whereabouts unknown
1894	Hornburg	Beatae Mariae Virginis		II / P	25th	behind the prospectus by Christoph Cuntzius 1706; rebuilt several times, received changed
1894	Sterley	St. Johannis		II / P	18th	Opus 42; receive; Rebuilt in 1960; Restored in 1977
1894	Blumberg (Arzberg)	Ev. church		II / P	10	currently unplayable; completely preserved
1894	Huge	Ev. church		I / P	6th	playable again after renovation since 2017; almost completely preserved; the prospectus pipes were removed due to the war in 1914, they have since been replaced and completely renewed in 2017
1894	Groß Börnecke	St. Laurence		II / P	19th	received rescheduled
1894	Nachterstedt	St. Nikolai		II / P	19th	Dismantled and stored in 1949; partially preserved
1895	Preusslitz	Ev. church		II / P	14th	completely preserved
1895	Berlin	Kaiser Friedrich Memorial Church		III / P	51	The organ front was created by wood sculptor Gustav Kuntzsch , Wernigerode . The organ was replaced in 1929 and has not been preserved.
1896	Aderstedt (Huy)	Village church		II / P	23	in a baroque case by Christoph Gloger (1707); receive
1896	Pinneberg	Christ Church		II / P	19th	1956 and 1968 extensively rebuilt by Kemper, about 6 Röver registers integrated in the Baumhoer organ from 2014
1896	Hamburg	Schröder pen		II / P	18th	1954 redesign by Rudolf von Beckerath , today in the Organ Center Valley , center picture by Cesare Mussini .
1896	Bohemia	Ev. church		II / P	12	completely preserved
1897	Leipzig	Johanniskirche		III / P	52	Expanded in 1931; Destroyed in 1943
1898	Kings	Village church		II / P	8th	playable again since 2016; completely preserved
1898	Calf (mildness)	St. Nikolai		II / P	19th	completely preserved
1898	Altenbeichlingen	St. Boniface		II / P	17th	Restored in 2008; receive
1898	Moscow	German Reformed Church		III / P	38	Restored in 2010; receive
1898	Holzhausen (Bismark)	Ev. church		I / P	6th	except for the prospectus
1899	Wuppertal- Barmen	Barmer town hall		III / P	44	1921 transfer to St. Martini (Halberstadt) , 2012 storage in St. Stephen's Church (Calbe) ; partly preserved → organ
1899	Zerbst / Anhalt	St. Bartholomew		III / P	42	Destroyed in 1945
1899	Harzgerode	St. Mary		II / P	24	received rescheduled
1899	Wilnsdorf -Rödgen	St. John Baptist		II / P	17th	Rescheduled in 1958; receive
1899	Aderstedt (Bernburg)	St. Paul		II / P	11	receive
1900	Frose	Collegiate Church of St. Cyriakus		II / P	19th	Reconstruction of the previous organ; currently unplayable; receive
1900	Aken (Elbe)	St. Nikolai		II / P	25th	Implemented in 1985 by St. Marien and slightly rearranged; receive
1900	Magdeburg	Domgymnasium Magdeburg		II / P	15th	built as an interim organ; largely preserved
1900	Hamburg-Othmarschen	Christ Church		II / P	15th	Opus 87; 1930, 1936, 1967 conversions; since 2003 expanded to II / P / 19 in Leiberg (Bad Wünnenberg) , St. Agatha; receive
1901	Halberstadt	Halberstadt Cathedral		III / P	66	New building behind the prospectus from Herbst (family) ; only received parts.
1901	Giersleben	Mercy Church		II / P	23	Prospect pipes melted down during the First World War, restored in 2007; receive
1901	Nordhausen	St. Nikolai		III / P	42	1935 rebuilt by P. Furtwängler & Hammer , the church and organ were destroyed in the bombing of Nordhausen in World War II.
1901	Quedlinburg	St. Blasii		II / P	30th	behind baroque prospect; largely preserved → organ
1902	Halberstadt	St. Martini		III / P	44	originally for the Barmen town hall ; Since 1921 in St. Martin behind the early Baroque prospectus of the Groninger organ of David Beck (1596); Badly damaged in 1945.
