Giengener Organ Manufactory Gebr. Link

Giengener Organ Manufactory Gebr. Link
legal form	GmbH
founding	1851
Seat	Giengen an der Brenz , Germany
Branch	Musical instrument making
Website	www.orgelbau-link.de

The Giengen Organ Manufactory Gebr. Link is an organ building workshop in Giengen an der Brenz . Since it was founded in 1851, more than 1000 instruments have been built primarily for southern Germany .

history

The company was founded in 1851 by the twins Paul and Johannes Link , who completed their first apprenticeship years with Eberhard Friedrich Walcker in Ludwigsburg .

Works (selection)

year	opus	place	church	Manuals	register	Remarks
1853/54	13	Scharenstetten , Dornstadt municipality	Laurentiuskirche	I / P	9	Using five registers from the previous organ, the original list of works is listed under the year 1858; was completely overhauled in 1979.
1856	10	Beimerstetten	Petruskirche	II / P	15th	Originally 12 registers. In 1980 LINK added three registers.
1859		Ursprung , municipality of Lonsee	Johanneskirche	I / P
1864	29	Schmalegg	St. Nicholas	II / P	10
1882		Sinabronn, Lonsee municipality	Evangelical St. James Church	I / P
1883	89	Dietingen, municipality of Blaustein	Catholic Church of St. Martin	I / P	8th	Restored in 1991 by Link
1889	152	Bad Waldsee	Protestant church	II / P	8th	1956 rebuilt and expanded, today 13 registers
1891	171	Mirepoix (Ariège)	Cathédrale Saint-Maurice	III / P	40	The largest Link organ in France
1897	234	Charleroi	Église Saint-Joseph (Broucheterre)	II / P	7th	→ Images
1897	279	Setzingen	Bartholomäuskirche	II / P	9	receive; 1977 extended by two registers
1899	319	Ulm-Söflingen	Evangelical Christ Church	II / P	18th	1977 replaced by Link op.956. Housing partially preserved.
1902	363	Albeck near Langenau	Evangelical St. James Church	I / P	10
1906		Giengen on the Brenz	Evangelical town church	III / P	51	One of the few large romantic organs in Württemberg
1908	492	Snake bath	Christ Church	II / P		1969 replaced by a work by Förster & Nicolaus
1910	535	Ulm	evangelical Pauluskirche	III / P	55	1970 rebuilt from Link to op. 900; 1997 partially restored by Mühleisen; Renewed in 2014 by Gaida.
1912		Schwabenheim an der Selz	Protestant church	II / P	12	New organ on the west gallery. Pneumatic cone shop, free-standing gaming table. Main work and subsidiary work, each with five registers and two pedal registers. The organ is preserved.
1912/13		Stadecken-Elsheim , OT Elsheim	Evangelical Paulskirche	II / P	7th	New construction behind the existing front of the previous organ. Canceled in 1992, not preserved.
1912/13		Radelstetten , municipality of Lonsee	Evangelical Martinskirche	II / P	7th
1913	582	Massenbach	Evangelical George Church	II / 11
1931	734	Laufenselden	Protestant church	II / P	15th	2002/2003 extended
1957		Ulm (Kuhberg)	Paul Gerhardt Church	II / P		Torn down in 2007 by Orgelbau Lenter
1961		Niederlinxweiler	Catholic Church of St. Martin	II / P	17th	Originally for Ev. Messstetten church built; dismantled there by Peter Vier in 1992 and built up in 1997 at a new location in Niederlinxweiler.
1962	846	Schrozberg	Evang. church	II / P	20th	Design by Helmut Bornefeld , historical prospectus (Johann Anton Ehrlich 1779). 2011 Refurbishment and general overhaul and restoration of the original Bornefeld soundscape by Link.
1967		Soup	St. Brigitta	II / P	13
1969	914	Schelklingen -Urspring	Ortisei
1974	942	Oberkochen	Church of Reconciliation	II / P	20th
1978	960	Zotzenbach / Odw.	Evang. church	II / P	15th	Gebrüder Link organ with 15 registers II / P, 2 empty loops, mech. Sliding drawer built in the listed housing of its predecessor, a Georg Rothermel organ from 1878.
1993	1030	Mannheim - Well-located	St. Boniface		51
1996	1045	Bad Nauheim	St. Boniface	II / P	34	→ organ
1997	1050	Neuburg on the Danube	Heilig-Geist-Spitalkirche	III / P	47	→ organ
1998	1057	Altenstadt	St. Michael	II / P	29	General overhaul 2017 → organ
2000		Perl (Moselle)	St. Gervasius and St. Protasius	II / P	23
2001	1080	Woman loudspeakers	Holy Trinity	III / P	33