Franz Reusch
Franz Reusch (born September 19, 1817 , † August 31, 1887 ) was an Austrian organ builder from Klosterneuburg .
Life
Franz Reusch was born on September 19, 1817 in the Grand Duchy of Baden, the place of birth being unknown. His parents were Bernhard Reusch and Maria Anna Grössinger. On October 8, 1850, he was married to Anna Maria Habergut in Klosterneuburg Abbey. He died of a kidney infection on August 31, 1887 and was buried on September 2 in the Klosterneuburg city cemetery.
Franz Reusch's professional career is closely linked to that of Johann Georg Fischer , in whose workshop he may have worked initially. Already during this time he had obviously acquired an appropriate reputation, so that he could not only secure the successor in this company, but also a field of work that at least came close to that of Fischer. It extends from central areas of Lower Austria to far in the northeast of this country. (Mistelbach district, along the Danube roughly from the Traisen to the gates of Vienna). His largest and only known two-manual instrument is in the former Augustinian Canons Church in St. Andrä an der Traisen .
Characteristics of its organs
- Consistent adherence to the sliding chest, although some organ builders switched to other systems during his lifetime (mechanical cone chest)
- Overtone dispositions (few basic voices, complete principal choir, high-lying mixture, 16 'in the pedal not always available)
- Almost without exception single-manual instruments with approx. 10 registers
- When setting up the gaming tables, he arranged the stops in a row above the keyboard - with the exception of Neustift am Walde .
This type of construction was also used - at least for some organs - by the organ building workshop Zachistal & Capek (Krems). This is proven by the two organ works in Hautzendorf - local parish church (the console is attached to the side of the organ case) and on the Holy Mountain (free-standing console).
- The housing design is based on the taste of the time and ranges from basic features borrowed from classicism to those of the neo-renaissance.
Works
- 1850/60: parish church hl. Oswald in Hörersdorf in Mistelbach
- 1851: Parish church Peter and Paul in Weidling in Klosterneuburg, replaced around 1931 by the organ builder Panhuber.
- 1855: Neustift am Walde parish church (St. Rochus), Vienna
- 1861: St. Andrä an der Traisen in Herzogenburg
- 1864: Sonnberg parish church
- 1868: Kleinhadersdorf parish church
- 1870: Parish church Petrus and Paulus in Erdberg in Poysdorf
- 1870: Kierlinger parish church
- 1870: Parish Church of St. Leonhard in Unterolberndorf in Kreuttal
- 1870: Siebenhirten parish church (Mistelbach district)
- 1871: Pilgrimage Church of Maria im Gebirge in Sallapulka in Weitersfeld
- 1872: Chapel in prison in Stein an der Donau
- 1874: Canon
- 1875: Furth near Göttweig
- 1880: Höflein on the Danube
- 1881: Kritzendorf parish church
- 1881: Feuersbrunn parish church
- 1885: Bad Fischau
literature
- Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 , six mentions in the artist directory, p. 1375.
- Singing Church XXX / 2 1986 (article by Hans Heiling)
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reusch, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian organ builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1817 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1887 |