Hermann Lahmann

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Hermann Johannes Emil Lahmann (born June 1, 1905 in Hamburg ; † January 4, 2001 in Leipzig ) was a German organ builder in Leipzig.

Life

Hermann Lahmann learned organ building from Paul Rother in Hamburg and worked there from 1925 to 1928. Then he went to Jehmlich in Dresden and worked in Switzerland for Kuhn , Willisau and Goll . In 1936 Hermann Lahmann became plant manager at Willisau, in 1939 at Metzler , and in 1941 at Jehmlich. In 1942 he passed the master craftsman examination. Hermann Lahmann was operations manager at Eule in Bautzen from 1943 and then headed a branch of Jehmlich in Leipzig from 1947. In 1955 he started his own business there and worked at Nordplatz 9 until 1987.

Works (selection)

Hermann Lahmann built some organs in Saxony and carried out modifications and repairs, some work also in the Soviet Union .

New organs

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1951 Max Rinck (private) I / P 5 1981 to Borna , Kunigunden Church , received
1952 Leipzig Bethlehemsk Congregation, Community Hall II / P 9 receive
1957 Leipzig University of Music II / P 7th 1998 to Koselitz, church moved - organ
1959 Moscow conservatory II / P 10 Organ for students
1960 Altenburg Chapel of Mercy II / P 11
1961 Baku , Azerbaijan Conservatory , organ room II / P 10 Small organ

More work

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1952 Leipzig-Gohlis Friedenskirche II / P 25th extension
1954 Kahla City Church II / P 26th Conversions
1955-1958 Bad Lausick St. Kilian Bad Lausick City Church St. Kilian Organ.jpg II / P 26th Implementation and restoration of Silbermann - Trampeli -Orgel of 1721/1792
1959 Moscow conservatory III / P 58 Restoration of the Mutin organ (1899)
1967-1970 Thonhausen church I / P 10 Restoration of the baroque organ
1975 Bergen , Ruegen church II / P 27 extension
1982 Gera St. Johannis III / P 56 Conversions

literature

  • Hubertus Böhm, Wolfram Hackel: Lahmann, Hermann . In: Wolfram Hackel (Hrsg.): Lexikon Norddeutscher Orgelvauer. Volume 2. Saxony and the surrounding area. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2012 (also Volume 4, p. 327)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New buildings according to: Lexikon Norddeutscher Orgelbauer, Vol. 4, p. 327. Other organs by Jehmlich in Leipzig and the surrounding area from 1947 to 1954 in: Directory of organs manufactured by companies based in the GDR for the GDR area from 1945 to 1990 (PDF)
  2. ↑ Kunigunden Church Borna Orgeldatabase (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Koselitz village church organ with disposition
  4. ↑ Gara Garayev Transcriptions for Organ, p. 5 (English)
  5. ↑ Silbermann-Trampeli-Organ Church Bad Lausick
  6. ↑ Organ restoration completed Thonhausen
personal data
SURNAME Lahmann, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lahmann, Hermann Johannes Emil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder in Leipzig
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 2001
Place of death Leipzig