Franz-Emil Keller

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Franz-Emil Keller (born July 9, 1843 in the Ottewig district of today's municipality of Zschaitz-Ottewig ; † April 22, 1925 ) was an organ builder in Ostrau .

Life

After completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter with his father, Franz Emil Keller learned organ building from Friedrich Ladegast around 1865 . In 1867, Franz Emil Keller set up a workshop in Ottewig, which he ran there until 1878. Until 1903 he worked as an organ builder from Ostrau. After his death he was buried in a crypt in the cemetery in Ostrau.

Keller built one and two manual village organs in the romantic style. His sphere of activity was limited to Saxony. In addition to building new organs, he also carried out repairs and modifications.

Works (selection)

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
1869-1870 Staucha (Stauchitz) St. Johannis II / P 27
1878 Mautitz Mautitz Church I. 4th receive
1878 Oberau (Niederau) St. Catherine's I. 4th
1879 Niederau St. James I / P 9
1882 Jahna (Ostrau) St. Gotthard II / P 18th
1887 Striegnitz Striegnitz Church II / P 13
1887 Schweta (Mügeln) St. Andrew II / P 8th
1888 Lapwing (Ostrau) Church Lapwing II / P 15th receive
1889 Raußlitz Raußlitz village church II / P 12
1889-1890 Leuben-Schleinitz Marienkirche Leuben II / P 21st
1890 Collm Church of Collm I / P 5 receive
1891 Planitz-Deila Planitz Church II / P 13
1892 Zschaitz Zschaitz Church Zschaitz.jpg II / P 25th
1893 Glaubitz Church Glaubitz 20160519320DR Glaubitz Church.jpg II / P 13
1894 Zschochau Zschochau Church 20100416050DR Zschochau (Ostrau) village church organ.jpg II / P 16 Reconstruction of the organ by Johann Traugott Striegler
1899 Flour turret Mehltheuer Church II / P 14th
1899 Großdittmannsdorf Evangelical Lutheran Church
Church Großdittmannsdorf AB 2011 03.JPG
 II / P 9 late romantic loop shop organ
1903 Ostrau Trinity Church Organ in the Trinitatiskirche Ostrau.JPG II / P 18th

literature

  • Ulrich Dähnert: Historical organs in Saxony. An organ inventory . VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Frankfurt 1980, ISBN 3-920112-76-8 .
  • Matthias Donath , Jörg Blobelt : Protestant churches in the church district Leisnig-Oschatz. Ev.-luth. Church district Leisnig-Oschatz (publisher), Mügeln 2011.
  • Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders . tape 2 : Saxony and bypassing . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-921140-92-5 .
  • Gisela Reibig, Elvira Sprößig: Ostrau in the Jahna Valley. Geiger Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1996, ISBN 3-89570-129-7 .

Web links

Commons : Franz Emil Keller Orgelbau Ostrau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pape: Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. 2012, p. 182.
  2. ^ Dähnert: Historical organs in Saxony. 1980, pp. 61, 252, 256.
  3. ^ A b Matthias Donath , Jörg Blobelt : Evangelical churches in the church district Leisnig-Oschatz , Protestant Luther. Church district Leisnig-Oschatz (publisher), Mügeln 2011
  4. ↑ Chronicle of the parish Jahnatal, parish of Ostrau in the municipality of Ostrau
personal data
SURNAME Keller, Franz-Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keller, Franz Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Zschaitz-Ottewig
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1925