Johann Georg Fincke

Johann Georg Fincke , also Fink , Finke (* around 1680; † buried May 26, 1749 in Saalfeld ) was a German organ builder .

Life

It is unclear whether Fincke's father Christian Fincke was already an organ builder. It is possible that Johann Georg Fincke worked with Georg Christoph Stertzing on the organ of the city ​​church in Jena .

He first settled in Jena. In 1709 he moved to Saalfeld to build the organ in the town church there . This organ was approved by Johann Nikolaus Bach . In 1719 Fincke received a privilege .

From 1720 Johann Georg Fincke was increasingly active in Gera . Since he acquired civil rights there, it can be assumed that the workshop will move. Johann Sebastian Bach tested the organ he built in the local Johanniskirche . He issued a positive report on this instrument, which is equipped with numerous technical and sonic features.

In 1726 Fincke settled in Neustadt an der Orla . There he had also received the order for a large new organ. However, his stay in Neustadt seems to have been only temporary. Later he can be found again in Saalfeld.

Fincke's son Johann Georg took over the workshop after his father's death.

Works

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1701	Buttstädt					Completion of the organ started by Peter Herold
1703	Apolda	Martinskirche		II / P	25th	Completion of the organ from 1698 (Peter Herold?), Casing largely preserved
1703	Oberweimar	St. Peter and Paul		I / P	12	1869 expanded to II / P / 19 on the initiative of Franz Liszt ; receive
1707	Camburg	St. Trinity
1707	Vierzehnheiligen (Jena)	To the fourteen helpers in need				Receive
1708	Gumperda	St. Peter and Paul
1709-1714	Saalfeld	Johanneskirche		I.	5	receive
1713	Schwarzburg	Castle Church		II / P	17th	canceled
1715	Gera	Johanniskirche
1716	Altenbeuthen	Village church		I / P	8th	receive
1718	High oak
1720	Gera	Salvator Church
1722-1724	Gera	Johanniskirche
	Gera	Johanniskirche, small organ
	Gera	Orphanage
1726	Neustadt an der Orla	City Church of St. John		II / P	24	Receive. 1992/1993 restored by the workshop of Alexander Schuke Potsdam organ building .
1729	Graefenthal	St. Mary		II / P	27	later rebuilt
1730	Grossneundorf	Protestant church		II / P	15th	Receive
	Wallendorf	Elisabeth Church
1745	Kopitzsch	Village church		II / P	13
	Lubricating seat
1748	Lehesten
from 1749	Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig	Church of the Redeemer				Completed by Wolfgang Heinrich Daum from Coburg

literature

• Torsten Sterzik: Johann Georg Fincke, the organ builder in Saalfeld. An important master of the Bach era. In: Thuringian Organ Journal. Arnstadt, 1999.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The organ of the St. Michaeliskirche Buttstädt. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 23, 2015 ; Retrieved September 17, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Organ Databank (NL). Retrieved January 14, 2013 .