Georg Friedrich Schmahl

Organ of the Roggenburg Abbey Church, 1761

Georg Friedrich Schmahl the Elder (born November 15, 1700 in Heilbronn , † August 26, 1773 in Ulm ) was a southern German organ builder of the Baroque era .

Life

Georg Friedrich Schmahl was one of four sons of the Heilbronn organ builder Johann Michael Schmahl , who became organ and piano builders.

In 1726 he was mentioned for the first time in the building files of the Ulm Minster , in 1729 he took over the workshop of the deceased Ulm organ builder Chrysostomus Baur . In 1731 he became a citizen of the Free Imperial City of Ulm . There he completely rebuilt the great organ of the cathedral from 1730–1735 and expanded it to 45 registers. Schmahl took care of this organ throughout his life.

According to his son, Georg Friedrich Schmahl built 45 organs, including the large organ of the Roggenburg monastery church , but mainly smaller organs for village churches in the area around Ulm and on the Swabian Alb .

Schmahl could not achieve sustainable business success because he was probably delivering too cheaply. In 1772 his house was foreclosed. Impoverished, he died in Ulm in 1773 at the age of 72.

His workshop was initially taken over by his son Johann Matthäus Schmahl , who shifted the focus of his work to piano and harpsichord construction, after whose death his other son Georg Friedrich Schmahl the Elder. J.

Works (selection)

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1730-1735	Ulm	Munster of Our Dear Women		III / P	45	Reconstruction and expansion of the great organ
1732	Nellingen	Parish Church of St. Andrew					Replaced in 1911
1737	augsburg	Hospital Church of the Holy Spirit at the Red Gate				Enlarged by Schmahl himself in 1754; after restoration today in St. Andreas, Augsburg-Herrenbach
1737	Ulm-Mähringen	Parish Church of St. Mary, St. Peter and Paul				with Johann Adam Schmahl; Replaced in 1883
1739	Winnenden	Castle Church				Movement replaced several times, brochure received
1742-1743	Laichingen	St. Alban				Replaced in 1851, since 1897 in Sitzberg Church in Turbenthal , Switzerland
1743	Dellmensingen	Parish Church of St. Cosmas and Damian				Replaced in 1920
1747	Ollingen	Parish Church of St. Ulrich				Movement replaced in 1893, case and 2 registers preserved
1747/1748	Ludwigsburg	Castle Church				Most of the work has been preserved
1745	Bermaringen	Parish Church of St. Martin				Replaced in 1846
1749	Deubach	Parish Church of St. Martin				receive; Remodeling in the 19th century; 1980 renovated by Orgelbau Sandtner ; 2002 new bellows system
1751	Merklingen	Parish Church of the Three Kings				Housing and 10 registers preserved
1751	Langenau	Parish Church of St. Martin and UL Women				Replaced in 1905, changed brochure received
1754	Dillingen on the Danube	City parish church				Organ positive
1755	Because in the beautiful book	St. Martin
1756-1757	augsburg	Augsburg Barefoot Church				Draft for disposition; built by Johann Andreas Stein ; destroyed in World War II
1758	Lonsee	Marienkirche				together with Johann Matthäus Schmahl; Replaced in 1864
1759	Holzkirch	Parish Church of St. Barbara				Replaced in 1898
1759	Went to the Fils	Ev. Parish church			13	Replaced in 1890 by a Walcker organ
1760	Schalkstetten	Parish Church of St. Mary and Vitus				Replaced in 1868
1761	Roggenburg	Roggenburg abbey church				Factory replaced in 1905, brochure received
1761	Ulm	Augustinian Canon Monastery of St. Michael zu den Wengen
1763	Amstetten village	Parish Church of St. Laurentius				Replaced in 1824–1826
1766	Sing out	Francis Church				Housing and remains of 2 registers preserved
1766	Leipheim	St. Vitus		I / P	14th	Housing and some registers preserved
1768-1770	Neenstetten	Ulrich Church				Receive a five-part prospectus
1769	Langenau- Albeck	Filial church St. Jakob				Replaced in 1902
1769	Bask	City Church				Replaced in 1886
1770	Ulm- Jungingen	Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul				Case, manual drawer and remains of five registers have been preserved

literature

• Verena Förster Binz: Rococo in front of exposed concrete. For the 300th birthday of Georg Friedrich Schmahl . In: Orgel International , 2000, pp. 322-332.
• Hans Brandauer: The new organ in the Johanneskirche in Gingen an der Fils. Festschrift for the inauguration of the organ in the Johanneskirche Gingen on July 5, 1987. Ed. of the Evangelical Church Community Gingen, Gingen / Fils 1987, pp. 8–13.
• Gotthilf Kleemann: The Schmahl family of organs . In: Acta Organologica 7, 1973, pp. 71-104.
• Wolfgang Manecke and Johannes Mayr: Historic organs in Ulm and Upper Swabia. Pipe organs in the Alb-Donau district, in Ulm, Hayingen and Zwiefalten . (= Alb and Danube, art and culture; Volume 21). Süddeutsche Verlags-Gesellschaft, Ulm 1999, ISBN 3-88294-268-1 .
• Wolfgang Manecke and Johannes Mayr: Contemporaries - On the 300th birthday of the organ builders Joseph Gabler (1700–1771) and Georg Friedrich Schmahl (1700–1773) . In: Ars Organi 48, 2000, pp. 196-203.
• Franz Josef Ratte: The organ in the Premonstratensian Monastery of Roggenburg and its builder Georg Friedrich Schmahl . In: Orgelkunst und Orgelforschung , 1990, pp. 113–127.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Explanation and disposition ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on the website of the Evangelical Church Community Sitzberg, accessed on February 19, 2012.  
2. ^ Hans Andreas Klaiber and Reinhard Wortmann: Oberamt Ulm (=  The art monuments in Baden-Württemberg ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1978, ISBN 3-422-00553-6 , p. 429 .
3. ^ Hans Andreas Klaiber and Reinhard Wortmann: Oberamt Ulm (=  The art monuments in Baden-Württemberg ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1978, ISBN 3-422-00553-6 , p. 481 .
4. ↑ Disposition and photos ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on private website about Ulm organs, accessed on February 19, 2012.