Eggert Organ Building Institute
The Eggert Orgelbau-Anstalt was an organ building company in Paderborn , which made a name for itself as a specialist company in the second half of the 19th century in East Westphalia and South Westphalia , but also in neighboring areas by building new church organs.
history
The company was founded by Georg Josias Eggert, who came from Klein Oschersleben near Magdeburg and settled in Paderborn. He ran a carpentry shop in the Adam and Eve house and also built organs. The company was continued by Karl Joseph Eggert (* January 18, 1808 - December 16, 1886), organ builder, in Paderborn in 1840. After his training, his son Franz Eggert (born March 9, 1849 - October 13, 1911) took over his father's business in Paderborn in 1874. He built most of the organs for churches in what is now the diocesan area of the Archdiocese of Paderborn . But he also had orders for the construction of church organs in Magdeburg, Wuppertal, Berlin, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Düsseldorf and in the Netherlands. Franz Eggert had no descendants. Due to his deteriorating health, he was no longer able to continue the company at the age of 53. In 1902 he sold the family business to the organ builder Anton Feith (1872–1929), who came from Cologne. Feith signed contracts under the name Franz Eggert Orgelbau-Anstalt until 1907 . The son Anton Feith II took over the company from his father in the 1920s and continued to run it until 1972. Over 800 organs were built in the Feith era. In the post-war period in particular, there was a high demand for new buildings in the destroyed cities. In 1973 Siegfried Sauer took over the company and relocated production to Höxter-Ottbergen, after having previously taken over the Stegerhoff company from Steinheim. In his time 300 mostly large organs were built, u. a. the new Paderborn cathedral organ (1981), the organ in St. Sophien in Hamburg (1997) and the large concert organ with remote control in the historic town hall of Wuppertal (1997). As Sauer & Heinemann Orgelbau , the company has been continued in a newly founded company since 2015.
At least three organs are known by Karl Eggert. Over 105 organs have been built under the direction of Franz Eggert. Several organ buildings by the Eggert Orgelbau-Anstalt have not yet been documented.
Catalog of works (selection)
The list offers a selection of new buildings.
year | place | church | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1845 | Anröchte Mountains | St. Michael | I / P | 15th | Karl Eggert | |
1848 | Paderborn | Motherhouse Chapel of the Sisters of Mercy (Vincentian Sisters) | I. | unknown | Karl Eggert | |
1853 | Anröchte -Altengeseke | St. Nicholas | I / P | 22nd | Karl Eggert | |
1877 | Lichtenau , Paderborn district | St. Kilian | I / P | 20th | Franz Eggert | |
1881 | Meschede | Meschede Abbey | II / P | 21st | Destroyed in 1945 | |
1888 | Elberfeld | Saint Mary's | II / P | 24 | Destroyed in 1943 | |
1892 | Warstein - Allages | St. Johann Baptist | II / P | 17th | Franz Eggert | |
1893 | Churches (victory) | St Michael | II / P | 22nd | mechanical cone shop, expanded to II / 30 in 1929/30 and pneumatized (Georg Stahlhuth). Restored in 2002, expanded to II / 33, now electro-pneumatic. The case, wind chests and large parts of the pipework have been preserved. | |
1894 | Rüthen | St. John Baptist | II / P | 27 | pneumatic cone store | |
1897 | Warburg - Welda | St. Kilian | I / P | 9 | Franz Eggert, in 1953 the organ was provided with an electric fan; the action of the pipe organ is controlled electro-pneumatically . | |
1898 | Bad Driburg | St. Peter and Paul | II / P | 27 | 1989 restoration; today II / P / 31 | |
1898 | Magdeburg- Ottersleben | Mary Help of Christians | ||||
1898 | Dortmund-Hombruch | St. Clemens (Hombruch) | 19th | |||
1899 | Berlin - Prenzlauer Berg | Sacred Heart Church | III / P | 40 | pneumatic cone store | |
1901 | Will bath food | St. Vitus | II / P | 22nd | ||
1910 | Little Oschersleben | St. Mary | Opus 193. In the place of origin of the company founder. | |||
1911 | Castle (near Magdeburg) | St. John the Baptist | Opus 204. Inscription on the organ: Franz Eggert (Ant. Feith jr.), Paderborn | |||
1923 | Güsten | St. Mary | II / P | 11 | Opus 237, after various changes in 2010 by the organ building company Baumhoer from Salzkotten (North Rhine-Westphalia) restored and restored the highly romantic sound | |
1929 | Brilon | Propsteikirche St. Peter and Andreas | III / P | 40 | ||
1929 | Neheim | St. John Baptist | III / P | 58 | ||
1950 | Hemer | St. Petrus Canisius | Anton Feith | |||
1958 | Cough | Holy Spirit | III / P | 32 | ||
1960 | eat | Holy Spirit | II / P | 26th |
literature
- Organ building institute Franz Eggert: Various prospectus material, Paderborn 1874–1902.
- Rudolf Reuter: Organs in Westphalia. Kassel 1965.
- Winfried Schlepphorst: The organs of the St. Nikolaus Church in Altengeseke. Festschrift on the occasion of the consecration of the restored organ on May 18, 1997. P. 4 ff.
- Schematism of the Diocese of Paderborn. Vicariate General, Paderborn 1899.
Web links
- Eggert catalog raisonné incomplete; created by Prof. Dr. Ohm
- Company history of the organ building company
Individual evidence
- ^ Organ in Driburg , accessed on January 9, 2015.
- ↑ Restoration , accessed July 7, 2019