Friedrich August Moschütz

Friedrich August Moschütz (* around 1805 in Luckau , Niederlausitz , Kingdom of Saxony ; † after 1869 ) was a German organ builder in Herzberg in Niederlausitz.

Life

He was a student and journeyman of Carl Friedrich Beyer in Naumburg. In 1834 Friedrich August Moschütz received citizenship of the city of Herzberg as an organ builder. He is known to have worked on organs between 1835 and 1869.

The son Hermann Moschütz was a pupil of Ernst Wiegand in Borna around 1859. There is only one known repair offer from him in Lindow.

Works (selection)

12 new organs by Friedrich August Moschütz are known in Niederlausitz , Fläming and what was then the province of Saxony , as well as conversions, repairs and implementation. Some works have been preserved.

New organs

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1837	Arnsdorf	Village church		I / P	9	receive
1837	Gölsdorf	Village church		I / P	5
1840	Naundorf near Wittenberg	Village church				2013 restoration by Rainer Wolter , the inscription Moschütz discovered in 1840 on the wave board
1842	magpie	church		I / P		Replaced in 1874
1843	Schönefeld	Village church		I / P
1844-1845	Big Ziescht	Village church		I / P	9	receive
1846	Song bald	Village church		I / P	7th	1936 Reorganization by Schuke , received
1847	Merzdorf near Baruth	Village church		I / P	8th	receive
1847-1848	Zschackau	Village church		I / P	8th
1856	Happy ones	Village church		I / P	9
1860	Hohenahlsdorf	Village church		I / P	7th
1866	Fluff	Village church		II / P	11	largest surviving Moschütz organ

More work

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1839	Jueterbog	St. Jacobi				Repairs
1840	Liebenwerda	St. Nikolai				Repairs
1843	Jueterbog	St. Nikolai				Changes in disposition
1843	Jueterbog	Church of Our Lady				Repairs
1843	Jueterbog	Monks church				Repairs
from 1844	Luckenwalde	St. Johannis				Repairs
1848	Drahnsdorf	Village church				Implementation of the organ from Liedekahle
1852	Baruth	City Church				Changes in disposition

literature

• Christhard Kirchner, Uwe Pape: Friedrich August Moschütz . In: Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (Eds.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. p. 378.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Discovery. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung discovered a work by Friedrich August Moschütz on November 14, 2013
2. ^ Organ in Groß Ziescht church district
3. ↑ Organ in Liedekahle Orgeldatabase, with disposition and year 1917 (Dutch)