1902	Magdeburg	Martinskirche		III / P	36	not received
1902	Bernburg (Saale)	Marienkirche		III / P	36	1992 dismantled, not preserved
1902	Förderstedt	Saint Peter's Church		II / P	17th	completely preserved
1902	Wanzleben	City Church of St. Jacobi		II / P	30th	completely preserved
1902	Werna	City Church of St. Jacobi		II / P	12	1989 dismantling, 2006 installation in monastery Rohr (Thuringia) ; completely preserved
1902	Groß Börnecke	St. Clement		II / P	25th	vandalized; currently unplayable
1903	Ditfurt	St. Boniface		II / P	33	completely preserved → organ
1903	Wismar	St. Mary		III / P	59	not received
1903	Griebo	St. Johannis		II / P	13	receive
1903	Hamburg-Wandsbek	Christ Church		II / P	at 35	not received
1903	Gera	Salvator Church		II / P	36	1957 rearranged, 1998–2003 restoration; receive
1903	Groeningen	St. Cyriaci		II / P	13	completely preserved
1904	Aspenstedt	St. Urbani		II / P	15th	behind baroque case by JM Schlesier (1756); completely preserved → organ
1904	Hamburg-Neustadt	English church		II / P	22nd	1946 and 1997 modifications; receive
1905	Hakeborn	St. Alexandri		II / P	21st	Reconstruction of the organ by Reubke (1875); completely preserved
1905	Groeningen	St. Martini		II / P	29	completely preserved
1905 (1907?)	Volpke	Sacred Heart Church		II / P	12	completely preserved
1906	Rodersdorf (Wegeleben)	St. Blaise		II / P	12	received rescheduled
1906	Quedlinburg	St. Johannis		II / P	27	The organ case was created by wood sculptor Gustav Kuntzsch, Wernigerode. completely preserved
1906	Magdeburg	Magdeburg Cathedral		III / P	100	largely destroyed on February 17, 1945 and then removed. Pipes for the construction of the Alexander Schuke organ from 1949 melted down in the remter of the cathedral
1907	Magdeburg	Marien Church (monastery "Our Lady")		III / P	38	1945 damaged in an air raid and later dismantled → organ
1907	Aschersleben	St. Stephen's Church		III / P	52	New building in the housing and including eight registers by Johann Friedrich Schulze (1855); Disposition changed 1940–1944 by Palandt & Sohnle, further changes in 1993, reconstruction in 2007
1907	Uthleben	St. Peter		II / P	16	currently unplayable; completely preserved
1907	Hamburg-Heimfeld	Pauluskirche		II / P	28	1955 extensive reconstruction; receive
1907	Lamstedt	St. Bartholomew Church		II / P	28	Replaced an organ by Arp Schnitger (II / P / 21). After 1948 organ builder had embezzled half of Röver registers built Kemper 1955, the pneumatic organ in a mechanical tracker action to. 1958 dismantling.
1908	Daaden	Ev. church		II / P	30th	completely preserved
1908	Hamburg-center	High school monastery school		II / P	14th	1971 extensive renovation; receive
1908	Gera- Roschütz	St. Nicholas Church		II / P	13	received rescheduled
1909	Hamburg-Rotherbaum	Lodge house		II / P	19th	received rescheduled
1909	Magdeburg- Rothensee	Reformation Church		II / P	14th	completely preserved
1909	Mühlhausen / Thuringia	Georgi Church		II / P	27	receive
1909?	Hamburg-Bergedorf	Hasse auditorium		II / P	10	1953 renovation; receive
1910	Kremkau	Ev. church		II / P	10	unplayable since at least 1990; completely preserved; Completely renovated since 2018 and fully restored and playable since July 2019
1910	Medingen (Bad Bevensen)	St. Mauritius		II / P	15th	1966 renovation; receive
1910/1911	Nordhausen	St. Maria in the valley		II / P	18th	largely preserved, but not playable since 2015
1911	Nordhausen	St. Blasii		II / P	30th	1929 Extension of a manual, destroyed in religious madness on June 1, 1945 by a man returning from the war
1911	Wismar	George Church		III / P	51	Destroyed in 1945
1911	Stendal	St. Nicholas Cathedral		IV / P	71	Röver's only four-manual organ, electropneumatic remote control on the church floor; not received
1911	Hamburg-Eppendorf	Realschule Hegestrasse		II / P	11	1968 renovation; receive
1911	Hoym	St. Johannis		II / P	19th	completely preserved (possibly rebuilt Rühlmann organ from 1882)
1911	Friedrichsbrunn	Bonhoefferkirche		II / P	12	Reconstruction of an organ from the 19th century, rearranged in 1937; receive
