Franz Grollmann

Franz Grollmann (born July 17, 1911 in Hamburg , † December 25, 1999 in Hamburg) was a German organ builder in Hamburg.

life and work

Franz Grollmann was born in Hamburg and learned organ building in his hometown. On January 10, 1940, he passed the master craftsman examination. After returning from captivity in Siberia, he worked for Paul Rother . From around 1951 to 1958 he was voicer for Rudolf von Beckerath in Hamburg. In 1958 he opened his own workshop in Hamburg, which he managed until 1977. Only were sliderchest -Orgeln with mechanical or electric tracker action built.

In 1960, Heinz Hoffmann joined the company as an employee, which he continued in 1977 under the new name "Heinz Hoffmann Orgelbau". Hoffmann had learned organ building from von Beckerath and worked there. Around 40 new organs had been built by 1990 and just as many restorations and conversions were carried out. Grollmann was married and had two children.

The organ builder Martin Harms took over the company in 2001 and relocated it to Stelle (Harburg district) .

List of works (selection)

In the fifth column, the Roman number indicates the number of manuals , a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal , a lower-case "p" indicates an attached pedal and the Arabic number in the penultimate column indicates the number of sounding registers .

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1957	Neustadt	St. Michaelis main church		I / p	4th	New construction of the choir organ; Replaced in 2009
1958	Niendorf	St. Ansgar		II / P	22nd	New building
1959	Bergedorf	St. Michael		II / P	14th	New building
1959	Barmbek	St. Gabriel		II / P	16	New building
1960	horn	Philip Church		II / P	21st	New building
1960	Probsteierhagen	St. Catherine's		II / P	21st	Restoration of the organ from 1670
1961	Bergstedt	Bergstedt Church		I.	8th	Restoration of the organ by Arp Schnitger (1686) → Organs of Bergstedt Church
1964	Ohlsdorf	Nicodemus Church		II / P	22nd	New building
1967	Winterhude	Epiphany Church		II / P	25th	New building
1967	Hamburg	Finnish seaman's church		I / P	6th	New building
1968	Winterhude	Bodelschwing Church		II / P	17th	New building
1971	Tonndorf	St. Agnes		II / P	17th	New building
1972	Saint Margarethen	St. Margarethen		II / P	18th	Restoration of the organ by Johann Daniel Busch (1787)
1972	Schwarzenbek	St. Francis		II / P	23	Restoration of the organ by Ernst Brandt (1956)
1974	Wandsbek	St. Joseph		II / P	30th	New building; 2006 expanded by Hoffmann organ building
1974	Glinde	To the holy angels		II / P	10	New building
1976	Winterhude	St. Anthony		II / P	16	New building
1976	Itzehoe	St. Laurentii		IV / P	58	Extension conversion behind the prospectus by Arp Schnitger (1715–1719) → Organ of the St. Laurentii town church (Itzehoe)

literature

• Hermann Fischer : 100 years of the Association of German Organ Builders . Orgelbau-Fachverlag, Lauffen 1991, ISBN 3-921848-18-0 , p. 196 .
• Günter Seggermann, Alexander Steinhilber, Hans-Jürgen Wulf: The organs in Hamburg . Ludwig, Kiel 2019, ISBN 978-3-86935-366-1 .

Web links

• Heinz Hoffmann Orgelbau website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Uwe Pape , Winfried Topp: Organs and Organ Builders in Bremen. 3. Edition. Pape, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-921140-64-1 , p. 420.
2. ^ Fischer: 100 years of the Association of German Master Organ Builders. 1991, p. 196.
3. ↑ Heinz Hoffmann Orgelbau's website , accessed on May 11, 2018.