Johann Viktor Gruol the Elder

Johann Viktor Gruol the Elder (* 1766 in Weilheim an der Teck ; † January 5, 1836 in Bissingen an der Teck ) was a well-known 19th century organ builder from the Gruol family .

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Johann Viktor Gruol the Elder was born in 1766 as the eldest son of the wine grower Johann Georg Gruol and their wife Anna Maria.

He spent his apprenticeship with organ builder Johann Andreas Goll in Weilheim an der Teck. On November 13, 1789, he married Anna Margaretha Gölzin and started his own business as an organ builder. For this purpose, he set up his organ workshop on Hinteren Strasse in Bissingen an der Teck (later the Krone restaurant, meanwhile demolished). Eleven descendants came from the marriage, of which two sons, Johann Georg and Johann Viktor the Younger, also took up the profession of organ builder.

The son Johann Georg Gruol died of consumption on June 25, 1833 , from which Johann Viktor Gruol the elder also died on January 5, 1836.

Organs by Johann Viktor Gruol the Elder

1793 Extensive repairs to the Haußdörfer organ in Oberlenningen
around 1800 Mönsheim, then Michaelskirche in Wimsheim
1803 Mörike Church in Ochsenwang
1809 St. John's Church in Schopfloch
1809 Kilian's Church in Mundelsheim
1824 Marienkirche in Bissingen an der Teck (21 registers with approx. 1134 pipes)
1825 Evangelical Church in Klingenberg (1853?)
1830 Martin Luther Church in Rommelsbach
1832 St. Gallus Church in Tübingen- Derendingen (14 registers)
1834 Stephanuskirche in Reutlingen- Sondelfingen

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M. Keller (1952), A. Hub (1972): Bissingen - home between Teck and Breitenstein , book printers A. Gottliebs & J. Oßwald
Ernst Leuze: Orgeln unter Teck series of publications Stadtarchiv Kirchheim unter Teck - Volume 36, Kirchheim unter Teck 2013, ISBN 978-3-925589-61-4

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SURNAME	Gruol, Johann Viktor the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH	1766
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bissingen on the Teck
DATE OF DEATH	January 5, 1836
Place of death	Bissingen on the Teck