Gustav Steinmann organ building

Gustav Steinmann organ building
legal form	Registered merchant
founding	1910
Seat	Vlotho , Germany
management	Jan-Henrich Steinmann
Branch	Musical instrument making

Gustav Steinmann Orgelbau is an organ building workshop based in Wehrendorf in the city of Vlotho .

history

The company, which is now run by the fourth generation, was founded in 1910 by Gustav Steinmann (1885–1953) from Steinbründorf , who had learned the trade of organ builders from P. Furtwängler & Hammer in Hanover , among others . The first church organ was made in 1911 for the Evangelical Christ Church in Greven . Between 1919 and 1939 over 100 organs and around 1500 harmonies were produced, and 15 organs were delivered to the Netherlands between 1923 and 1933 .

In the 1920s Steinmann became part of the organ movement , which advocated a return to baroque organ building. The Steinmann organ of the Pauluskirche in Bielefeld, built in 1928, was the largest organ of this era in Germany.

In the 1950s, the type of small to medium - sized neo - baroque slider chest organs developed, which Steinmann produced in large numbers. A large part of the organs built since then have been delivered to churches in East Westphalia-Lippe . In the church district of Vlotho , the organs built since 1945 based on the findings of the organ movement all come from Steinmann, with a few exceptions. In addition to the new building, the reconstruction of old organs in historical construction is also part of the company's field of activity.

Works (selection)

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1911	Greven	Christ Church				first Steinmann organ
1920	Oer-Erkenschwick	Johanneskirche		II / P	18th
1920	Gold	Evangelical Church of Gülden		I.	6th	currently heavily used instrument
1928	Bielefeld	Pauluskirche		III / P	51
1952	Leopoldshöhe	Protestant church
1956	Herford	Marienkirche		III / P	39	RP (10 registers) planned, but only implemented in 1976.
1960	Herford	Petrikirche		III / P	31	Sold to Poland in 2007
1957	Homberg	Protestant church		III / P	25th
1960	Hamm (Westphalia)	Evangelical church on the mountain		II	10
1963	Witten - Annen			II / P	16
1963	Kirchheim unter Teck			I.	6th
1964	Espelkamp	Thomas Church		III / P	31
1964	Vlotho	Evangelical Church Valdorf		II / P	19th
1966	Porta Westfalica - local mountains	Evangelical Church Hausberge		II / P	12
1966	Minden	St. Martini		III / P	39	reconstruction
1967	Lemgo	St. Nicolai		III / P	40
1967	Dortmund	Marienkirche		III / P	34
1967	Bad Oeynhausen	Holy Spirit Church		II / P	24
1969	Elbrinxen	Evangelical Church Elbrinxen
1969	Herford	St. John Baptist		II / P	24	2008 general overhaul by Michael Schröder. Re-intonation and modernization of the gaming table.
1969	Listen (location)	Evangelical Reformed Church Stapelage		II / P	21st
1970	Lemgo	St. Johann Church		II / P	24
1971	Bad Salzuflen deserts	Evangelical Church Deserts		II / P	18th
1973	Herford	St. Jakobi		II / P	25th
1972	Wages	Martin Luther Church		II / P	21st
1974	Tighter	Collegiate church		III / P	34
1976	Bad Oeynhausen - Lohe	Martin Luther Church		II / P	19th
1976	Vlotho	Holy Cross Church		II / P	12
1979	Budapest	Theological Academy		I.	6th
1980	Hamburg-Hohenfelde	Zion Church		II / P	20th
1982	Witten	Luther Church		II / P	24	Sold to Italy in 2014, will be replaced by a digital organ
1984	Bad Salzuflen	Dear women		III / P	41
1984	Aplerbeck	Great Aplerbeck Church				Restoration and repair of the neo-Gothic organ under the expert supervision of Martin Blindow.
1985	Bad Oeynhausen- Dehme	Church of the Resurrection		II / P	14th
1988	Detmold - Vahlhausen	Evangelical Church Vahlhausen		II / P	12
1980-1991	Braunschweig	Brothers Church		III / P	40	including a choir organ by Ernst Palandt as a positive back behind a baroque case
1996	Löhne- Gohfeld	Simeon Church		II / P	20th
2002	Imerinkasinina ( Madagascar )	Ev. church		II / P	13
2011	Putten (Gelderland) Netherlands	Hersteld Hervormde Kerk	Steinmann organ - putti	II / P	25th
2013	Mülheim an der Ruhr- Mitte	New Apostolic Church Mülheim		II / P	12

literature

• Marianne Steinmann: The organ builders of Wehrendorf: Marianne Steinmann tells , Geschichtswerkstatt Exter, Vlotho 2010, ISBN 978-3-8391-0046-2 , excerpt from gwexter.org
• Hermann J. Busch: 75 years of Gustav Steinmann organ building in Vlotho / Weser. 1910-1985 . Vlotho 1985, DNB  870067451 .

Web links

• History-Vlotho: Steinmann organ building
• Gustav Steinmann organ building

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Sundermann: Steinmann Orgelbau , excerpt from geschichtevlotho.de
2. ^ Herbert Heidbreder: 150 years of church music in the church district of Vlotho. In: Kirchenkreis Vlotho (ed.): Church on the Weser and Werre. 150 years of the Vlotho church district. Bad Oeynhausen 1991, p. 197.
3. ↑ orgelauskunft.de: Petrikirche Herford
4. ↑ WAZ: Donors for the organ feel cheated

Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 49 ′ 38 ″  E