Jürgen Ahrend organ building
Jürgen Ahrend Orgelbau is an organ building company in Leer-Loga , East Frisia . She achieved world fame through the restoration of baroque organs, including the Arp Schnitger organs of the Jacobikirche Hamburg , the Martinikerk in Groningen (NL) and the Ludgerikirche in the north as well as the Ebert organ of the Hofkirche Innsbruck . It was founded by Jürgen Ahrend (born April 28, 1930 in Treuenhagen near Göttingen ). His son Hendrik Ahrend has been running the company since 2005.
history
Jürgen Ahrend was born in 1930 as the son of Heinrich Ahrend, who had studied music, was a singer and choir director and played various keyboard and string instruments. In his first marriage Jürgen Ahrend was born with Margarete. Bartels, who married the Dutch organist Klaas Bolt on January 2, 1990 . Of the five children in total, Sievert and Heiko Ahrend are musicians, composers and music producers.
Jürgen Ahrend learned his trade from 1945 with Paul Ott in Göttingen and at the age of 24 founded the company Ahrend & Brunzema (1954–1971) in Leer-Loga together with Gerhard Brunzema (1927–1992) . The first work of this cooperative was the restoration of the organ of the reformed church in Larrelt . The restoration of the historical organs in Westerhusen , Uttum and Rysum in the Krummhörn , which were again tuned to a medium tone , caused a worldwide sensation , which initiated a return to traditional craftsmanship techniques and musical aesthetic sound ideals. Due to the location of the workshop in the middle of the organ landscape of East Friesland with its numerous original instruments, one had enough opportunity to deal with the essence of these organs. Ahrend and Brunzema received the Lower Saxony State Prize for Crafts in 1962. Up to 1971 the catalog of the jointly produced or restored works comprised 74 instruments. That year Brunzema left the company to settle in Canada, where he started his own business in 1980 and died in 1992.
Between 1972 and 2004, Jürgen Ahrend and his employees built, reconstructed or restored 90 more plants. Jürgen Ahrend earned his reputation as one of the leading organ builders and restorers due to his consistent restoration practice and his high level of intonation . On May 21, 1986 Jürgen Ahrend received the Lower Saxony State Prize for Culture and on May 5, 2007 the Buxtehude Prize of the city of Lübeck . He was awarded an honorary doctorate (Dr. iur. Hc) on April 19, 2000 by Monash University, Victoria (Australia).
Hendrik Ahrend (born August 11, 1963) worked in his father's company after graduating in 1983. After the organ building apprenticeship with Johannes Rohlf in Neubulach (1984-1987) and the civil service (1987/88) he came back to his father's company (1988/89 and 1996-2000), but interrupted his work by studying American studies and Sports Science (1989-1995). Since 1998 he has been entrusted with increasing amounts of work. In 1998 he took over the intonation of the labial pipes of the organ in Dornum and, in 2002, was responsible for the planning of the organ for the Luther Church in Leer . Hendrik Ahrend completed the master course at the music school for organ building in Ludwigsburg in 2000 and then studied 14 months with his teacher Johannes Rohlf. In 2004 he received the International Arp Schnitger Prize for his services. After 50 years of successful activity, Jürgen Ahrends has been managed by his son since February 2005. Hendrik Ahrend continues the tradition of his father, but also breaks new ground by re-using the historical sand casting process to make pipes. He uses hot glue to glue on leather and to seal wood in the winch or in the wind chests in order to prevent lead corrosion of the pipes. It is created by leaking acetic acid from oak or by using acetate glue . Hendrik Ahrend is a project partner in the research project “Development of Measures to Reduce Lead Corrosion on Organ Pipes from the 17th and 18th Centuries”, which is funded from 2016 to 2018 by the German Federal Environmental Foundation and the Hanover Monastery Chamber. For over 30 years he has been playing semi-professional bluegrass with his brother Heiko, but in recent years has concentrated entirely on organ building.
Works (selection)
The size of the instruments is indicated by the number of manuals (Roman numerals) and the number of sounding registers (Arabic numerals). A separate pedal is marked with a capital "P", an attached pedal with a small "p". R = restoration, Rk = reconstruction and NB = new building. The links in the last column refer to further information and the dispositions .
