Franz Joseph Schorn

Franz Joseph Schorn (* 1834 ; † 1905 ) was an organ builder from Kuchenheim near Euskirchen in the Eifel .

Live and act

Franz Joseph Schorn first completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter with his father and was trained in Viersen with Johann Müller, in Cologne with Franz Wilhelm Sonreck and in Luxembourg as an organ builder. In 1868 he started his own business. He presumably worked mostly alone and was only supported temporarily by his younger brother Johann and a cousin named Christian. Schorn organs possess all slider chests and mechanical tracker action . Although the technology was no longer up-to-date during his lifetime, they are considered evidence of outstanding craftsmanship .

Schorn created a total of about 21 organs, 18 of which have been preserved. Its organs, which have been preserved, have been partially restored to their original state and are considered evidence of late romantic organ building . On the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of his death, Vol. III from the CD series Historische Schorn-Orgeln im Rheinland was recorded by the organist Kurt-Ludwig Forg.

List of works

Some Schorn organs have been preserved in the Eifel and Rhineland .

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1860	Grosbous (Luxembourg)	St. Peter and Paul				The organ no longer exists and was replaced in 1960 by an organ by organ builder Nic. Loewen from Lintgen replaced.
1869	Kleinbüllesheim	St. Peter and Paul		II	10	The organ was removed and disposed of in the 1960s.
1870	Cathedral Esch	St. Martinus		II	10	The pedal is attached. The organ was rebuilt in 1961 and its disposition changed. In 2006 the instrument was restored to its original condition by the company Josef Weimbs Orgelbau, Hellenthal.
1870	Frauwüllesheim	St. Mary's Visitation		II	11	The pedal is attached. The organ has been preserved in its original condition.
1872	Rölsdorf	St. Nicholas		II	13	The organ was dismantled in 1930 and given away. Nothing is known about the whereabouts of the organ.
1874	Stotzheim	St. Martin		II / P	17th	The organ was rebuilt in 1969 by the company Josef Weimbs Orgelbau, Hellenthal and expanded to 21 registers. Only parts of the organ are still original.
1875	Nettersheim	St. Martin		II	13	This organ was dismantled and burned in 1969. The successor organ was installed in 1969 by the organ building company Karl Bach from Aachen .
1876	Obergartzem	St. Hubertus		II	10	The organ is no longer preserved, but some registers were built into the organ built in 1958 by the Weimbs organ building company. This organ has 20 stops.
1877	Gierath	St. Martinus		II / P	15th	The original organ has been preserved.
1878	Kirchheim	St. Martinus		II / P	19th	In 1964 the organ was revised and restored in 1997 by the company Josef Weimbs Orgelbau, Hellenthal. Most of the instrument is original.
1880	Kierdorf	St. Martinus		II / P	16	The organ was restored in 1983 by the company Josef Weimbs Orgelbau , Hellenthal.
1883	Bad Münstereifel	St. Chrysanthus and Daria		II / P	31	Originally the organ had only 24 registers, but the instrument was enlarged and rebuilt in 1970 by the company Orgelbau Romanus Seifert & Sohn, Kevelaer. Most of the registers and windchests are still original from Schorm.
1886	Büttgen	St. Adelgundis		II / P	17th	The instrument was rebuilt in 1976 by Orgelbau Romanus Seifert & Sohn, Kevelaer and is therefore only partially preserved in its original condition.
1887	Kaarst	St. Aldegundis		II / P	17th	The original registers for bass and first manual have been preserved. The organ was restored in 1976 by the company Orgelbau Romanus Seifert & Sohn , Kevelaer.
1889	Nice home	St. Martinus		II / P	21st	The organ was rebuilt in 1913 and returned to its original condition by the Lukas Fischer company.
1890	Duisdorf	St. Rochus				This organ no longer exists, but some registers of the Schorn organ in the Echowerk of the new organ, which was built in 2002 by the Hellenthal company Josef Weimbs Orgelbau, have been reused.
1892	Nemmenich	St. Peter		II	13	The instrument has an attached pedal. In 1919 the organ received an electric organ fan. In 1989 the organ was restored by the company Josef Weimbs Orgelbau , Hellenthal. The instrument has been preserved in its original condition.
1893	Difficult	St. Dionysius		II	13	The instrument has an attached pedal. The organ has been preserved in its original condition and was restored in 2001 by Orgelbau Fasen, Oberbettingen.
1894	Zingsheim	St. Peter		II	11	The original of the instrument has been preserved.
1895	Kuchenheim	St. Nicholas		II / P	20th	This organ is considered to be the largest surviving Schorn organ. The highest monument authority of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Archdiocese of Cologne had promised funding of 17,000 euros for the general overhaul that was due, but this did not cover the costs. After a donation commitment from a private citizen was withdrawn, the Organ in Need initiative was launched in 2007 . The organ was restored in 1982 by the company Josef Weimbs Orgelbau, Hellenthal and restored again in 2007.
1898	Euenheim	St. Brictius		II / P	16	The original organ has been preserved.
1900	Floisdorf	St. Pancras		II / P	16	The organ has been preserved in its original condition.
1901	Kreuzweingarten	Holy cross		II	9	The organ is almost preserved in its original form, only one stop was added later.

