Martin Braun (organ builder)

Martin Braun (born July 9, 1808 in Hofen ; † September 17, 1892 ibid) was a German organ builder who mainly worked in southern Württemberg , southern Baden and Switzerland .

Life

Martin Braun was related to the organ builder Anton Braun (1776–1840). He is said to have been trained by him and then by Jacob Deutschmann in Vienna. In 1833 he founded his own organ workshop, which had been known as Martin Braun & Sohn since 1835 at the latest and employed seven journeymen in 1847 and then eight in 1875.

In 1820 he drew the arrangement of the St. Leodegar church in Gammertingen, created by Johann Georg Aichgasser in 1777 .

According to a letter dated December 27, 1851, he is described as follows: “Braun is a master in a high sense, lives only in his and for his art, does everything to achieve a new perfection, does not count until him the funds have run out. "

In 1859 Martin Braun was commissioned to inspect the existing main organ in the parish church of St. Mauritius in Appenzell and to submit a plan for a new instrument.

His sons Johann Michael (1838-1893) and Matthias Braun took over the company in 1878, which from 1890 onwards specialized in the production of tin pipes. In 1901 Martin Eugen Braun (* 1872) became the last owner of the workshop and sold it in the wake of inflation after the First World War. He emigrated to the USA and worked as an organ builder in St. Louis .

Works

New buildings

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1837	Kolbingen	Old parish church of St. Xystus		I / P	11	op. 2, mechanical slider drawer; today's cemetery church in Kolbingen
1842/44	Niederwihl	Catholic parish church		II / P	15th	1962 redesigned by organ builder Bernhard Scudlik ( Spaichingen ).
1848	Neudingen	Catholic parish church		I / P	14th
1853	Möhringen on the Danube	Catholic parish church		II / P	18th
1856	St. Gallen	St. Laurenzen Church		III / P	25th	Architect Johann Christoph Kunkler designed the neo-Gothic prospect; this and about 20 registers have been preserved.
1857	Constancy	Ev. church				Acquired in 1864 by organ builder Konrad Albiez and installed in St. Bartholomäus in Görwihl .
1858	Hausen an der Aach	St. Agatha
1861	Markdorf -Ittendorf	St. Martin		II / P	19th	Preserved, housing from Merkur Neurohr
1866	Furtwangen	Parish Church of St. Cyriak		II / P	28	Replaced in 1979, housing preserved
1867	Weinfelden	Evang. church		II / P	20th	Replaced in 1921
1871	Luttingen	Parish Church of St. Martin		II / P	11	1935 reconstruction using old registers.
1878	Constancy	Constance Minster				while keeping the Renaissance prospectus of the organ created by Hans Schentzer in 1520 and painted by Matthäus Gutrecht ; preserved twelve registers
1879	Muellheim	Parish Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus		II / P	18th	Original arrangement by Orgelbau Pfaff from Überlingen changed in 1977 and extended by a Rückpositiv to III / P / 27.
1880	Bachheim	Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul		I / P	10
1880	Döggingen	Parish Church of Saint Mauritius		II / P	14th
1890	Titisee-Neustadt	Evang. church		I / P	7th	not received
	Wieden (Black Forest)	Parish Church of All Saints				Replaced in 1901
	Walldorf near Missbach				18th

Conversions

• 1875: Parish church of St. Sigismund and Waldburga in Muotathal

Repairs

• Konstanzer Münster : A source documents a repair by Anton Hieber in 1845 and a repair from 1851 by Martin Braun as well as a new building with his son Michael Braun in 1853. Another date for the new building of the organ is given as 1858.

literature

• Bernd Sulzmann: Information about the work of Swabian organ makers in Baden from the 16th to the 19th century . In: Mundus organorum. Festschrift Walter Supper for his 70th birthday, ed. v. Alfred Reichling. Berlin 1978, pp. 322-361.
• Bernd Sulzmann: The Martin-Braun organs in Möhringen and Döggingen . In: Ars organi 26 (1978), h. 56, pp. 348-352.
• Horst Schmidt: The organs of the Waldshut district . Eggingen 1989.
• Holger Brandt: Forgotten Masters. The organ builders Braun, Hecht and Schuhmacher from Spaichingen (Württemberg) . In: Organ International. 2001, pp. 74-81.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Biographical information ( memento from June 26, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
2. ↑ Hermann Fischer: 100 Years of the Association of German Organ Builders . Orgelbau-Fachverlag, Lauffen 1991, ISBN 3-921848-18-0 , p. 158 .
3. ^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 , p. 45 .
4. ^ Kolbingen, Alte Pfarrkirche St. Xystus, today's cemetery church , accessed on June 16, 2013
5. ↑ Schmidt, p. 58.
6. ^ Organ in Möhringen , seen June 16, 2013.
7. ↑ Color photography , accessed June 16, 2013.
8. ^ Schmidt, p. 57
9. ↑ ^{a b} Domorgelbau Mutterer ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 16, 2013. 
10. ↑ Parish of St. Cyriak Furtwangen ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 16, 2013. 
11. ↑ Schmidt, p. 67 f.
12. ↑ Markus Utz: History of the Organs (PDF; 120 kB), accessed on March 6, 2016.
13. ^ Organ in Bachheim , seen on August 9, 2016
14. ^ Organ in Döggingen , seen June 16, 2013.
15. ^ Organ in Titisee-Neustadt , seen June 16, 2013
16. ↑ Manfred Schuler: A plan from 1777 for the renovation of the large cathedral organ in Konstanz, repair work and new construction ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 141 kB), viewed June 18, 2013