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Merten Friese († after 1639 ) was an organ builder who worked in Danzig and the Duchy of Prussia .

Life

Merten Friese was probably a son or descendant of Julius Anthoni Friese , who worked as an organ builder in Danzig until 1584. It was mentioned in Danzig from 1616 to 1629, then in the Duchy of Prussia.

It is unclear whether an organ in Grodno, Poland, was also made by him, a similar disposition characteristic as with Julius Anthoni Friese and shows him in their sphere of activity.

Organ brochures by Merten Friese have been preserved in the Trinity Church and St. Mary's Church in Gdansk .

List of works (selection)

year	place	building	Manuals	register	Remarks
1616	Danzig	St. Mary			small organ in the singing gallery, installation of a pedal mechanism with pedal keyboard together with Agidius Schubbe
1616-1618	Danzig	St. Trinity	III / P	37	New building, organ prospectus preserved
1618/1620	Danzig	Hospital Church of the Holy Spirit			New building
1620	Danzig	St. Bartholomew			New building
1625-1629	Danzig	St. John	III / P	42	New building, organ prospectus in the Marienkirche since 1979
1632	Koenigsberg	Castle Church			Repairs
1639	Insterburg	Luther Church			Repairs, appraisals
1647?	Grodno ?	St. Brigitten	I / P	12	New building, attribution based on a similar disposition

literature

Werner Renkewitz , Jan Janca : History of organ building in East and West Prussia from 1333 to 1984. Volume 1. Weidlich, Würzburg 1984. S. 86f.

Web links

Grodno Lithuanian Historical Organs (English)

Individual evidence

^ Organ St. Marien Danziger Orgeln
↑ cf. Andrzej Szadejko: Discover a new country. For the 66th International Organ Conference 2017 in Gdańsk. In: Ars Organi. 66th year. 2018. pp. 3–7, here p. 4 f. pdf .
↑ Disposition in Renkewitz, Janca, p. 96 f.
↑ Historical disposition in Renkewitz, Janca, p. 94 f.
↑ by Marcin Zglinski: Sources and materials to the history of organ building on the area of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Duchy of Courland and Latgalia. Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw 1999, p. 5.

personal data
SURNAME	Friese, Merten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Organ builder in Danzig and the Duchy of Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH	16th Century
DATE OF DEATH	after 1639

[1] Organ St. Marien Danziger Orgeln

[2] . Andrzej Szadejko: Discover a new country. For the 66th International Organ Conference 2017 in Gdańsk. In: Ars Organi. 66th year. 2018. pp. 3–7, here p. 4 f. pdf .

[3] Disposition in Renkewitz, Janca, p. 96 f.

[4] Historical disposition in Renkewitz, Janca, p. 94 f.

[5] y Marcin Zglinski: Sources and materials to the history of organ building on the area of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Duchy of Courland and Latgalia. Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw 1999, p. 5.