Ahrend & Brunzema (1954–1971)
year | opus | place | church | image | Manuals | register | info |
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1954/88 | 1/129 | Emden- Larrelt | Larrelter Church | I / p | 11 | Restoration of the organ by Johannes Millensis (1619) → Organ |
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1955 | 4th | Westerhusen | Westerhuser Church | I / p | 7th | Restoration of the organ by Jost Sieburg (1643) → Organ |
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1957 | 8th | Emden- Harsweg | reformed Church | I. | 4th | New building | |
1957 | 9 | Uttum | Uttum Church | I. | 9 | Restoration of the organ (around 1650) → Organ |
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1957 (1997) | 10 | Veldhausen | Old Reformed Church | I (II / P) | 6 (13) | New building with horizontal trumpet → organ ( Dutch ) |
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1959/2002 | 18th | Scheveningen (NL) | Zorgvlietkerk | III / P | 26th | New building; since 2016 in Leer-Loga, St. Marien → organ |
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1960 | 22nd | Zutphen (NL) | Walburgiskerk | I / p | 6th | New construction of the choir organ → organ ( Dutch ) |
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1961 | 25th | Rysum | Rysumer Church | I. | 7th | Restoration of the organ (1457/1531), exposure of the late Gothic prospect, reconstruction of the lost carving, the double doors and three stops → organ |
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1961 | 27 | Aurich | Lamberti Church | II / P | 25th | Groundbreaking new building based on the classic principles of organ building, breastwork prepared for expansion → organ |
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1962 | 30th | Bremen | St. Martini | III / P | 33 | New building in the historic case by Marten de Mare / Christian Bockelmann (1619) → organ |
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1964 | 35 | Hatzum | St. Sebastian Church | I / p | 7th | New building with double doors → organ |
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1965 | 41 | Amsterdam (NL) | Oude Kerk | II / P | 17th | New construction of the choir organ in the historical case by Hans Wolff Schonat (1658) → organ |
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1965 | 43 | Amsterdam (NL) | Oude Waalse Kerk | II / P | 26th | Restoration of the organ by Christian Müller (1734) → Organ ( Dutch ) |
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1966/96 | 45 | Bremen - Oberneuland | St. Johann | III / P | 28 | New building in the style of the north German baroque organ; Chestpiece prepared in 1996 expanded → Organ (PDF; 198 kB) |
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1967 | 49 | Castrop-Rauxel | Johanneskirche in Schwerin- Frohlinde | III / P | 27 | New building | |
1968 | 57 | Gutersloh | Gospel Church | II / P | 20th | New building in the style of the North German-Dutch baroque organ → organ |
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1968 | 58 | Haarlem (NL) | Doopsgezinde kerk | III / P | 24 | New building → organ |
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1969 | 62 | Hamburg | Reformed Church Altona | II / P | 15th | New building → organ |
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1969 | 63 | Loga | reformed Church | I / P | 9 | New building | |
1966/69/87 | 65 | Marienhafe | Marienkirche | II / p | 20th | Restoration of the organ by Gerhard von Holy (1713) in several construction phases → organ |
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1970 | 68 | Frankfurt am Main | Cantate Domino Church | III / P | 33 | New building → organ (PDF; 1.9 MB) |
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1970 | 69 | Uelsen | reformed Church | II / P | 20th | New building in the historical case by Johann Gustav Schilling (1768) → organ |
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1965-1970 / 1975-1977 | 70 | innsbruck | Court Church | II / p | 15th | Restoration of the organ by Jörg Ebert (1561) → Organ |
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1971 | 72 | Westerstede | St. Peter's Church | II / p | 22nd | Reconstructing new building behind the prospectus by Joachim Kayser (1687), addition of a Rückpositiv → organ |
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1963-1971 | 74 | Empty | Big church | III / P | 37 | Consolidation of the organ in its grown state in different construction phases → organ |
Jürgen Ahrend (1972-2004)
year | opus | place | church | image | Manuals | register | info |
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1972 | 75 | Reinbek | Nathan Söderblom Church | II / P | 19th | New building → organ |
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1972 | 76 | Eugene (USA) | University of Oregon | IV / P | 38 | New building → organ |
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1966-1973 | 79 | Ochtersum | St. Materniani Church | I / p | 9 | Restoration of the organ by Christian Klausing (1737) → Organ |
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1972-1975, 1993/1994 | 81/141 | Stade | St. Cosmae et Damiani | III / P | 42 | Restoration of the organ by Berendt Hus / Arp Schnitger (1673) → organ |
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1974 | 83 | Taizé (F) | Church of Reconciliation | III / P | 28 | New building, since 1996 in the cathedral of Lyon (photo) → organ |
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1975 | 84 | Hamburg | Christian Community Johnsallee | II / P | 18th | New building | |
