Johann Andreas Stein (organ builder, 1752)
Johann Andreas Stein (* 1752 in Heidelsheim , Electoral Palatinate , † 1821 ) was a German organ builder in the Baltic States .
Life
Johann Andreas Stein came from a family of organ builders in Baden, his brother Georg Marcus Stein (1738–1794) later became an organ builder in Durlach . Johann Andreas Stein went to Riga to Heinrich Andreas Contius in the mid-1770s , with whom he built several organs together. From 1780 both had their workshop in Wolmar (today Valmiera, Latvia), from around 1786 Stein worked there alone. Around 1800 he moved to Pernau (today Pärnu, Estonia).
Organs (selection)
Johann Andreas Stein built organs in what was then the Russian governorate of Livonia , today in Latvia and Estonia. The instruments in Kihelkonna , as the oldest existing organ in Estonia, and in Käsmu (previously in Reval, St. Michael), as well as parts of the large organ in Liepāja (Libau), on which he was involved, have been preserved.
year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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until 1779 | Libau , today Liepāja, Latvia | Trinity Church | II / P | 38 | with Heinrich Andreas Contius , after which the organ was expanded several times, to become the largest mechanically damaged organ in the world → organ | |
1780 | Wolmar , today Valmiera, Latvia | St. Simonis Church | with Heinrich Andreas Contius, probably not preserved | |||
1783 | Riga , today Latvia | reformed Church | II / P | 14th | with Heinrich Andreas Contius, not preserved | |
1786 | Wenden , today Cēsis, Latvia | St. John's Church | probably not received | |||
1787 | Welfare , today Ēvele, Latvia | church | alone | |||
1804 | Great Johannes, today Suure-Jaani, Estonia | church | not received | |||
1805 | Kielkond , today Kihelkonna, Estonia | St. Michael Church | I / P | 12 | in rococo brochure, oldest surviving organ in Estonia, restored in 2007 by Alexander Eckert | |
1806 | Nüggen , today Nõo | church | not received | |||
1812 | Reval , today Tallinn | Nikolaikirche | II / P | 28 | not received | |
1813/14 | Reval , today Tallinn | Swedish Church of St. Michael | with pipes and shop from the 17th century, moved to Käsmu in 1895 , today II / P, 18, restored |
Web links
- Estonian organs by Toomas Mäevali, 2002 (PDF, Memento, German)
Individual evidence
- ^ Michael Gerhard Kaufmann: Organ history in Karlsruhe. In: Ars Organi . 60th year. Issue 1. 2012. pp. 3–9, here p. 4 (PDF)
- ↑ Alexander Fiseisky : The history of the organ in Latvia. In: Acta Organologica , 28, 2004. pp. 11-36. Summary
- ↑ Organ in Kielkonna Orgeldatabase (Dutch)
- ↑ Projects. Alexander Eckert, Section 7, accessed on December 31, 2019 .
- ↑ International Symposium on the Preservation of Historic Organs in the Baltic States using the example of the Johann Andreas Stein Organ. In: Association of Restorers (VDR) Bulletin 3 2006. Accessed on December 31, 2019 .
- ↑ organ in Käsmu organ Database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Stein, Johann Andreas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder in the Baltic States |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1752 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelsheim , Electoral Palatinate |
DATE OF DEATH | 1821 |