Joseph Martin (organ builder)

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Joseph Martin (* around 1740 in Hayingen ; † before 1807 ) was a German organ builder .

Life

Joseph Martin learned organ building from Joseph Gabler . Martin later became the stepfather of Anton Hechinger (June 13, 1755 - February 11, 1835) who also took over the workshop after his death. His best-known and largest work was the main organ of the Zwiefalten Minster from 1785 with four manuals and 64 registers , nothing of which has survived today.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1994, p. 246.
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH around 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH Hayingen
DATE OF DEATH before 1807