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
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

1. ^ ^{A b} Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1994, p. 254.
2. ↑ Hermann Fischer: 100 Years of the Association of German Organ Builders . Orgelbau-Fachverlag, Lauffen 1991, ISBN 3-921848-18-0 , p. 250 .