Johann Claussen Schmid

Johann Claussen Schmid (also: Schmid II ) (born March 6, 1811 in Leer ; † April 11, 1881 ) was a German organ builder who continued the Oldenburg line of the Schmid family and worked mainly in the Oldenburg region .

Life

Johann Claussen Schmid came from a widespread family of organ builders. He was the son of the organ builder Gerhard Janssen Schmid and learned organ building from him after school. After his death in 1845, Johann Claussen Schmid took over the Oldenburg workshop and ran it for a quarter of a century until his own death. His son Johann Martin Schmid continued the family business from 1881.

plant

Johann Claussen Schmid carried out numerous new organs and conversions in the Oldenburg area. In the Oldenburger Land there are more than 50 activities. In accordance with the romantic taste of the time, he made radical changes to the disposition of historical instruments. Most of these measures were reversed in the 20th century by the Alfred Führer company . Schmid created several one-manual village organs with mostly seven registers, but usually two-manual works with less than 20 registers. None of his organs have been completely preserved, but quite a few of his brochures and individual parts. The Schmid organ in Bardewisch is most complete (1859). His instrument is currently being restored in Switzerland (as of June 2011).

List of works (selection)

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 an independent pedal, a lowercase “p” for an attached pedal. Italics indicate that the organ in question is no longer available or that only the prospectus has been preserved.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1850	Stollhamm	St. Nikolai		II / P	12	Prospectus received
1853	Grossenkneten	Marienkirche		II / P	12	New building; Replaced in 1933 by an organ from Furtwängler & Hammer
1855	Huntlose	Saint Briccius Church		I / P	7th	New building; 5 registers received
1856	Eckwarden	St. Lamberti		II / P	14th	New building; Most of the registers preserved; Schmid had taken over 4 stops from the previous organ by Berendt Hus 1658–60.
1857	Ovelgönne	Martinskirche		I / p	5	New building behind the prospectus by Christian Nordt (1810); Replaced in 1955 by a Führer organ
1859	Bardewish	Holy Cross Church		II / P	13	New building; 9 registers preserved in whole or in part
1860	Strückhausen	St. John		II / P	15th	Reconstruction of the organ by Arp Schnitger (1698); Attachment of a separate pedal; 1914 extensive new building by Johann Martin Schmid
1861	Edewecht	St. Nikolai		I / P	16	New building; Replaced in 1976 by Hillebrand organ
1861	Altenesch	St. Gallus Church		II / P	18th	Exchange of registers on the organ by Georg Wilhelm Wilhelmy (1795); Subbass 16 ′ received
1862	Wiefelstede	St. John		II / P	18th	Reconstruction of the organ by Christian Vater (1731); Prospectus and 9 registers received from father, nothing from Schmid → Organ
1863	Neuenbrok	St. Nikolai		I / P	8th	New building; 4 registers received
1864	Westerstede	St. Petri		II / P	approx. 20	Reconstruction of the organ by Christian Kayser; Removal of the Rückpositiv, independent pedal added; Replaced in 1971 by a new building by Ahrend & Brunzema behind the historical main factory housing
1866	Nice bog	St. Catherine's		I / P	7th	New building; Replaced in 1976 by Hillebrand organ
1867	Fedderwarden	St. Stephen		II / P	18th	Originally built by Christian Vater for Wildeshausen , transferred in 1978; Prospectus received from father and 2 registers from Schmid
1868	Blinking	St. Hippolytus		II / P	18th	New building behind the prospectus by Joachim Kayser ; 1969 replaced by the Führer organ behind the historical prospectus
1869	Sweat	St. Secundus		II / P	16	New building; 1965 reconstruction by Führer; Prospectus and some registers received from Schmid
1870	Waddewarden	St. John's Church		II / P	20th	Changes to the arrangement and expansion of the organ by Joachim Kayser (1697) with an independent pedal in new pedal towers; Prospectus from Kayser and some pedal registers from Schmid received
1870	Oldenburg	Old garrison church		I / P	8th	1903 transferred to Wiefels in a reduced form, rebuilt by Johann Martin Schmid ; Remodeling by guides; 3 complete registers preserved, 3 partially
1871	Rastede	Ortisei		II / P	18th	New building using older pipework; Replaced in 1970 by the Führer organ
1872	Wilhelmshaven	Christ and Garrison Church		II / P	27	Destroyed in 1942
1872	Wilhelmshaven -Newende	Jakobikirche		II / P	13	Replaced in 1959 by the Führer organ
1874	Saint Joost	St. Jodocus		I / P	7th	New building; few registers preserved
1875	Neuchâtel	St. Georg, castle chapel		II / P	12	New building; few registers preserved
1875	Nordenham- Atens	St. Mary		I / P	7th	New building; Replaced by Walcker organ in 1922
1875	Schweiburg	St. Mary		I / P	7th	New building; Replaced in 1967 by the Walcker organ
1876	Great Sea	St. Anna		I / P	7th	New building; few registers preserved
1877	Esenshamm	St. Matthew		II / P	15th	New building to replace organ by Arp Schnitger (1705); Replaced by Bosch organ in 1968
1879	Burhave	St. Petri		II / P	18th	New building; Replaced in 1967 by the Walcker organ
1880	Kirchhammelwarden	Friedrichskirche		II / P	24	Change of disposition of the organ by Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer , of which the prospectus and 10 registers have been preserved; Schmid's measures were reversed by leaders in 1935 and 1969.
1880	Stuhr	St. Pancras		II / P	12	New building; Replaced in 1955 by a Führer organ
1881	Delmenhorst	City Church		II / P	20th	According to the contract; 1908 New building by Faber & Greve

Schmid also made changes to the disposition in Accum (1848), Strückhausen (1860), Abbehausen (1862), Seefeld (Stadland) (1863), Jever , Stadtkirche (1864), Wiarden (1872), Oldenburg , Lambertikirche (1873), Rodenkirchen ( Stadland) (1874), Jade , Trinity Church (1874).

literature

• Walter Kaufmann : The organs of the old Duchy of Oldenburg . Stalling, Oldenburg 1962.
• Georg Linnemann: Music history of the city of Oldenburg . Stalling, Oldenburg 1956 (Oldenburg research; 8).
• Fritz Schild: Organ atlas of the historical and modern organs of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg . Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2008, ISBN 3-7959-0894-9 .
• Harald Vogel , Reinhard Ruge, Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: Organ landscape Ostfriesland . 2nd Edition. Soltau-Kurier-Norden, Norden 1997, ISBN 3-928327-19-4 .

See also

• List of organs in Oldenburg

Individual evidence

1. ^ Georg Linnemann: Music history of the city of Oldenburg . Stalling, Oldenburg 1956, p. 49-51 (Oldenburg Research; 8).
2. ^ Linnemann: Music history of the city of Oldenburg . 1956, p. 49.
3. ↑ Sign: Organ Atlas . 2008, p. 19.
4. ↑ 130,000 euros for Schmid organ in Switzerland . In: NWZ Online from May 10, 2010, accessed on April 17, 2018.
5. ↑ organ in Altenesch on NOMINE eV , accessed on 17 April 2018th
6. ↑ organ in welding on NOMINE eV , accessed on 17 April 2018th