Ernst Seifert (organ builder)
Ernst Hubert Seifert (born May 9, 1855 in Sülzdorf ; † April 27, 1928 in Cologne ) was a German organ builder and founder of the Seifert organ building company .
Life
The son of a Thuringian forester learned the profession of organ builder with Jahn in Dresden. It achieved its importance for organ building in the 19th century primarily through the invention of the diaphragm box .
In 1885 he set up his own organ building workshop in the Mannsfeld district of Cologne (in today's Raderberg district ) and founded a branch in Kevelaer in 1906 on the occasion of the new organ building in the Marienbasilika there . His brothers Gotthard and Eberhard also worked in his workshop for a time, and later his sons Ernst Jr., Walter and Romanus Seifert . Romanus took over the Kevelaer branch in 1914 and was soon running it independently. Ernst Seifert junior later went into business for himself in Bergisch Gladbach. The third son, Walter Seifert, continued his father's business in Cologne-Mannsfeld under the name of his father Ernst Seifert, which is why there were at times two different companies called Ernst Seifert, one in Bergisch Gladbach and the other in Cologne-Mannsfeld. At the turn of the year 1981/82, Helmut Seifert gave up the Cologne business, so that Kevelaer is now the company's headquarters under the company Orgelbau Romanus Seifert & Sohn GmbH & Co.
List of works (selection)
year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1889/1925 | Essen- Bredeney | St. Mark | II / P | 29 | Pneumatic 1889, renewed in 1925, electric game and stop action, extended by a Rückpositiv to III / P / 34 in 1955 | |
1898 | Cologne | St. Gereon | Totally destroyed in 1941/1944 | |||
1903 | Mönchengladbach | Christ Church | not received | |||
1903 | Alt-Huerth | St. Catherine | 1926 extended by 6 registers; restored in 1960 by Seifert, Kevelaer; Overhauled by Weimbs in 1990 and 2011 and console in front of the organ | |||
1907/1926 | Kevelaer | Marienbasilika | IV / P | 149 | initially 104 registers, expanded in 1926; 149 registers today, the largest German-Romantic organ in the world that has survived | |
1907 | Neuss | Quirinus Minster | III / P | 78 | Renewed and rebuilt many times (1938 mute prospectus pipes, fourth manual 1955) 86 stops, restored 1993/94 | |
1909 | Kettwig | St. Peter | Prospectus received | |||
1912 | Altenberg | Altenberg Cathedral | III / P | 50 | Replaced in 1980 | |
1912 | Cologne- Bayenthal | Parish Church of St. Matthias | not received | |||
1925 | Essen- Bredeney | St. Mark | II / P | 29 | electric action, added Rückpositiv in 1955 by Romanus Seifert; Replaced in 1996 |
literature
- Adriaan Poirters: Het Pelgrimken van Kevelaer . LIT Verlag, Berlin / Hamburg / Münster 2001, ISBN 3-8258-3348-8 .
- 125 years of organ building Seifert Kevelaer . Organum Musikproduktion, Öhringen 2010, ISBN 3-9809-2324-X ; Companion book to audio CD
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Willings Kevelaerer Encyclopedia | Ernst Seifert I | Organ builder in Kevelaer. Retrieved July 13, 2020 .
- ^ History of the organs in St. Nikolaus, Cologne-Sülz. Parish of St. Nicholas and Karl Borromeo, archived from the original on March 22, 2011 ; Retrieved September 25, 2014 .
- ↑ The new Heintz organ in St. Markus Essen-Bredeney, commemorative publication for the inauguration on June 23, 1996, ed. from the organ building association St. Markus eV
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Seifert, Ernst |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seifert, Ernst Hubert (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1855 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sülzdorf |
DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1928 |
Place of death | Cologne |