Johann Martin Schmid

Johann Martin Schmid (also: Schmid III ) (born December 3, 1847 in Oldenburg ; † July 19, 1923 ) was a German organ builder who continued the Oldenburg line of the Schmid family and mainly worked in the Oldenburg region .

Life

Johann Martin Schmid came from an extensive family of organ builders. He was the son of the organ builder Johann Claussen Schmid and grandson of the organ builder Gerhard Janssen Schmid . From 1881 to 1919 he managed the family business, which was then taken over by the Rohlfing company. Even after the company was handed over, he carried out various renovations until his death: Neuende (1922), Fedderwarden (1922), Wulfenau (1923).

plant

Johann Martin Schmid carried out numerous new organs and conversions in the Oldenburg area. In the Oldenburger Land alone, there are over 60 activities. With a large number of organ reconstructions, he intervened heavily in the historical substance and adapted the disposition to the taste of the time. Most of its remodeling work has been reversed over the past few decades. As an example of Schmid's aesthetics, the following communications can be found in his cost estimate for a reconstruction of the organ by Joachim Kayser (1684):

“The organ in the church in Hohenkirchen will be around 200 years old; it is made of good material and was an excellent instrument of its time. No significant changes have been made to the organ over the years; the pipework in particular has remained entirely unchanged. The organ therefore still contains all the screaming and rasping voices that were used earlier and lacks the full, noble tonal character that the new instruments have. "

- Johann Martin Schmid : estimate of January 18, 1884.

According to Schmid's suggestions, the work, which had been almost completely intact, was rearranged and more fundamental registers were installed. From today's perspective, Schmid's interventions are rated negatively.

List of works (selection)

The size of the instruments is indicated in the fifth column by the number of manuals and the number of sounding registers in the sixth column. A capital “P” stands for an independent pedal, a lowercase “p” for an attached pedal. Italics indicate that the organ in question is no longer available or that only the prospectus has been preserved.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1882	Waddens	St. Marcellus		I / P	8th	New building; received some registers
1882	Wittmund	St. Nicolai		II / P	25th	Extensive reconstruction of the organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1776); reversed during restorations
1883	Neuenhuntorf	St. Martin		I / P	6th	Largely preserved
1886	Schortens	Stephans Church		II / P	19th	Reconstruction of the organ by Joachim Kayser (1686), prospectus and 4 registers from Kayser and one register from Schmid preserved
1886	Sands	St. Magnus Church		II / P	12	Some registers preserved (today II / P / 15)
1887/1914	Accum	St. Willehad		II / p	13	Initially the organ was rebuilt by Arp Schnitger (1705), then rebuilt by Schmid in 1914; Replaced by Alfred Führer in 1963
1890-1891	Blersum	Blersum Church		I / P	7th	New building; largely preserved
1891	Sandal	St. James		I / P	7th	Largely preserved
1891	Neuenkirchen-Vörden	Apostle Church		I / P	9	1981 new building by Alfred Führer (II / P / 11); Housing and sub-bass 16 ′ received
1892	Dotlingen	St. Firminus (Dötlingen)		II / P	17th	New building; Replaced in 1971 by Alfred Führer
1894	Bardfleth	St. Anna		II / P	12	New building; 1952 replaced by Alfred Führer
1896	Hollen (Uplengen)	Christ Church		II / P	12	New building; Replaced in 1989 by Alfred Führer; Neo-Gothic housing based on Schmid
1897	Pakens	Church of the Holy Cross		II / P	15th	Reconstruction of the organ by Joachim Richborn (1664); 5 registers from Richborn (then I / p / 8) and one from Schmid preserved
1903	Oldenburg	Old garrison church		I / P	8th	Reconstruction and downsizing of the organ by Johann Claussen Schmid (1870) and transfer to Wiefels ; 1953 Reconstruction by Alfred Führer .
1904-1905	Burhafe	St. Florian Church		I / P	8th	Extension conversion of the organ by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs (1794; then I / p / 10); some registers taken over from Rohlfs and preserved
1906	Amdorf	Amdorfer Church		I / p	9	Reorganization of the organ by Heinrich Wilhelm Eckmann (1773)
1907	Cleverns	Holy Spirit Church		I / P	8th	New building behind the prospectus from 1725, which has been preserved; Organ in 1972 by construction of Alfred leaders replaced
1907	Clumps	St. Mauritius Church		II / P	20th	Reorganization of the organ by Samuel Schröder (1733), of which some registers have been preserved, nothing by Schmid
1908	Altenhuntorf	St. Jakobi		II / P	10	Today electronic organ behind the old prospectus; The gaming table is stored in the empty housing.
1909	Vechta	Monastery church		II / P	12	Replaced in 1958

Further major renovations in the following locations were later reversed: Hohenkirchen (1884), Zetel (1888), Ganderkesee (1889), Sillenstede (1892), Bockhorn (1905), Cloppenburg (1913), Oldenbrok (1908), Wiarden (1908) , Wüppels (1912), Neuende (1922), Fedderwarden (1910/1918/1922).

The following new buildings are also no longer preserved: Hasbergen (1881), Hude (1887), Dötlingen (1892), Löningen (1896), Wildeshausen (1900), Heppens (1901), Oldenburg / Ohmsteder Church (1901), Eversten (1902) , Oldenburg / Garrison Church (1903), Sengwarden (1904), Rodenkirchen (1907), Stollhamm (1908), Vechta (1909), Elisabethfehn (1911), Golzwarden (1912), Tettens (1913), Warfleth (1913), Strückhausen ( 1914), Oldorf (1915).

literature

• Walter Kaufmann : The organs of the old Duchy of Oldenburg . Stalling, Oldenburg 1962.
• Walter Kaufmann: The organs of East Frisia . East Frisian Landscape, Aurich 1968.
• Fritz Schild: Organ atlas of the historical and modern organs of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg . Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2008, ISBN 3-7959-0894-9 .
• Harald Vogel , Reinhard Ruge, Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: Organ landscape Ostfriesland . 2nd Edition. Soltau-Kurier-Norden, Norden 1997, ISBN 3-928327-19-4 .

See also

• List of organ builders
• List of historical organs in East Frisia
• List of organs in Oldenburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sign: Organ Atlas . 2008, p. 19.
2. ↑ Quoted from Fritz Schild: Monument organs. Documentation of the restoration by organ building guides 1974-1991 . Florian Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2005, ISBN 978-3-7959-0862-1 , p. 506.
3. ↑ For example by Harald Vogel: Organ landscape Ostfriesland . 1995, p. 59 (on Schmid's renovation in Amdorf): "Today we very much regret these interventions, which have completely distorted the sound."
4. ↑ Restoration report of the organ in Amdorf (PDF file; 880 kB) (as of October 9, 2010).