1975 | 90 | Frankfurt am Main | Evangelical town church Höchst | II / P | 18th | New building | |
1975 | 92 | Sloten (NL) | Protestant Church | II / p | 16 | Restoration of the organ by Albertus van Gruisen (1786) → Organ |
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1975 | 93 | Empty loga | Residential building Ahrend | II / p | 8th | New building | |
1977 | 97 | Duderstadt | St. Servatius | III / P | 28 | New building | |
1978 | 98 | Edinburgh (GB) | Reid Concerthall | II / P | 21st | New building | |
1978 | 100 | Joure (NL) | Protestant Church | III / P | 27 | New building → organ |
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1979 | 103 | Melbourne (AUS) | Monash University | IV / P | 45 | New building → organ |
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1980 | 104 | Leiden (NL) | Hooglandse Kerk | II / P | 24 | Restoration of the organ by Pieter Jans de Swart (1565) → Organ |
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1981 | 105 | Toulouse (F) | Musée des Augustins | III / P | 33 | New building → organ |
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1982/1999 | 107 | Ludingworth | St. Jacobi Church | III / P | 35 | Restoration of the organ by Antonius Wilde (1599) → Organ |
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1978-1983 | 108 | Weener | Evangelical Reformed Church | II / P | 29 | Restoration of the organ by Arp Schnitger (1710) → Organ |
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1983 | 110 | Worfelden | Ev. church | I. | 6th | Restoration of the organ by Adam Knauth (1624) → Organ |
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1976/1977/1983/1984 | 96/111 | Groningen (NL) | Martinikerk | III / P | 52 | Restoration of the organ by Arp Schnitger (1692) → Organ |
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1985 | 115 | Porrentruy (CH) | Église des Jésuites, Lycée Cantonale | II / P | 30th | New building, copy of the Silbermann organ from Glauchau → organ |
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1981-1985 | 116 | north | Ludgeri Church | III / P | 46 | Restoration of the organ by Arp Schnitger (1692) → Organ |
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1985 | 118 | Stellicht | St. Georg Christophorus Jodokus Church | II / p | 12 | Reconstruction of the organ by Marten de Mare (1610) → organ |
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1986 | 120 | Tokyo (Japan) | St. Gregory House | II / p | 13 | New building | |
1986 | 121 | Kantens (NL) | Antoniuskerk | I / p | 10 | Restoration of the Huys organ (1660s) → organ | |
1986/1987 | 127 | Vienna (A) | Michaelerkirche | III / P | 40 | Restoration of the organ by Johann David Sieber (1714) → Organ |
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1987-1990 | 128 | Stade | St. Wilhadi | III / P | 40 | Restoration of the organ by Erasmus Bielfeldt (1736) → Organ |
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1989 | 130 | Tsukuba (Japan) | Bach Grove | II / P | 19th | New building | |
1989 | 131 | Wetzlar | Franciscan Church | II / P | 22nd | New building → organ |
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1990 | 134 | Milan (I) | San Simpliciano | III / P | 35 | New building | |
1991 | 135 | Pilsum | Kreuzkirche | II / p | 16 | Restoration of the organ by Valentin Ulrich Grotian (1694) → Organ |
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1991 | 138 | Zwettl (A) | pen | III / P | 35 | Restoration of the organ by Johann Ignaz Egedacher (1731) → Organ |
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1990-1993 | 139 | Hamburg | Saint Jacobi | IV / P | 60 | Restoration of the organ by Arp Schnitger (1693) → Organ |
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1993 | 140 | Payerne (CH) | Parish church | II / P | 22nd | Reconstruction of the organ by Johann Melchior Grob (1787) → Organ |
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1993/1994 | 143 | Trondheim (N) | Nidaros Cathedral | II / P | 30th | Restoration of the organ by Joachim Wagner (1741) → Organ |
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1994/1995 | 144 | Osteel | Warnfried Church | II / p | 13 | Restoration of the organ by Edo Evers (1619) → Organ |
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1995 | 145 | Munich | German museum | II / P | 17th | New building → organ |
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1997 | 147 | Landshut | St. Jodok | II / P | 15th | New building → organ |
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1997 | 149 | Tokyo (Japan) | Nihon University | III / P | 41 | New building → organ |
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1997 | 150 | Stuttgart | Music college | II / P | 15th | New building → organ |
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1998 | 151 | Logabirum | Logabirum Church | I / P | 10 | New building, the prospectus is based on the previous organ (around 1725) → Organ |
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1997/1998 | 153 | Dornum | St. Bartholomew Church | III / P | 32 | Restoration of the organ by Gerhard von Holy (1711) → Organ |
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1999 | 156 | Payerne (CH) | Abbey church | I / p | 11 | New building → organ |
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2000 | 157 | Lübeck | Lübeck Cathedral (Italian organ) | I / p | 10 | Restoration of the Biaggio di Rosa organ (1777) → Organ |
