Johann Konrad Brandenstein

Johann Konrad Brandenstein (born August 1, 1695 in Kitzingen , † November 21, 1757 in Stadtamhof ) was an organ builder .

Life

Johann Konrad Brandenstein learned from his father Johann Adam Brandenstein and worked as a journeyman in Mainfranken . In 1724 he married the widow of the organ builder Philipp Franz Schleich (* around 1686; † November 15, 1723 in Stadtamhof) and took over his workshop. Johann Ferdinand Balthasar Stieffell was his student from 1751 to 1757.

List of works (excerpt)

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1724	Schnaittenbach	St. Vitus		I / P	10	Prospectus received, 1950/74 new buildings Weise (II / P / 25), 2000 new building Michael Mattes (II / P / 27)
1725	pipe	Monastery church		I / P	14th	Baroque prospectus received 1958 new building by Guido Nenninger (III / P / 32) and 2006 new building by Metzler (II / P / 29) → organ
1726	Metten	Metten Monastery		II / P	18th	Brochure received 1988/98 Sandtner building (III / P / 43)
1727	Perchling
1727	regensburg	Dominican Church		I / P	13	1902 New building by Binder as Op. 146, II / 23, slightly changed
1727	Ebermannsdorf	Castle Church of St. Johann Baptist		I / P	5	not preserved, as of 2013: Specht organ (?), mid-19th century (I / P / 5)
1728	Weltenburg	Monastery church		I / P	12	Prospectus and work received → organ
1730	Haindling	Assumption Day				not preserved, new building as op. 1 by Binder , the successor to Weise in 2016, no longer playable.
1734	Hengersberg	Rohrberg Church				not received
1737	Bad Kötzting	Assumption Day		II / P	16	2002 New building for Ferdinand Salomon, Leobendorf near Korneuburg (AT): II / P / 26
1738/48/50	Waldsassen	Collegiate Basilica		II / P	37	1989 new building by Georg Jann (VI / P / 103) → organ
1740	mountain	St. Vitus				not received
1740	Hellring	St. Ottilia		I / P	7th	receive
1741	On the mountain	St. Martin		II / P	22nd	not received
1743	Raitenhaslach	Monastery church		II / P	22nd	Pipework almost completely preserved. 1904 Conversion (pneumatics, free-standing console, some registers) by Martin Hechenberger . A return to the original state is planned. It is the only Brandenstein organ whose pipework has largely been preserved, while the clumsy pneumatic accessories from 1904 distort the instrument. → organ
1744	regensburg	Obermünster Church		II / P	12	Church destroyed by bombs on March 13, 1945
1749	Deggendorf	Assumption Day		II / P	15th	Housing preserved, in it new building in 1969 by Friedrich Meier (IV / P / 46) and in 2018/2019 new building by Orgelbau Vleugels (III / P / 41)
1751	On the mountain	Franciscan Church		II / P	16	1803 transferred to Seligenporten , Mariae Himmelfahrt (picture). Factory: 1932 Bittner (II / P / 23)
1752	Frauenzell	Assumption Day		II / P	15th	Successor way . 2004 historicizing new organ building Armin Ziegltrum (II / P / 15)
1755	Auerbach	City parish church St. Johann Bap.		II / P	20th	1971 New Steinmeyer building (II / P / 25)
1757	regensburg	Niedermünster Church		I / P	12	Brochure received, 1980 new building by Guido Nenninger (II / P / 33)

literature

• Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Heinrichshofen-Bücher, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 .
• Eberhard Kraus: Historic organs in the Upper Palatinate . Schnell and Steiner, Munich, Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-7954-0387-1 .
• Michael Bernhard, Organ Database Bavaria, Version 5, 2009

Web links

• Johann Konrad Brandenstein in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sighting by organ cleaners
2. ^ Peter Schmoll: Air raid. MZ Buchverlag Regensburg 1995, ISBN 3-927529-12-5 , p. 191
3. ^ Main organ Deggendorf, Mariä Himmelfahrt , accessed on March 19, 2019.
4. ↑ Festschrift for the inauguration of the organ, Ed. Kath. Pfarrgemeinde Frauenzell 2003