Justinus Ehrenfried Gerhard
Justinus Ehrenfried Gerhard (t) (* around 1710; † January 16, 1786 ) was a German organ builder and founder of the East Thuringian organ builder Gerhard .
Gerhard was a student of the Saxon organ builder Gottfried Silbermann . His workshop was in Lindig . He had immigrated there as a young man; he married a local in 1741. The marriage resulted in six children, of whom a daughter and a son reached adulthood. The latter, Christian August Gerhard , successfully continued his father's workshop.
Proven works
| year | place | church | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1735 | Engerda | Engerda village church | I. | 10 | ||
| 1737 | Untergneus | Untergneus village church | I. | 9 | Receive | |
| 1746 | Outdoor orla | Village church Freienorla | I. | 9 | ||
| 1742 | Lindig | Lindig village church | II | 17th | ||
| 1744 | Leislau | Leislau village church | I. | 8th | ||
| 1745 | Mennewitz | Mennewitz village church | I. | 11 | Baroque concert pitch | |
| 1749-50 | Schlöben | Schlöben village church | II | 16 | So-called. " Novalis organ" | |
| 1750-52 | Ilmenau | St. James Church | Organ destroyed by fire during construction. | |||
| 1733 | Altenberga | St. Maria (Altenberga) | I. | 14th | not playable | |
| 1754 | Tautendorf | I. | 11 | Today Eichenberg | ||
| 1755 | Weßmar | St. Michaelis Church | ||||
| 1755 | Kleinlöbichau | Kleinlöbichau village church | I. | 7th | ||
| 1758 | Oelknitz | Village church Oelknitz | I. | 11 | ||
| 1764 | Goat grove | Marienkirche (Ziegenhain) | I. | 09 | Extension of an older plant from 1735 | |
| 1765 | Mörsdorf | Mörsdorf village church | II | 17th | Organ greatly changed | |
| 1766/67 | Bürgel | City Church of St. John | II | 21st | Restored in 1996 | |
| 1770 | Donndorf | St. Laurentius Monastery Church | II | 10 | not playable | |
| 1770 | Lützen | Stop to repair the organ | ||||
| 1774 | Pillingsdorf | Village church Pillingsdorf | I. | 10 | ||
| 1780 | Rudersdorf | Rüdersdorf village church | II | 19th |
literature
- Albrecht Dietl: The organ builder family Gerhard in East Thuringia. An overview. In: Thuringian Organ Journal. Thuringian Organ Summer, Arnstadt 1994.
- Matthias Schubert & Hans-Martin Striebel: Thuringian masterpieces: The organs of the Gerhard family . Harfe Verlag Rudolstadt-Schwarza 2017, ISBN 978-3-96140-025-6 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerhard, Justinus Ehrenfried |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerhardt, Justinius Ehrenfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1710 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1786 |