Georg Wachsmann

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Georg Wachsmann (* around 1685 , † 1760 ) was a German organ builder in Transylvania .

Life

He was possibly a descendant of the chronicler Georg Wachsmann from Schäßburg. Georg guard was as an organ builder in at least since 1719 Birthälm active (today Biertani). His son Johann Georg Wachsmann (1740–1814) took over the workshop after his death in 1760, and in 1779 it went to Samuel Maetz.

Works (selection)

Several new organs in Transylvania are known from Georg Wachsmann, along with maintenance work. The work in Tobsdorf / Dupuș (previously in Biertan) has been preserved as the oldest surviving organ from an organ builder in Transylvania known by name. Instruments that no longer exist are in italics .

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1719 Bonnesdorf , today Boian Protestant church not received
1726 Kleinprobstdorf Protestant church not received
1731 Birthälm today Biertani Protestant church I / P 8th Moved to Tobsdorf / Dupuș in 1794 , rearrangement and free-standing gaming table by Carl Einenk in 1909, restoration was planned in Mediasch in 2010
1731-1736 Karlsburg , today Alba Iulia Dom great organ, not preserved
1743-1744 Großschenk , today Cincu Protestant church larger organ, faulty, not preserved

More work

literature

  • Hermann Binder : Organs in Transylvania. A contribution to the Transylvanian organ history from the beginning to the middle of the 19th century . Gehann Musikverlag, Kludenbach 2000, ISBN 978-3-927293-20-5 , p. 49-50, 56-58 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Organ in Tobsdorf Organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania (German)
  2. ↑ History of the organ in Biertan Biertan, refers to the good sound quality of the Wachsmann organ
personal data
SURNAME Wachsmann, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wachsmann, Georgius (Latinized form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder in Transylvania
DATE OF BIRTH around 1685
DATE OF DEATH 1760