Metzler organ building
Metzler Orgelbau AG | |
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legal form | Corporation |
founding | 1890 |
Seat | Dietikon , Switzerland |
management | Andreas Metzler ( Managing Director ) Mathias Metzler ( Chairman of the Board ) |
Number of employees | 20th |
Branch | Organ building |
Website | www.metzler-orgelbau.ch |
Metzler Orgelbau is a Swiss organ building company based in Dietikon in the canton of Zurich .
history
The company was founded by Jakob Metzler in Jenaz in the canton of Graubünden in 1890 and relocated to Felsberg around 1900 . In 1924, the company passed to the second generation under the management of Oskar and Albert Metzler and was initially transformed into J. Metzler & Söhne and in 1927 into Metzler & Cie. renamed. After a branch was opened in Dietikon in 1931, the company's headquarters were relocated there in 1933 and the current company building was subsequently moved into. The Felsberg location was continued as a branch from then on.
Contrary to the trend towards electropneumatic and later electric action actions, Metzler relied on the conservative, proven and long-lasting mechanical action again from 1937.
From 1949 the company appeared again under the name Metzler & Söhne . In 1954 the Felsberg branch was deleted. In 1968 the subsidiary Orgelbau Felsberg AG was founded in Felsberg , these were sold in 1971 and the Metzler activities in Felsberg were definitely given up.
When Oskar Metzler senior left the business in 1975, the company was converted into a stock corporation under the management of his two sons Oskar Metzler junior and Hansueli Metzler . Since 2006, Metzler Orgelbau AG has been fully owned by Hansueli Metzler and his two sons Andreas and Mathias, who are the fourth generation to run the family business.
Works (selection)
year | opus | place | church | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1958 | 279 | Schaffhausen | Muenster | III / P | 45 | ||
1960 | 301 | Zurich | Great Minster | IV / P | 67 | → organ | |
1961 | 340 | Davos | St. Johann | III / P | 30th | ||
1961 | 321 | Arlesheim | Cathedral church | III / P | 36 | Restoration of the baroque Silbermann organ (1761) → organ |
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1964 | 370 | Bolzano | Dompfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt | III / P | 41 | ||
1965 | 377 | Geneva | St. Peter's Cathedral | IV / P | 67 | in the French Baroque style of the late 18th century, supplemented by some romantic reed stops → organ |
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1966 | 387b | Gutersloh | To the good shepherd | II / P | 26th | first Metzler organ in the Federal Republic of Germany → organ |
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1967 | 390 | Brugg | Reformed city church | II / P | 36 | ||
1968 | 409 | Zurich - industrial quarter | St. Joseph | III / P | 38 | → organ | |
1970 | 405 | Frauenfeld | St. Nicholas | III / P | 44 | ||
1970/1971 | 436 | Ossiach Abbey | Parish Church of the Assumption | II / P | 18th | Founder: Wilhelm Backhaus ; Inauguration: June 11, 1971; | |
1971 | 414 | The hague | Grote Kerk | III / P | 50 | → organ | |
1972 | 448 | Zurich - Fluntern | St. Martin | II / P | 22nd | → organ | |
1973 | 444 | St. Polten | Dom | III / P | 36 | ||
1976 | 484 | Cambridge | Trinity College Chapel | III / P | 42 | ||
1976 | 493 | Feldkirch | St. Nicholas Cathedral | III / P | 35 | → organ | |
1978 | 485 | Metzerlen-Mariastein | Monastery church | III / P | 39 | ||
1978 | 494 | Basel | Preacher Church | II / P | 28 | Restoration of the baroque Silbermann organ (1769) → organ |
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1979 | 488 | Malters | St. Martin | III / P | 42 | ||
1981 | 508 | Bern | Holy Spirit Church | II / P | 30th | → organ | |
1981 | 517 | Freiburg in Breisgau | St. Johann | III / P | 50 | → organ | |
1981 | 518 | Reichersberg | Collegiate church | II / P | 22nd | behind the prospectus by Johann Michael Herberger (1779) | |
1982 | 521 | Lucerne | Jesuit Church | III / P | 39 | New construction with partial reuse of stops from the predecessor organ by Goll (1897) → organ |
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1984 | 533 | Zofingen | City Church | III / P | 46 | ||
1984 | 534 | Zurich | Zwinglikirche | III / P | 36 | in neo-baroque style arranged in 1999 and 2006 revised by Metzler → organ |
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1985 | 541 | Thalwil | St. Felix and Regula | II / P | 32 | → organ | |
1987 | 550 | Oxford | St. Mary University Church | III / P | 29 | → organ | |
1987 | 551 | Wolhusen | St. Andrew | III / P | 40 | ||
1987 | 552 | Eutin | St. Michaelis Church | III / P | 35 | → organ | |
