Johann Friedrich Syer

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Johann Friedrich Syer (* January 1701 in Kirchhain ; † April 8, 1787 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ) was a German organ builder in Nieder-Florstadt , who mainly worked in the Wetterau in Hesse .

Life

Johann Friedrich Syer was a school clerk in Burg-Graefenrode from 1727 to 1730 and a teacher (schoolmaster) in Nieder-Florstadt from 1730. Syer became the son-in-law of Johann Philipp Zinck when he married Apollonia Zinck (1695-1768) on March 3, 1729 in Burg-Graefenrode. There is no evidence that he learned organ building from Zinck. From 1734 to 1737 old Zinck lived with his son-in-law. Syer was dismissed from school in Nieder-Florstadt in 1753 for forging documents. He later earned his living as a church servant, church builder and respected organ builder.

The Syer couple had four daughters and three sons. In 1757 Johann Conrad Bürgy married Syer's daughter Margaretha Magdalena (1735–1808). Bürgy was Syer's journeyman and, together with him, built the organ in Ostheim in 1754. The youngest son was Henrich Jacob Syer (* July 20, 1740 in Nieder-Florstadt; † January 24, 1822 in Offenbach), who learned his father's profession and continued his workshop and became a citizen in Hanau in 1771 . In 1776 he built a new organ in Vollnkirchen (I / 7) and in 1778 an organ in Gronau (I / P / 10). Henrich Jacob moved to Offenbach in 1780, where he received an organ builder privilege.

One year after Apollonia's death, Johann Friedrich Syer married Anna Barbara Koch on July 18, 1769 in Nieder-Florstadt. The successors of Syer are Georg Adam Pfaff (1745–1815) and Ernst Jacob Jost (1752–1818) who settled in Nieder-Florstadt as organ builders.

plant

Syer specializes in building single manual organs. At least ten organs from him can be proven that show a high level of craftsmanship. Characteristic are the five-axis prospectuses with a central round tower and the flanking pointed towers, with two flat fields in between. The vertical front wood is decorated with pilaster strips . The side veil consists of plenty of acanthus , which also closes the pipe fields at the top. The S-shaped transition to the narrower lower housing is also typical for Syer.

List of works

Italics indicate that the organ has not been preserved or only the historical case has been preserved. In the fifth column, the Roman number indicates the number of manuals and a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal . The Arabic number indicates the number of sounding registers . The last column provides information on the state of preservation or special features.

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1738 Staden (Florstadt) Ev. church New building; Replaced in 1837 by Friedrich Wilhelm Bernhard
1744 Nieder-Florstadt Ev. church I / P 12 New building; Transferred to Beienheim in 1871 ; possibly remains in Billertshausen
1746 Bonstadt Ev. church New building; not received
1751 Stammheim Ev. church
Stammheim Church Organ.jpg
 I / P 11 New building; largely preserved
1754 Ostheim Ev. church Evangelical Parish Church (Ostheim) Organ 11.JPG I. 10 New building; Prospectus received
1752-1755 Hoch-Weisel Ev. church Evangelical parish church (Hoch-Weisel) organ 03.JPG I / P 12 New building; largely preserved
1757 Burkhards Ev. church Schotten Busenborn Protestant Church Organ if.png I / P 12 New building, attribution; In 1885 transferred to the Evangelical Church in Busenborn (photo); Rococo prospectus and some registers preserved
1758 Ober-Rosbach Ev. City Church
Syer ORo prospectus.jpg
 I / P 13 New building; later replaced some registers; Organ largely preserved
1765-1766 Niederrodenbach Ev. church Niederrodenbach organ.jpg I / P 15th New building, his largest work, largely preserved
1766-1768 Arnsburg Monastery Monastery church Braunfels Castle Organ.jpg I. 12 New building, originally built as a choir organ, pipes preserved changed after secularization, transferred to the Braunfels Castle Church, rebuilt and expanded several times (today II / P / 20)
1774-1775 Stockheim Ev. church Stockheim Ev. Church organ.jpg I / P 9 New building behind the old prospectus by Zinck (1726); Register largely preserved

literature

  • Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.1 ). tape 2 : The area of ​​the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 1: A-K . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1307-2 .
  • Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.2 ). tape 2 : The area of ​​the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 2: L-Z . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1370-6 .
  • Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.1 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 1: A-L . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 .
  • Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.2 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 2: M-Z . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1331-5 .
  • Krystian Skoczowski : The organ building family Zinck. A contribution to the research of organ building in the Wetterau and the Kinzig valley in the 18th century. Haag + Herchen, Hanau 2018, ISBN 978-3-89846-824-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Skoczowski: The organ builder family Zinck. 2018, p. 79.
  2. ↑ So the assumption of Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 3, Part 1: A – L. 1988, p. 13.
  3. ↑ Skoczowski: The organ builder family Zinck. 2018, pp. 81–82.
  4. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 3, Part 1: A – L. 1988, p. 13.
  5. ↑ Skoczowski: The organ builder family Zinck. 2018, pp. 161, 273.
  6. ↑ a b Kreis-Anzeiger of July 10, 2015: Once a stronghold of organ builders , accessed on October 14, 2015.
  7. ↑ Skoczowski: The organ builder family Zinck. 2018, pp. 82-106.
  8. ↑ Skoczowski: The organ builder family Zinck. 2018, pp. 82, 324.
  9. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 3, Part 1: A – L. 1988, p. 104 f.
  10. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 3, Part 1: A – L. 1988, p. 144 f.
  11. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 3, Part 2: M – Z. 1988, pp. 896-899.
  12. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 3, Part 2: M – Z. 1988, p. 769 f.
  13. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 3, Part 1: A – L. 1988, p. 483 f.
  14. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 3, Part 1: A – L. 1988, pp. 208f, 211f.
  15. ^ Organ in Busenborn , accessed on May 12, 2013.
  16. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 3, Part 2: M – Z. 1988, p. 736 f.
  17. ↑ Skoczowski: The organ builder family Zinck. 2018, pp. 98-101.
  18. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 2, Part 1: A – K. Pp. 95, 380.
  19. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 3, Part 1: A – L. 1988, p. 77 f.
  20. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 3, Part 2: M – Z. 1988, p. 915 f.
personal data
SURNAME Syer, Johann Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sweet, your
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH January 1701
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchhain
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1787
Place of death Bad Homburg vor der Höhe