Jacob Forrell

Jacob Forrell (partly also Forell; * July 28, 1821 in Morbach ; † May 6, 1893 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German organ builder .

Life

Jacob Forrell worked from 1842 as a journeyman with Franz Joseph Merklin , whose daughter Genofeva (1821-1887) he married in 1847. In 1849 he founded his own company in Kehl . From this time on he built cone shops . After the death of his father-in-law in 1857 he took over his workshop in Freiburg im Breisgau . From there he built 15 new organs until his death. In October 1890 he married Cäcilia, c. Linderer, b. Homola.

While his organs were described as high quality craftsmanship and artistically, Forrell was considered a difficult character. Again and again he allowed himself years beyond the set delivery and dunning deadlines, but at the same time charged the commissioning municipalities higher amounts than contractually agreed, mostly for unordered additional work and changes to the disposition .

List of works

The size of the instruments is indicated in the fifth column by the number of manuals and the number of sounding registers in the sixth column. A capital “P” stands for a separate pedal. Italicization indicates that the organ in question is no longer available or that only the brochure is from the workshop.

year	place	church	Manuals	register	Remarks
1851	Throat	Friedenskirche	II / P	21st	not received
1855	Bettmaringen	St. Fridolin	I / P	13	1982 restored by Fischer & Krämer Orgelbau
1855	Laufen (Sulzburg)	St. John	I / P	12	1998 reconstructed by the Freiburg organ builders Hartwig and Tilmann Späth
1857	Offnadingen	Holy cross	I / P	10	1972 restored by Fischer & Krämer Orgelbau
1859	Nunsweier	Ev. church	I / P	11	not received
1860	Appenweiher	St. Michael	I / P	15th	not received
1862	Önsbach	St. Joseph	I / P	13	Housing received
1863	Shaking	Assumption Day	III / P	32	1930 pneumatization; 1980 rebuilt by Orgelbau Vier (slider chest); Case and 24 registers from Forrell preserved in whole or in part
1863	Friesenheim (Baden)	Ev. church	I / P	15th	not received
1865	Murg	St. Magnus	II / P	31	1984 rebuilt by Mönch Orgelbau ; Due to the massive renovations in 1913 and 1960, Forrell pipes are probably only preserved in the registers Rohrflöte 4 'and Cornett 5-fold 8'.
1865	Forchheim (Rheinstetten)	St. Martin	II / P	25th	Conclusion of the contract in 1857; 1978/1979 rebuilt by Rieger Orgelbau ; Case and 16 registers from Forrell preserved in whole or in part
around 1870	Weilheim	St. Peter and Paul	II / P	16	1958 replaced by Willy Dold
1873	Ulm (Renchen)	St. Mauritius	II / P	25th	Conclusion of contract 1861; Reconstructed in 1991 by Georg Jann
1877	Kippenheim	St. Mauritius	II / P	22nd	Conclusion of contract 1867; 1957 replaced by Josef Schwarz
1880	Quantities (Schallstadt)	Ev. church	I / P	13	probably modified reconstruction of the instrument built by Johann Ignaz Seuffert in 1784 for Renchen-Ulm
1883	Freiburg in Breisgau	St. Martin	III / P	36	Conclusion of contract 1876; 1956 replaced by Willy Dold

literature

Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 , p. 97 .
Bernd Sulzmann : Historical organs in Baden. 1690-1890 . Schnell and Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 978-3-7954-0421-5 , pp. 285 .

Individual evidence

^ Karl Walz: Chronicle of the Ulm church organs . In: Sound out for the glory of God and the joy of people! Festschrift for the inauguration of the restored Forrell organ in the parish church “St. Mauritius “Renchen-Ulm on Sunday, June 2nd 1991 . S. 28 .
^ Mathias Bachmann u. a .: Chronicle of the parish of Rheinstetten-Forchheim . Rastatt 2007, p. 28 f .
^ Karl Walz: Chronicle of the Ulm church organs . In: Sound out for the glory of God and the joy of people! Festschrift for the inauguration of the restored Forrell organ in the parish church “St. Mauritius “Renchen-Ulm on Sunday, June 2nd 1991 . S. 14-28 .
↑ ^a ^b Sophia Hesser: Created for finer tones. Badische Zeitung , April 2, 2015, accessed on March 12, 2020 .
↑ Bernd Sulzmann: The organ builder family Martin in Waldkirch im Breisgau . Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-7651-0076-5 , p. 137 .
↑ Organ in Quantities , accessed on March 20, 2020.
↑ Bernd Sulzmann: The organ builder family Martin in Waldkirch im Breisgau . Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-7651-0076-5 , p. 169 .

personal data
SURNAME	Forrell, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Trout, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH	July 28, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH	Morbach
DATE OF DEATH	May 6, 1893
Place of death	Freiburg in Breisgau

[1] Karl Walz: Chronicle of the Ulm church organs . In: Sound out for the glory of God and the joy of people! Festschrift for the inauguration of the restored Forrell organ in the parish church “St. Mauritius “Renchen-Ulm on Sunday, June 2nd 1991 . S. 28 .

[2] Mathias Bachmann u. a .: Chronicle of the parish of Rheinstetten-Forchheim . Rastatt 2007, p. 28 f .

[3] Karl Walz: Chronicle of the Ulm church organs . In: Sound out for the glory of God and the joy of people! Festschrift for the inauguration of the restored Forrell organ in the parish church “St. Mauritius “Renchen-Ulm on Sunday, June 2nd 1991 . S. 14-28 .

[Hesser-4] Sophia Hesser: Created for finer tones. Badische Zeitung , April 2, 2015, accessed on March 12, 2020 .

[5] Bernd Sulzmann: The organ builder family Martin in Waldkirch im Breisgau . Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-7651-0076-5 , p. 137 .

[6] Organ in Quantities , accessed on March 20, 2020.

[7] Bernd Sulzmann: The organ builder family Martin in Waldkirch im Breisgau . Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-7651-0076-5 , p. 169 .