Johann Gottlieb Mehnert

Johann Gottlieb Mehnert , also Johann Gottlob Mehner (* around 1720 , † after 1781 ) was a German organ builder in Stettin .

Life

Its origin is unknown. On June 23, 1746 he was named as a journeyman with Joachim Wagner in Berlin. After his death in 1749 he stayed in the workshop under his successor Peter Migendt until at least 1756. Before 1763, Mehnert founded a workshop in Stettin. Georg Friedrich Grüneberg also worked there from around 1779 . In the Kreuzkirche in Posen both built a doublet system, probably a transmission manual drawer based on Wagner's model. In 1782, Grüneberg took over the workshop. The year of death of Johann Gottlieb Mehnert is unknown.

Works (selection)

New buildings, repairs and expert reports are known from Johann Gottlieb Mehnert. Parts of the organs in Poznań and Chojnice have been preserved .

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1755/1756	Angermünde	St. Mary				Repair of the Wagner organ with Migendt
1756	Golzow, Uckermark	church				Repair with Migendt
1779/1782	Posen (Poznan)	Kreuzkirche, today All Saints Church				Altar organ, new building with Grüneberg, doublet system, in 1868 extensive reconstruction by W. Sauer in the old prospectus to II / P, 30, today I / P, 19, electrically connected to the side organ.
1781	Stettin (Szczecin)	St. Nikolai				Repair with Grüneberg
1782	Szczecin	St. Mary				Repair with Grüneberg
around 1782–1783	Konitz (Chojnice), West Prussia	church				New building, finished by Grüneberg, prospectus and parts of the factory preserved
1783?	Szczecin	St. Jacobi				Maintenance of the Schnitger organ (destroyed in 1944)

literature

• Christhard Kirchner: Mehnert, Johann Gottlieb. In: Uwe Pape , Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (Eds.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. p. 363.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Organ Wirtualne Centrum Organowe, history and today's disposition (Polish)
2. ↑ Sauer Organ Organ Database (Dutch)