Friedrich Meier (organ builder)
Friedrich Meier (* 1913 ; † 1978 ) was a German organ builder .
Life
Friedrich Meier learned from Ignaz Weise and started his own business in Plattling around 1950 . He also built larger organs, mostly with cone chests, mainly in Lower Bavaria , but also in the Upper Palatinate . In addition to building new organs, Meier carried out renovations and electrified organs. Occasionally he replaced the master's pneumatic organs with larger instruments with electric action.
List of works (selection)
year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1954 | Fahrberg | Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary | II / P | 18th | Kraus mentions 1960 as the year of construction. Housing 1832 by Michael Weiß | |
around 1955 | Kläham | Visitation of the Virgin Mary | II / P | 11 | receive | |
around 1955 | regensburg | St. Pius | II / P | 20th | receive | |
1957 | Vilshofen on the Danube | St. John the Baptist | III / P | 54 | Replaced in 2017 by a new building by Richard Rensch (47 / III / P) | |
1961 | regensburg | St. Wolfgang | I / P | 9 | Portal work of the organ system → Organ | |
1964/1967 | Straubing | St. Jacob's Basilica | IV / P | 77 | → organ . New construction of the Eule organ in progress. | |
1967/70 | Deggendorf | Assumption Day | II / P; III / P | 12/45 | Replaced in 2019 by a new building by Orgelbau Vleugels : main organ 41 / III / P and choir organ 18 / II | |
1968 | regensburg | St. Josef (Reinhausen) | III / P | 41 | 1994 New building by Orgelbau Sandtner with 46 / III / P | |
1974 | Drifts | St. Stefan | III / P | 39 | Far-reaching renovation | |
1975 | Tirschenreuth | Assumption Day | III / P | 43 | → organ | |
1977 | Malgersdorf | St. Stephen | III / P | 45 | u. a. also enhanced with electronic timbres |
Web links
- Friedrich Meier in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1994, p. 254.
- ↑ Hermann Fischer: 100 Years of the Association of German Organ Builders . Orgelbau-Fachverlag, Lauffen 1991, ISBN 3-921848-18-0 , p. 250 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Meier, Friedrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1913 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1978 |