1912	Leeches	St. Catherine's		II / P	17th	Relocated to Sudenburg in 1949 , stored in Weferlingen in 1994 and in Großmühlingen in 2007 ; partially preserved
1912	Gommern	St. Trinity		II / P	21st	1970 remodeling; receive
1912	Dardesheim	St. Stephani		II / P	29	currently partially outsourced; completely preserved
1912	Bawdy	Ev. church		II / P	10	currently unplayable; completely preserved
1912	Haldensleben	Teachers seminar		II / P	13	1947 moved to St. Marien; 1970 remodeling; receive
1913	Alsleben (Saale)	St. Cecilia		III / P	38	only partially preserved after the fire in 1972
1913	Altscherbitz	Church of the Saxon Hospital Altscherbitz		II / P	19th	completely preserved
1913	Leeches	St. Christopher		II / P	28	received rebuilt
1913	Great weaknesses	Ev. church		II / P	11	completely preserved
1914	Quedlinburg	St. Nikolai		II / P	33	behind the prospectus by Johann Friedrich Schulze (1849); rebuilt several times (today II / P / 30); receive
1914	Bismark (Altmark) handle	Ev. church		II / P	9	currently unplayable; completely preserved
1914	Neuwegersleben	Ev. church		II / P	10	completely preserved
1914	Halberstadt	St. Andrew		III / P	48	Destroyed in 1945
1916	Magdeburg old town	St. Sebastian Cathedral		III / P	45	Replaced in 1959 by a new building by Schuster ; 5 pedal registers and most of the Rövers box drawers have been integrated and have been preserved; Sold to Dębica in 2001
1916-1919	Aschersleben	Holy Cross Church		III / P	37	Rövers last organ; in a baroque case from 1738; 1944 and 1979 modifications, 2007 reconstruction; receive
?	Wernigerode	New Apostolic Church		II / P	14th	built for unknown place; 1970 rebuilt and implemented; receive

literature

• Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 3. Saxony-Anhalt and the surrounding area. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2015
• Alexandra Skiebe: Ernst Röver. An organ builder from Stade. (= Publications of the Stade Organ Academy , Vol. 3). Organ Academy Stade e. V., Stade 2008, ISBN 978-3-931879-40-2 . PDF
• Martin Günther and others; Parish council of the parish St. Bonifatius, Ditfurt (Ed.): The organ by Ernst Röver in Ditfurt. Festschrift for the re-inauguration on October 7, 2006. Ditfurt 2006.
• Martin Günther: The Hausneindorfer organ builder Ernst Röver. An almost forgotten greatness of the late romantic organ building. In: Preservation of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. 2004 issue 2, pp. 121-138.
• Hermann Fischer : 100 years of the Association of German Organ Builders. Orgelbau-Fachverlag, Lauffen 1991, ISBN 3-921848-18-0 . S, 285
• Julius Faulwasser: The St. Nicolaikirche in Hamburg. Hamburg 1926, chap. 13, pp. 134-143.

Web links

Commons : Ernst Röver  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ernst Röver in the Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon
• Rövers biography at Musikkoffer Sachsen-Anhalt
• Short biography at orgel-information.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Günther: The Hausneindorfer organ builder Ernst Röver. 2004, p. 1.
2. ^ Günther: The Hausneindorfer organ builder Ernst Röver. 2004, p. 4.
3. ^ Günther: The Hausneindorfer organ builder Ernst Röver. 2004, pp. 20-21.
4. ^ Günther: The Hausneindorfer organ builder Ernst Röver. 2004, p. 2.
5. ^ Günther: The organ by Ernst Röver in Ditfurt. 2006, p. 39.
6. ^ Fischer: 100 years of the Association of German Organ Builders. 1991, p. 285.
7. ^ Günther: The Hausneindorfer organ builder Ernst Röver. 2004, p. 3.
8. ^ Günther: The organ by Ernst Röver in Ditfurt. 2006, p. 38.
9. ^ Organ in Quedlinburg , from Orgelbau Jehmlich, accessed on February 11, 2020.
10. ↑ Jean-Charles Albitzer: May the famous Groeninger organ rise again in Halberstadt. (PDF; 1.3 MB), accessed on February 11, 2020.
11. ^ The restoration of the Röver organ in Ditfurt. On the website of Orgelbau Albert Baumhoer, accessed on February 11, 2020.
12. ↑ History and disposition of the Magdeburg organ , on the Magdeburg Cathedral Music website, accessed on February 11, 2020.