Johann Peter Weise

Johann Peter Weise , also Weisse, was a German organ builder who had his workshop in Kirchhasel near Rudolstadt in the middle of the 18th century .

life and work

Weise was known to Johann Sebastian Bach , who played several of his organs, and was related to the court and town musician Weise in Arnstadt . He recently relocated his organ builder workshop to Merseburg .

So far, the following commissioned works can be verified by the organ builder:

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1759	Merseburg	St. Maximi				At 74 thalers, he was far below the bid of the local organ builder Heinrich Andreas Contius . The monastery superintendent Schmidt therefore wanted to give the order to Weise, but the Merseburg Consistory recommended the university organ builder Johann Gottlieb Mauer from Leipzig, who is better known in Saxony .
1761	Wallendorf	church				repair

literature

• Annemarie Niemeyer: The organ maker manner at the time of Johann Sebastian Bach and the court and town musician manner in Arnstadt. In: Kulturspiegel Arnstadt , July (1961), pp. 17-18.