literature

• W. Büser and F.-J. Vogt, the organ builder Franz Joseph Schorn , in: Acta Organologica 15, 1981
• H. Dembski, Life and Work of Organ Builder Franz Joseph Schorn , Thesis, Ms., Düsseldorf 1994
• Kurt-Ludwig Forg, The Schorn organ in the Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus in Euskirchen-Kuchenheim , in: Ars Organi , June 1983, pp. 118–124
• Kurt-Ludwig Forg, the organ builder Franz-Joseph Schorn , in: Cuchenheim Vol. 1 , Euskirchen 1984, pp. 30–34
• Kurt-Ludwig Forg, The organs in the St. Nicholas Church in Kuchenheim , in: Cuchenheim 1084-1984. Vol. II , Euskirchen 1984

Individual evidence

1. ^ Axel Wilberg: The Schorn organ of the parish church Kreuzweingarten. May 6, 2003, accessed April 10, 2014 . 
2. ^ Franz - Josef Vogt: Contributions to the history of organ building in the North Eifel. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 31, 2001 ; Retrieved April 10, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Historic Schorn organs in the Rhineland (3). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 25, 2007 ; Retrieved April 10, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Grosbous. Retrieved April 10, 2014 . 
5. ↑ St. Mariä Visitation Frauwüllesheim. In: Church music Düren. 2007, accessed April 10, 2014 . 
6. ↑ St. Martinus, Kierdorf. (No longer available online.) In: Parish community Erftstadt-Ville. Archdiocese of Cologne, archived from the original on March 6, 2014 ; Retrieved April 10, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Our Opus 1. New organ in the parish church in Hellenthal. (No longer available online.) Weimbs Orgelbau GmbH, archived from the original on August 5, 2015 ; Retrieved April 10, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Schorn organ in Neu-St. Aldegundis, Büttgen. In: Church music in the parish community Kaarst / Büttgen. Archdiocese of Cologne, accessed April 10, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Werner Witzenhausen: The organ in St. Rochus. Catholic parish of St. Rochus and Augustine, accessed April 10, 2014 . 
10. ↑ St. Peter Nemmenich organ. In: Zülpich pastoral care area. Archdiocese of Cologne, accessed April 10, 2014 . 
11. ^ Organ St. Dionysius Schwerfen. In: Zülpich pastoral care area. Archdiocese of Cologne, accessed April 10, 2014 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b c d} Volker Prinz: The Kuchenheimer organ builder Franz-Joseph Schorn (1834 - 1905). (No longer available online.) In: Pastoral care area Erftmühlenbach. Archdiocese of Cologne, archived from the original on March 6, 2014 ; Retrieved April 10, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ Schorn organ in need: 20,000 euros missing. In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger. April 3, 2007, accessed March 14, 2016 .