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2000 | 158 | Kongsberg (N) | Kongsberg church | III / P | 42 | Restoration of the organ by Gottfried Heinrich Gloger (1765) → Organ |
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2001 | 159 | Trebel | Lutheran Church | II / P | 19th | Restoration of the organ by Johann Georg Stein (1777) → Organ |
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2002 | 160 | Empty | Luther Church | III / P | 39 | New building in the historical case by Hinrich Just Müller (1795) → organ |
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2002 | 161 | Cologne | Ursuline Church | II / P | 19th | New building in the style of the north German baroque organ → organ |
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2002/2003 | 162 | Wilten (A) | Collegiate church | I / P | 4 (10) | Restoration of the organ by Daniel Herz (1675) → Organ |
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2003/04 | 163 | Altenbruch | St. Nicolai Church | III / P | 35 | Restoration of the organ by Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer (1730) Organ |
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2004 | 164 | Hokksund (N) | Haug, Norway kirke | II / P | 22nd | New building → organ |
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2004/2008/2012 | 165/183 | Oldersum | Oldersum Church | II / P | 18th | New construction in several construction phases → organ |
Hendrik Ahrend (from 2005)
year | opus | place | church | image | Manuals | register | info |
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2005 | 170 | Notre Dame / Indiana (USA) | University of Notre Dame | I. | 5 | New building | |
2005 | 171 | Pernegg (A) | Pernegg Abbey | II / P | 18th | restoration | |
2006 | 172 | Calgary (CA) | University of Calgary | II / P | 21st | New building → organ |
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2007 | 176 | Herzogenaurach | St. Otto | II / P | 26th | New building in the north German tradition → organ |
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2007 | 177 | Vaison-la-Romaine (F) | Cathédrale Notre Dame | II / P | 20th | New building → organ |
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2007 | 178 | Kantens (NL) | Antoniuskerk | II / p | 15th | Reconstruction of the Rückpositiv → organ |
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2007 | 179 | Våler (N) | Våler church | I. | 8th | Restoration of the Samuelsen organ (around 1781) → organ | |
2007/08 | 180 | Empty | Catholic Apostolic Church | II / P | 10 | New building in the style of the early 19th century | |
2008 | 181 | Pischelsdorf (A) | Pilgrimage Church Hart | I. | 6th | Restoration of the organ by Konrad Zerndl (1628) → Organ |
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2009 | 187 | Venice (I) | Chiesa di San Salvador | I. | 8th | New building → organ |
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2009 | 188 | Melle | St. Matthew | II / P | 23 | Restoration of the Klausing organ (1713) → organ |
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2009 | 189 | King Wusterhausen | Kreuzkirche | II / P | 19th | New building behind the historic prospectus (1706) → organ |
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2010 | 194 | Brixen (I) | Frauenkirche on the cloister | II / P | 11 | Restoration of the organ by Daniel Herz (1649) → Organ (PDF; 978 kB) |
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2010/2011 | 195 | Hollern | St. Mauritius | II / P | 24 | Restoration of the organ by Arp Schnitger (1690) → Organ |
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2011/2012 | 199 | Worpswede | Zion Church | II / P | 24 | New construction based on the lost predecessor organ by Dietrich Christoph Gloger (1762) → organ |
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2011/2012 | 200 | Buttforde | St. Mary's Church | I / p | 9 | Restoration of the organ by Joachim Richborn (1701) → Organ |
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2012/2013 | 202 | Abbey (South Tyrol) | St. Jakob and Leonhard | III / P | 35 | New building | |
2013 | 203 | St. Peter (Black Forest) | Maria Lindenberg | II / P | 17th | New building | |
2013/2014 | 204 | Möllenbeck Monastery | Monastery church | II / P | 20th | Restoration of the organ by Christian Wilhelm Möhling (1844) → Organ |
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2015 | 207 | Langwarden | St. Laurence | II / P | 21st | Restoration of the organ by Hermann Kröger and Berendt Hus , reconstruction of the missing registers | |
2015 | 208 | Hüls (Krefeld) | St. Cyriac | I / p | 8th | Restoration of the organ by Peter Weidtmann the Elder (1683) | |
2015-2016 | 210 | Heidelberg | St. Raphael | II / P | 32 | New building | |
2017 | 212 | Engelhartszell (A) | Engelhartszell parish church | II / P | 13 | New building | |
2017 | 213 | Tokyo (J) | Private | II / P | 7th | New building | |
2014-2018 | 206/215 | Empty | Big church | III / P | 48 | Restoration / reconstruction and extension by an upper structure → organ |
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2019 | 216 | Tübingen | Evangelical College for Church Music | II / P | 14th | New building, also 4 pedal transmissions, mid-tone and well-tempered, switchable via alternating loops (18 pipes per octave) | |
2018-2020 | regensburg | Trinity Church | III / P | 47 | New building in the historic housing by Franz Jakob Späth (1758) |
literature
- Uwe Pape: Jürgen Ahrend and Gerhard Brunzema. In: Organ Yearbook. No. 3, 1972, pp. 24-35.