1988 | 554 | Salzburg | Salzburg Cathedral | III / P | 58 | Main organ → organ |
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1988 | 555 | Bremgarten AG | City Church | III / P | 40 | in the style of the organ by Franz Joseph Otter (1789), parts of the prospectus taken over → Organ |
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1989 | 559 | Salzburg | Franciscan Church | III / P | 48 | "Marienorgel" → organ |
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1990 | 563 | Because on the Rhine | St. Peter and Paul | III / P | 36 | → organ | |
1990 | 564 | Butzbach | St. Mark's Church | II / P | 22nd | New building behind the historic prospectus by Georg Wagner (1614) → organ |
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1990 | 565 | Gams SG | St. Michael | ||||
1991 | 567 | Loh (Stephansposching) in Lower Bavaria | Catholic pilgrimage and branch church of the Holy Cross | II / P | 18th | New building in a historical housing in the late Rococo style around 1772 | |
1991 | 568 | St. Marienkirchen near Schärding , Austria | Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption | I / P | 12 | New building, housing modeled on the baroque choir organs of the Muri monastery church | |
1992 | 573 | Stone at the Rhein | City Church | III / P | 37 | ||
1993 | 577 | Antwerp | Cathedral of Our Lady | III / P | 42 | → organ | |
1993 | 578 | Basel | Clarakirche | III / P | 40 | Tuning modified from Werckmeister III → organ |
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1995 | 588 | Braunau am Inn | St. Stephan | III / P | 46 | → organ | |
1997 | 593 | Marl | St. George | III / P | 34 | → organ | |
1998 | 600 | Hopfgarten in Brixental | St. James and Leonhard | III / P | 44 | → organ | |
1999 | 604 | Krefeld - Hüls | St. Cyriac | III / P | 49 | ||
2000 | 608 | Trier-Palatinate | St. Martin | II / P | 31 | ||
2001 | 613 | Friedberg (Bavaria) | St. Jacob | III / P | 40 | → organ | |
2002 | 616 | Herzogenaurach | St. Magdalena | III / P | 45 | ||
2002 | 617 | Monza | Monza Cathedral | II / P | 29 | South organ → organ |
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2003 | 620 | Salzburg | Franciscan Church | III / P | 50 | "Heilig-Geist-Organ" → Organ |
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2004 | 623 | Traunkirchen | Parish Church of Traunkirchen | II / P | 19th | ||
2005 | 625 | Zurich - Albisrieden | St. Conrad | II / P | 26th | → organ | |
2005 | 627 | Free City | City parish church of St. Catherine | II / P | 26th | → main organ | |
2006 | 629 | Rohr in Lower Bavaria | Monastery Church of the Assumption | II / P | 29 | behind the historical prospectus by Johann Konrad Brandenstein (1725) → organ |
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2007 | 633 | Weir (Baden) | St. Martin | II / P | 33 | ||
2007 | 634 | Bad Bellingen | St. Leodegar | II / P | 21st | ||
2008 | 637 | Taufers (Ahrntal) | Assumption Day | III / P | 40 | ||
2008 | 639 | Freiburg in Breisgau | Freiburg Minster | III / P | 36 | “Michaelsorgel” in the westwork → Organs of the Freiburg Minster |
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2009 | 640 | Bern | Pauluskirche | III / P | 37 | → organ | |
2010 | 642 | Düren | Anna Church | III / P | 44 | Three transmissions in the pedal, one extension, four registers in the large pedal → organ |
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2011 | 647 | Biel / Bienne | City Church | IV / P | 50 | → organ | |
2012 | 650 | Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet | Monastery church | III / P | 52 | ||
2014 | 655 | Neustift monastery near Vahrn | Collegiate church | III / P | 42 | Brochure by Alexander Holzhay and Joseph Antoni Simnacher (around 1759–1761) → Organ |
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2015 | 658 | Knarvik | New Church | II / P | 35 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry of "Metzler Orgelbau AG" in the commercial register of the Canton of Zurich <, accessed on August 8, 2019.
- ↑ Martin Ebel: This organ has character . In: Tages-Anzeiger . January 30, 2010, ISSN 1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed April 17, 2019]).
- ↑ orgel-wol.de. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .
- ^ The cathedral organ St. Pölten. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Brief description of the organ of Trinity College Chapel (English); accessed on August 8, 2019.
- ^ Organ in Basel, Clarakirche , accessed on August 8, 2019.
- ↑ Metzler Orgelau: Stadtpfarrkirche, A-free city, op 627th ; accessed on Sep 29. 2019
- ^ Organ in Düren , accessed on August 8, 2019.
- ^ Metzler Orgelbau: Organ in Knarvik ; accessed on August 8, 2019.
Web links
- Metzler Orgelbau AG website
- Regula Puskás: Butcher. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 3, 2008