Johann Christoph Hüsemann

Johann Christoph Hüsemann (* 1702 in Eutin , † February 20, 1774 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German organ builder of the high and late baroque and around the middle of the 18th century court and country organ builder in Wolfenbüttel.

life and work

His father was the Eutinian carpenter Hans Jakob Hüsemann. On June 21, 1742 Johann Christoph Hüsemann married Anna Margaretha Langeschwad, daughter of the citizen Johann Heinrich Langeschwad from Wolfenbüttel. On July 27, 1743, their son Johann Ferdinand Hüsemann († September 29, 1812) was born, who also became an organ builder and probably worked in his father's workshop until his father's death in 1774. In the third generation, his son Johann Friedrich Ernst Hüsemann (born September 14, 1745, † after 1823) continued the craft of his grandfather and father.

List of works

The list includes newly built or rebuilt organs. There are also numerous organ repairs.

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1730	Braunschweig	Bartholomew Chapel		I.	10	New building
before 1749	Küblingen	St. Mary		I.	10	New building
before 1750	Gittelde	Johanniskirche		I.	6th	New construction of a positive
1747-1750	Helmstedt	St. Stephen's Church		III / P	35	Extension by two pedal towers; Housing received
around 1750	Schöppenstedt	St. Stephen		II / P	23	New building
1753	Greene	St. Martini		I / P	approx. 13	Installation of slider drawers instead of spring drawers, addition of a separate pedal; Received in a modified form
1763	Königslutter am Elm	Imperial Cathedral				New building
1765	Celle	City Church		I.	4th	New building
	Wolfenbüttel	Marienkirche		III / P	at 40	Reconstruction of the organ by Gottfried Fritzsche (1619–1623); Reconstruction of the Rückpositiv into an upper work, extension of the pedal, prospectus moved forward, new windchest, rescheduling; Reconstructed prospectus and 6 Fritzsche registers preserved
1766-1769	Denstorf	St. John's Church				New building
1767-1769	Steterburg	Collegiate church				New building
1771	Eschershausen	St. Martin		II / P	19th	New building
before 1774	Braunschweig	St. Martini		III / P	30th	Extension by a breastwork with 6 registers; Prospectus received

literature

• Wolfgang Cheap: The collegiate church in Steterburg. Self-published by the Braunschweigischer Geschichtsverein , Braunschweig 1982.
• Uwe Pape : The organs of the city of Celle. Pape, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-921140-55-2 .
• Uwe Pape, Jochen Weihmann (images): organs and organ builders in Braunschweig. Pape, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-921140-99-4 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friederich Thöne: Spirit and splendor of an old residence. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1963, p. 266.
2. ^ Wolfgang Billig: The collegiate church in Steterburg. P. 193.
3. ↑ Uwe Pape: The organs of the city of Celle. 2000, p. 221.
4. ↑ Uwe Pape: The organs of the city of Celle. 2000, p. 147.