Heinrich Voigt (organ builder)

The Voigt organ in Nordenstadt on the Voigt letterhead (approx. 1900)

Heinrich Voigt (born October 4, 1845 in Wiesbaden-Igstadt ; † June 10, 1906 ) was a German organ builder.

Life

From 1860 to 1864 Voigt did an apprenticeship with the organ builder Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt in Eisleben . In 1886, after the death of his father Christian Friedrich Voigt , he took over his organ building workshop in Wiesbaden-Igstadt together with his brothers Konrad Christian Wilhelm and Georg Wilhelm Karl . In 1888 he had to file for bankruptcy because the competitive pressure from the big organ builders became too strong. From 1889 to 1893 he allegedly worked in Strasbourg . In 1895 he founded a new workshop in Wiesbaden-Biebrich . In 1900 his son Heinrich Wilhelm Voigt took over the workshop.

Alongside Christian Friedrich Voigt, Daniel Raßmann from Möttau and Conrad Embach from Rauenthal , he is one of the important organ builders of the 19th century in what was then the Duchy of Nassau .

Voigt used the mechanical cone chest system for his instruments , typical for his (often small) instruments is the lush 8 'position and a (terz-containing) cornett mixture as a crown of sound. A special feature is the use of the register 16 'with free reeds in the pedal of the organ in the north of the city is tuba.

Instruments (selection)

Only a few of the 40 or so instruments from Voigt's workshop have survived.

year	place	church	Manuals	register	Remarks
1876	Wiesbaden-Medenbach	Ev. church	I / P	9
1878	Wiesbaden-Breckenheim	Ev. church	I / P	12	Originally with two manuals, with physharmonica on manual II; mechanical cone tray
1886	Wiesbaden-Nordenstadt	Ev. church	II / P	20th	Most important original preserved instrument.
1890	Labor pains	Evangelical Church Labor	II / P	12	Originally built for the Old Catholic Church in Wiesbaden, set up in Wehen in 1899; rebuilt by Katzer (Bleidenstadt)
1895	Reichenberg (Rhineland-Palatinate)	Ev. church	I / P	8th

literature

Lore MI Voigt: Christian Heinrich Voigt (1803–1868) and Karl Heinrich Voigt (1845–1906) - life and work. In: Acta Organologica . Volume 24, 1994, pp. 59-96.
Markus Frank Hollingshaus, Carsten Lenz: Organs in Wiesbaden. Lenz-Musik, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 3-9808889-0-8 .

Web links

The organ (Evangelical Lutheran church Wiesbaden-Nordenstadt). Retrieved September 13, 2012 .
On the building history of the Voigt organ in Taunusstein-Wehen
Church and organ in Reichenberg

Individual evidence

^ Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2: The area of the former administrative district of Wiesbaden . Part 1 (A – K). Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1307-2 , p. 96 (Contributions to the Middle Rhine Music History 7.1).
^ Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2: The area of the former administrative district of Wiesbaden . Part 2 (L-Z). Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1370-6 , p. 792 (Contributions to the Middle Rhine Music History 7.2).

personal data
SURNAME	Voigt, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Voigt, Karl Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH	October 4, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wiesbaden-Igstadt
DATE OF DEATH	June 10, 1906
Place of death	Wiesbaden-Biebrich

[1] Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2: The area of the former administrative district of Wiesbaden . Part 1 (A – K). Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1307-2 , p. 96 (Contributions to the Middle Rhine Music History 7.1).

[2] Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2: The area of the former administrative district of Wiesbaden . Part 2 (L-Z). Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1370-6 , p. 792 (Contributions to the Middle Rhine Music History 7.2).