Johann Christian Adam Gerhard

Johann Christian Adam Gerhard (t) (born August 17, 1780 in Lindig ; † May 6, 1837 in Dorndorf ) was a German organ builder.

Life

As the son of the organ builder Christian August Gerhard , Johann Christian Adam belonged to the third generation of organ builders of the Gerhard family in Thuringia. He married in Dorndorf in 1814 and moved the workshop there that his father had run in Lindig .

Works (selection)

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
	Crölpa-Löbschütz					Poppe organ
	Aue
1817	Dorndorf	Ev. church		II / P	19th
1818	Kosnitz	Village church		II / P	14th
1819/20	Grossobringen	St. Peter and Paul		II / P	20th	Later minor rescheduling, otherwise largely preserved
1820	Dornburg	St. Jacobi Church		II / P	20th	five stops taken from the previous organ, almost completely preserved
1819-1821	Reichardt advertising	Ev. church		II / P	19th
1821	Hainichen	Ev. church		II / P	14th
1822	Jena	St. John Baptist		I / p	9	Canceled in 1910
1823	Troistedt	St. Jacob's Church		II / P	18th
1823/24	Kötschau	Village church		I / P	9	Restoration, installation of new prospect pipes 2018
1824	Isserstedt	Ev. church		II / P	19th
1824	Side rod
1824	Leuchtenburg					Not received
1825	Lichtenau	Ev. church		I / p	8th	Prospect whistles are missing
1828	Casekirchen	Ev. church		II / P	16
1830	Olbersleben			II / P	25th	Organ received dismantled
1831	Leislau			I / P	8th	Rebuilt in 1831
1832	Shorba					remain unknown
1834	Saalborn	Ev. church		II / P	12	The sound is influenced by the classical and early romantic. The windchest, action and parts of the pipework as well as the case are originally preserved. The instrument is a listed building.
1835	Wickerstedt			II / P	20th	Last work, heavily changed.

literature

• District Office Weimarer Land (ed.): Queen of instruments. An organ guide through the Weimar region and Weimarer Land. Friedrichshafen 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-021071-6
• Albrecht Dietl: The organ building family Gerhard in East Thuringia. An overview. In: Thuringian Organ Journal. Thuringian Organ Summer, Arnstadt 1994
• Matthias Schubert & Hans-Martin Striebel: Thuringian masterpieces: The organs of the Gerhard family . Harfe Verlag Rudolstadt-Schwarza 2017, ISBN 978-3-96140-025-6 .

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