- 25 years of organ building Jürgen Ahrend 1954–1979. Self-published, Leer-Loga 1979.
- Menna Hansmann: There is a heavenly roar and roar again. In: Ostfriesland-Journal. No. 4, 1991, pp. 33-39.
- Günter Lade (Ed.): 40 years of organ building Jürgen Ahrend 1954–1994 . Self-published, Leer-Loga 1994.
- Heimo Reinitzer (Hrsg.): The Arp Schnitger organ of the main church St. Jacobi in Hamburg . Christians, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-7672-1187-4 , (including Jürgen Ahrend: The restoration of the Arp Schnitger organ at St. Jacobi in Hamburg. Inventory and restoration report compiled by Günter Lade, with a contribution by Cor Edskes , Pp. 127-265).
- James L. Wallmann, Lawrence H. Moe (Eds.): Jürgen Ahrend, organbuilder. Celebrating forty years of his career (1954-1994). American Organ Academy, Oakland / CA 1995.
- Wolfgang Henninger: East Frisian organ building with world renown . In: Our East Frisia . 1995, p. 8.
- Thomas Schumacher: For heaven's glory, people for joy . In: Ostfriesland-Magazin . No. 6, 1996, pp. 35-37.
- Peter Golon, Harald Vogel (ed.): Fiori gratulatorii Jürgen Ahrend - Organopoeius. For the 50th anniversary of the organ workshop in Leer and Loga dagli amici e ammiratori . CSW Druckservice, Grasberg 2004.
- John Hamilton: Ahrend, Jürgen (B. 1930) . In: Douglas E. Bush, Richard Kassel (Eds.): The Organ. To Encyclopedia . Routledge, New York / London 2006, ISBN 0-415-94174-1 , pp. 22–23 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Craftsmen set the tone . In: Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland (Ed.): We are craftsmen: 100 years Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland . Aurich 2008, p. 46 f . ( online [PDF; 3.8 MB ]).
- Marinette Extermann and Benoît Zimmermann: Entretien avec Jürgen Ahrend. In: Les orgues des églises médievales de Payerne. Association pour la mise en valeur des orgues Ahrend de Payerne. Payerne 2010. pp. 27-43.
- Winfried Dahlke , Jürgen Ahrend: The documentation of the organ in the Evangelical Reformed Church in Leer - the historical pipework . Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2011, ISBN 978-3-7959-0927-7 (first version 2008 Print on Demand).
- Reinhard Ruge: The Arp Schnitger organ in the Ludgerikirche in the north (East Frisia) . Florian Isensee, Oldenburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-7308-1550-2 , (including Jürgen Ahrend: restoration report with photos , pp. 82–128).
- Markus Zimmermann: 65 years of organ building Ahrend 1954–2019 (= Great Art Guide / Cities and Individual Objects. Volume 292). Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-7954-3499-1 .
Web links
- Official homepage (with history and list of works)
- Info and link list (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Radio Nordseewelle , accessed on March 10, 2018.
- ^ J. van 't Hul: Een huwelijk van honderd dagen . In: Reformatory Dagblad . July 19, 1991, p. 3.
- ↑ a b Homepage Heiko Ahrend , accessed on March 10, 2018.
- ↑ a b Homepage Jürgen Ahrend Orgelbau : History , accessed on August 12, 2017.
- ^ Cleveland Johnson : Ems-Dollart Region . In: Douglas E. Bush, Richard Kassel (Eds.): The Organ. To Encyclopedia . Routledge, New York, London 2006, ISBN 0-415-94174-1 , p. 172: “The emergence of the Ems-Dollart organs as cultural treasures of worldwide significance was made possible by four important events: (1) the founding of the Jürgen Ahrend and Gerhard Brunzema workshop (Leer) in 1954, which quickly established itself as the leading shop for restoration and conservation ".
- ↑ Nachtorgel: Künstler 2005 ( Memento from September 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on August 12, 2017.
- ↑ Arp Schnitger Society : Prize Winners, accessed on August 12, 2017.
- ↑ MPA Bremen , accessed on March 6, 2017.