Johann Dummel

Johann Dummel (* around 1803 in Markelfingen , then Electorate of Baden ; † February 19, 1873 in Salzburg ; also Dumel and Dumler , he himself signed letters with Johan Dummel ) was an organ and piano builder and worked mainly in Salzburg.

Life

Johann Dummel was born in Markelfingen near Radolfzell. After his apprenticeship and traveling years, he came to Salzburg, where on September 20, 1836 and March 1, 1837 he applied to the Salzburg magistrate for a license to build organs, repair the same, and even manufacture the forte pianos . The two other organ builders, Ludwig Mooser and Joseph Konradt , then questioned by the officials , advised the magistrate against : they considered a third such trade quite superfluous [...], whereupon Dummel's request was rejected. Against this he appealed and was finally granted the requested authorization on October 19, 1837 .

He had his apartment and probably his workshop first in house Innere Steingasse no.341, at the latest in 1840 in house Badergäßchen no.308, where he had bought a house floor for 2060 guilders . At first he worked with his brother Anton Dummel, whom he employed as a journeyman and with whom he mainly repaired existing organs. On the occasion of the rebuilding of the organ in the parish church of Morzg , he was described in a letter from the government of the Salzburg district as very capable , but later criticized his work as highly imperfect and bad . As a result, he had little chance of getting a chance on new buildings.
In 1837 Dummel tuned the organ on the Dürrnberg , which is now in Torren , in 1842 he renovated the organ in the parish church of Hallstatt , built in 1741 by Johann Gottfried Lindemayr , in 1846 he repaired the Karl Mauracher organ in Faistenau , also in 1848, where he spent three days at the Repair and tuning of the instrument had worked.
Most recently he lived, divorced from his wife and destitute, in the leprosy house , where he died on February 19, 1873, two days later he was buried.

In Salzburg Museum one is square piano by Johann Dummel issued.

List of works (selection)

The table lists some of his proven new builds.

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1838	Tamsweg	St. Leonhard ob Tamsweg	Dummel's design in 1837	I / P	12	Restored 2005–2007 by Orgelbau Walter Vonbank.
1839	Morning	Parish church		I / P	6th	2001 cleaned and repaired by organ builder Roland Hitsch.
1840	Anif	Parish Church of Anif		I / P	6th	not received
around 1840	Hallein	Hospital Church				not received
1842	Seetal village	Seetal parish church		I / P	8th	not received
1842	Krispl	Parish church		I / P	6th	Housing partially preserved. Replaced by a new instrument by Albert Mauracher in 1909.
1850	Sankt Jakob am Thurn	Parish church		I / P	6th	not received

literature

• Austrian Art Topography 11: The monuments of the political district of Salzburg; Volume 2: Salzburg judicial district. Edited by the Art History Institute of the Imperial and Royal Central Commission for Monument Preservation, Vienna 1916.
• Austrian art topography 22: The monuments of the political district Tamsweg in Salzburg. Vienna 1929.
• Roman Schmeißner: Organ building in Salzburg pilgrimage churches. WiKu-Verlag, Duisburg / Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-86553-446-0 (also dissertation: Studies on organ building in pilgrimage churches of the Archdiocese of Salzburg. Mozarteum University, Salzburg 2012).
• Gerhard Walterskirchen: Organs and Organ Builders in Salzburg from the Middle Ages to the Present. Contributions to 700 years of organ building in the city of Salzburg. Dissertation. University of Salzburg 1982.

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ Salzburg 14 Maÿ 1837 [...] Johan Dummel organ builder mp Quoted from: Roman Matthias Schmeißner: studies on organ building in sanctuaries of the Archdiocese of Salzburg. Dissertation. Mozarteum University, Salzburg 2012, p. 309.
2. ↑ SMCA , Städtische Akten 97 a. Quoted from: Gerhard Walterskirchen: Organs and Organ Builders in Salzburg from the Middle Ages to the Present. Dissertation. University of Salzburg 1982, p. 155.
3. ↑ * 1773 in Würzburg; † September 9, 1838 in Salzburg. Quoted from: Schmeißner: Orgelbau in Wallfahrtskirchen , p. 333, note 996.
4. ↑ SMCA, Städtische Akten 97 a. Quoted from: Walterskirchen: Orgeln und Orgelbauer in Salzburg , p. 155.
5. ↑ SMCA, Städtische Akten 97 a. Quoted from: Walterskirchen: Orgeln und Orgelbauer in Salzburg , p. 156.
6. ↑ In Salzburg there was a so-called condominium .
7. ^ Salzburger Landesarchiv, Kreisamt, Karton 577, Faszikel 637 / II, concerning Tamsweg / St. Leonhard ( Salzburg, September 16, 1840 Johan Dummel civil organ builder ). Quoted from: Schmeißner: Orgelbau in Wallfahrtskirchen , p. 310f.
8. ^ Salzburger Landesarchiv, Kreisamt, Fascicle 637 / I. Quoted from: Walterskirchen: Orgeln und Orgelbauer in Salzburg , p. 156f, notes 129 and 131.
9. ↑ Tuning of the organ by organ builder Johann Dummel 6 gulden ; Parish archive Dürrnberg: Older parish history, written by GR Josef Lackner 1949–1970 , Volume 1, p. 166. Quoted from: Schmeißner: Orgelbau in Wallfahrtskirchen , p. 26.
10. ↑ Quoted in: Orgelbauwerkstätte M. Walcker-Mayer : Final report on the general renovation of the Johann Lachmayr organ in the Catholic. Parish church in 4830 Hallstatt. on-line
11. ^ To the organ builder Dumel for church organ repair. . . 10 fl. 30 xr. CMWW ; AES : Pfarrarchiv Faistenau 20, Journal about income and expenses 1846, Beyl. No. 102, post. No. 19 .
12. ↑ April 1, 1848: For church organ repairs and tuning to Mr. Johann Dummel, organ builder in Salzburg paid. . 12 fl. 36 xr. (worked on it for a good 3 days.) ; AES: Pfarrarchiv Faistenau 20, journal on income and expenditure 1848 .
13. ↑ SMCA, Cat. No. 59.
14. ↑ Organ: in three parts, the middle part slightly lower, acanthus tendrils in front of the prospectuses, vases above. First half of XIX: Jhs. (1833?) . ÖKT 22 : The monuments of the political district Tamsweg in Salzburg , Vienna 1929, p. 231.
15. ^ Walter Vonbank: Restoration Report, Triebendorf 2007.
16. ↑ Photos and disposition ( memento of March 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the Walter Vonbank Orgelbau website, accessed on March 23, 2014.
17. ↑ Roland Hitsch's company website , accessed on February 26, 2020.