Johann Bernhard Nollet

Johann Bernhard Nollet (* 1748 ; † approx. 1802 ) was a German organ builder with a workshop in Trier .

life and work

Nollet was the son of Roman Benedikt Nollet and his second wife Irmina Claeres. He was baptized in Trier on October 9, 1748. He learned organ building and initially built it together with his father. In 1777 he took over his father's organ building workshop. He was the last member of the organ building family.

In terms of style, the Belgian-Luxembourgish shaped organs show parallels with the König family organ builders from the Münstereifel and Cologne area. This is how the Cornett typically encounters. Like König, Nollet uses the Tintinabulum (glockenspiel) register , for example on his organ in Klausen . Apart from a trombone bass, the pedal works of the Nollet organs are usually not independent. His organ in Orval Abbey was one of the largest, possibly even the largest, in Europe, but it did not exist for two decades.

List of works

Proven work:

year	place	church	Manuals	register	Remarks
1773	Klausen	St. Mary	II / P	38	together with his father; after the abolition of the monastery church in 1804 transferred to Metz, St. Martin Church (photo); Largely preserved in a rebuilt form
1775-1780	Orval Abbey (Belgium)	Monastery church	IV / P	75	together with his father; not received
1786	Himmerod Monastery	Monastery church	III / P	39	not received
1783-1786	Prüm Abbey	Monastery church	II / P	25th	Prospectus received

literature

Franz Bösken , Hermann Fischer , Matthias Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4: Koblenz and Trier administrative districts, Altenkirchen and Neuwied districts (= contributions to the history of music in the Middle Rhine region . Volume 40 ). 2 volumes. Schott, Mainz 2005, ISBN 978-3-7957-1342-3 .

Web links

Saarland biographies

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Organ in Himmerod , accessed on May 10, 2019.
^ Bösken, Fischer, Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, part 1. 2005, p. 175.
^ Bösken, Fischer, Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, part 1. 2005, p. 32.
^ Bösken, Fischer, Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, part 2. 2005, pp. 863-868.

personal data
SURNAME	Nollet, Johann Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH	baptized October 9, 1748
DATE OF DEATH	around 1802

[Himmerod-1] Organ in Himmerod , accessed on May 10, 2019.

[2] Bösken, Fischer, Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, part 1. 2005, p. 175.

[3] Bösken, Fischer, Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, part 1. 2005, p. 32.

[4] Bösken, Fischer, Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, part 2. 2005, pp. 863-868.