Georg Marcus Stein

Georg Marcus Stein (born October 21, 1738 in Heidelsheim , † January 25, 1794 in Durlach ) was one of the widely acclaimed instrument and organ builders of his time.

Life

Georg Marcus Stein came from a family of organ builders. He learned his trade from his father, as did his brother Johann Andreas Stein (1752–1821), who later became an organ builder in the Baltic States. Georg Marcus Stein then went to Johann Andreas Silbermann and Johann Heinrich Silbermann in Strasbourg . From 1765 he worked for his cousin Johann Heinrich Stein (1735–1767) in Durlach and took over the workshop after his early death. On April 8, 1767, he received civil rights in the city. Stein extended the sphere of activity of the workshop to the Upper Rhine and the Palatinate on the left bank of the Rhine and became a privileged country organ builder in Baden-Durlach.

Organ building dynasty

The daughter Katherina Friederike Stein marries the organ builder Johann Volkmar Voit (1772–1806) whose ancestors from sex to sex were active in organ building. Johann Volkmar Voit had four brothers. Carl Friedrich Voit also built instruments and organs like his father and grandfather. Johann Volkmar Voit moved from Schweinfurt to Durlach (now part of Karlsruhe). Johann Volkmar Voit took over the business after the death of Georg Marcus Stein. After the early death of Johann Volkmar Voit, who in 1804 had been appointed court organ maker by Elector Karl Friedrich, the widow married the journeyman organ maker Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Bürgy (1761–1838). He trained his stepson Louis Voit (1802–1883) to be an organ builder and made him his partner and successor in 1835. The great-grandson Heinrich Voit continues the business.

List of works (selection)

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1752?	Neuburg on the Rhine	Ev. church		I / P	13	Destroyed in 1945
1768	Schopfheim	Old town church		II / P	22nd	on the west gallery; Case, wind chests and some action preserved
1781	Opfingen	Mountain church		I / P	13	A listed building since 1949
1784	Wieslet	Protestant church		I / P	8th	Moved to Oberweier (Gaggenau) in 1929 by the organ building workshop Hess & Binder ( Durlach ). 1992 restored by OBM Karl Göckel . Today I + P / 10.
1787/88	Wies (Little Wiesental)	Protestant church		II / P	23	Originally built for the Evangelical Church of St. James in Gernsbach; Relocated to Wies in 1855/56. In 1917 the prospect pipes were requisitioned. Restoration in 1963 and 1991/92

literature

• Bernhard H. Bonkhoff: Monument organs in the Palatinate . Evangelischer Presseverlag Pfalz, Speyer 1990, ISBN 3-925536-27-2 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Michael Gerhard Kaufmann: Organ history in Karlsruhe. In: Ars Organi . 60th year. Issue 1. 2012. pp. 3–9, here p. 4 (PDF)
2. ↑ Bonkhoff: historic organs in the Palatinate . 1990, p. 345.
3. ↑ Bonkhoff: historic organs in the Palatinate . 1990, p. 346.
4. ^ Karl Göckel: St. Johannes, Gaggenau-Oberweier. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013 ; Retrieved June 5, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Greifenberg Institute for Musical Instrument Research, Mechanics of Poetry II - the Organ in the 17th and 18th Centuries ": Wies in Baden ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2016 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.