Hinrich Klausing

Hinrich Klausing (also Clausing ) (* 1642/43 in Rheda ; buried April 23, 1720 in Herford ) was a German organ builder in Herford.

Life

Hinrich Klausing was born in Rheda, but settled in Herford, where he worked as an independent organ builder. He probably learned his trade from Hans Heinrich Reinking ( Bielefeld ). He had five sons, two of whom took up their father's profession. His sons Johann Berenhard Klausing (before 1683–1762) and Christian Klausing (1687–1764) continued the business in the tradition of their father. After the death of the sons, the organ workshop went out.

plant

From the 50 years of activity of Hinrich Klausing as an organ builder between 1666 and 1716 there are evidence of around 35 independent new builds or conversions. The Klausing family from Herford gained a certain reputation in north-west Germany and was also known as the "organ maker Clausing" or "Herford organ maker". In the 17th and 18th centuries, her area of ​​activity extended between Hanover and Westphalia and from the North Sea to the Sauerland, with a focus on the Bielefeld and Osnabrück area . Due to the collaboration in the family business, the works of the three organ builders in the family cannot always be clearly distinguished. Despite their popularity, almost only small single-manual organs with a 4 'principal in the prospectus and attached pedal were built. The disposition was quite uniform and usually had six to a maximum of twelve registers. Only in a few cases did the instruments have an independent pedal behind the Hauptwerk case. In addition to the traditional Westphalian prospect structure with the characteristic two-storey pointed towers between three round towers, there are also individually designed richly decorated prospectuses with numerous pipe fields that slope outwards in steps. In later works, Hinrich Klausing no longer used a spring drawer , but used slider drawers .

List of works (selection)

In the fifth column of the table, the Roman number indicates the number of manuals , a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal , a lower-case "p" indicates an attached pedal and the Arabic number in the sixth column indicates the number of sounding registers .

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1677	Rheda	St. Clement		I / p		Or from Hans Henrich Reinking; originally built for the Franciscan monastery in Wiedenbrück , transferred in 1911; Replaced in 1984 by a new building using the old Hauptwerk housing for the new Rückpositiv
1688	Oerlinghausen	Alexander Church				Builder not secured; New building; today II / P / 21
1691	Lintorf	Ev. church				Builder not secured; New building; today II / P / 18; Housing received
1692	Deck mountains	St. Petri		II / p	12	probably Hinrich Klausing; New building
1696	Voltage	St. Catherine				New building
1699	Freren	reformed Church		I / p	8th	New building with spring shop; Replaced in 1881, prospectus received
1700	Rumbeck (Arnsberg)	Rumbeck Abbey		I / p		New building using pipe material from the 15th to 17th centuries; later expanded to today II / P / 15; 2 registers completely and 4 partially preserved
1700	Holy Churches	Ev.-ref. church				New building, originally for Bösingfeld ; today II / P / 15; Housing partially preserved
1703	Buchholz (Petershagen)	Protestant church		I / p		originally a new building for the St. Mauritius Monastery (Minden) ; Transferred to Buchholz in 1814 and extended by a Rückpositiv to II / P / 25
1710	Höxter	St. Kiliani		II / P	18th	together with his two sons; New building; later extensions to today's III / P / 34; Housing and some registers preserved; 1998–2004 restored by Johannes Klais Orgelbau → Organ of St. Kiliani
1713	Melle	St. Matthew		II / p	17th	or by Johann Berenhard Klausing; originally in Osnabrück / Dominican monastery; Donated to the parish of Melle in 1819; 1858 extension to II / P / 26; Organ largely preserved; 2008/09 restored by Hendrik Ahrend → The Klausing organ by St. Matthäus (Melle)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Rudolf Reuter: Clausing . In: Music in the past and present . 15. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1973, ISBN 3-89853-160-0 , Sp. 1510 (CD-Rom edition of the 1st edition, Directmedia, Berlin 2003).
2. ↑ Organ Atlas Ostwestfalen-Lippe ( accessed August 13, 2010).
3. ^ Hinrich Klausing organ in Rumbeck , seen April 10, 2012.
4. ^ Website of the Klausing organ in the Kilianikirche Höxter , as seen on March 17, 2011.

literature

• Marianne Borgmeyer: The organ builder family Klausing . In: Hannelore Reuter (ed.): Baroque organ art in Westphalia . H. Reuter, Münster 1996, ISBN 3-00-000072-0 .
• Thomas Nobody: The historic Hinrich Klausing organ of the Church of St. Nikolaus Rumbeck 1700–2006. Festschrift for the rededication of the restored organ . Arnsberg 2006.
• Rudolf Reuter: The Herford organ builder Klausing . In: Westphalia . tape 42 , 1964, pp. 261-274 .
• Rudolf Reuter: Organs in Westphalia. Inventory of historical organs in Westphalia and Lippe . Ed .: Hermann Busen. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1965.
• Harald Vogel , Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . Hauschild, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 .
• Rudolf Reuter: Clausing . In: Music in the past and present . 15. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1973, ISBN 3-89853-160-0 , Sp. 1510-1511 (CD-Rom edition of the 1st edition, Directmedia, Berlin 2003).

Web links

• Organ in Rumbeck
• Organ atlas Ostwestfalen-Lippe by Hans-Werner Coordes

See also

• List of organ builders