Johann Conrad Müller (organ builder)

Johann Conrad Müller (* 1704 in Hildesheim ; † 1798 ) was a German organ builder of the 18th century who worked in the Hildesheim area.

Life

Müller was born the son of the organ builder Johann Georg Müller, who came from Sankt Andreasberg and was married three times. It is assumed that there is a family relationship with the organ builder Christian Müller from Haarlem . Johann Conrad's younger brother Johann Gottlieb Müller was also an organ builder. Around 1750 Johann Conrad took over the Hildesheim workshop from his father, who died around 1753. On May 6, 1756 he married Ilsa Maria Magdalena Hettingen. A son Johann Christian was born to both of them. His journeyman Georg Andreas Almes continued Müller's organ building tradition.

plant

Johann Conrad built four organs together with his father. There are evidence of 19 new organs built by him, and a further seven are attributed to him. His sphere of activity was limited to Hildesheim and the surrounding area.

Müller's flat and strict prospectus design is characteristic and has parallels with the Schnitger School, especially with Christian Vater . Polygonal and pointed towers alternate with flat fields. The veil boards of the pipe fields and the lateral blind wings are richly decorated with openwork carving in the Rococo style. The pipework has an unusually high lead content of 90–98%; the proportion of tin is correspondingly low. The organ pipes have thinned walls and different foot lengths. Another characteristic of Müller is that the prospect pipes and all covered pipes have round labia, while all open pipes have pointed labia.

List of works (selection)

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1746	Almstedt	St. Mauritius		I / P	15th	together with Johann Georg Müller, originally I / 10, expanded to I / P / 15 by Joh. Conrad Müller in 1753; largely preserved (I / P / 13)
after 1750	Schmedenstedt	St. George		I / p	10	Moved to Schmedenstedt in 1807, original location unknown; Housing and part of the register preserved, monument organ
1760	Ahrbergen	St. Peter and Paul		I / P		rebuilt several times (today II / P / 18); receive
1760-1761	Liebenburg	Castle Church of the Annunciation		II / P	25th	Prospectus and 18 registers received
1765	Rautenberg	St. Cosmae and Damiani		I / P	11	receive
1767	Borsum	St. Martinus		II / P	25th	receive
1769	Rang out	Ev. church		I / P	15th	1865 extended by a back work by August Schaper to II / P / 19; 9–10 registers preserved
around 1770	Heisede	St. Nikolai		I / p	10	Prospectus received
1773	Mehrum	Village church		I / P	15th	In 1889 a rear work by Heinrich Schaper was added, which was converted into a breast work by Paul Ott in 1958/1959 ; Restored in 1989 by Gebr. Hillebrand ; largely preserved
1778	Vöhrum	Ev. church		I / p	10	In the course of time one register was replaced and a free pedal added; 1959 restored to original condition by Ernst Palandt ; largely preserved
1780	Hohenhameln	St. Laurence		II / P	25th	Müller disposition restored by Steinmann in 1988 ; Prospectus received

literature

• Stefan Mahr: The Hildesheim organ builders Johann Georg Müller and Johann Conrad Müller (= North German organ builders and their works. Vol. 9). Berlin: Pape, 2013, ISBN 978-3-921140-95-6 .
• Harald Vogel, Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . Hauschild, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eberhard Jäger: The organs of the former Springe district. Pape: Berlin 1975, p. 176.
2. ↑ Review of Die Orgelbauer Müller in Hildesheim , accessed on November 21, 2017.
3. ^ Harald Vogel, Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . tape 2 . Hauschild, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 , p. 650 .
4. ^ Vogel, Lade, Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony. 1997, p. 252.
5. ^ Organ in Schmedenstedt , accessed on August 25, 2020.
6. ^ Organ in Hohenhameln , accessed on November 21, 2017.