Organ builder Ernst Seifert (Cologne-Mannsfeld)

Organ builder Ernst Seifert (Cologne-Mannsfeld)
legal form
founding	1885
resolution	1981
Seat	Cologne-Mannsfeld, Germany
management	1885–1914 Ernst Seifert (I.) ; 1914–1961 Walter Seifert († 1961); 1961–1981 Helmut Seifert;
Branch	Musical instrument making

The organ building company Ernst Seifert was an organ building company based in Cologne-Mannsfeld .

history

Ernst Seifert (I.) (1855–1928) was the founder of the three later Seifert organ building companies. While the two sons Romanus Seifert and Ernst Seifert (II.) Set up their own businesses in Kevelaer and Bergisch Gladbach , the third son Walter Seifert († 1961) took over the parent company in Cologne-Mannsfeld under the name of his father. So it came about that for a time there were three different organ building companies with the name Seifert. All three companies built organs independently of each other with different loading systems after the war.

After the death of Walter Seifert in 1961, the son of Bergisch-Gladbacher Seifert, Helmut Seifert, continued the Cologne company until 1981.

The electropneumatic membrane chests with the wind chests patented by Ernst Seifert (senior) are characteristic of the instruments from the Cologne company Seifert . Under Helmut Seifert there was also a switch back to mechanical slide chests .

List of works (selection)

year	place	building	Manuals	register	Remarks
1889	Food - Bredeney	St. Mark	II / P	29	Electrified in 1925, extended by a Rückpositiv to III / P / 34 in 1955, replaced in 1996
1896	Gelsenkirchen - Rotthausen	Protestant church	II / P	30th	receive!
1898	Cologne	St. Gereon			Completely destroyed in 1941/1944
1903	Mönchengladbach	Christ Church
1903	Mönchengladbach	Kaiser-Friedrich-Halle	IV / P	70	1938 moved to the Volksgartenhalle by Klais; Destroyed in 1944
1903	Urfeld (Wesseling)	St. Thomas Apostle	II / P	20th	Electrified; Original sound preserved
1903	Alt-Huerth	St. Catherine			1926 extended by 6 registers; restored in 1960 by Seifert, Kevelaer; Overhauled by Weimbs in 1990 and 2011 and placed in front of the organ
1904	Mönchengladbach	Friedenskirche	II / P	28	preserved and restored in 2020!
1907	Kevelaer	Marienbasilika	IV / P	149	initially 104 registers, expanded in 1926; 149 registers today, the largest German-Romantic organ in the world that has survived
1907	Neuss	Quirinus Minster	III / P	78	Renewed and rebuilt many times (1938 mute prospect pipes, fourth manual 1955), 86 stops, restored 1993/1994
1909	Cologne	St. Mary in the Capitol	IV / P	92	Destroyed in 1944
1909	Cologne	St. Severin	III / P	63	Destroyed in 1944
1909	Kettwig	St. Peter			Prospectus received
1912	Altenberg	Altenberg Cathedral	III / P	50	Replaced by a new building in 1980
1912	Cologne - Bayenthal	St. Matthias			not received
1914	Cologne	St. Kolumba	III / P	45	Destroyed in 1945
1914	Hartefeld	St. Anthony	II / P	17th	1979 Electrified, later expanded to include tongues to II / 20
1917	Cologne - Sülz	St. Nicholas	III / P	46	Badly damaged in 1944 and parts reused in the new building in 1952
1918	Werne	St. Christopher	III / P	55	Electrified; Original sound preserved
1924	Venlo	St. Martinus	III / P	51	Destroyed in 1944
1925	Food - Bredeney	St. Mark	II / P	29	Replaced in 1996 by a new building
1926	Cologne - Ehrenfeld	St. Joseph	III / P	57	Destroyed in 1944
1927	Koenigswinter	St. Remigius	II / P	28	Replaced in 1972 by a new building from Stahlhuth
1928	Cologne - trinkets	St. Boniface	III / P	50	Various small extensions to today III / 50
1929	Bottrop - own	Church of Our Lady	III / P	50	various conversions; Main organ again in its original condition; 2006 Extension by an English choir organ on a fourth manual
~ 1930	Aachen - Orsbach	St. Peter	II / P	6th	exact year of construction not known
1931	Wissersheim	St. Martinus	II / P	4th	Multiplex organ: 32 registers in four rows; received in original condition
1931	Anger home	St. Bartholomew	II / P	4th	Multiplex organ: 32 registers in four rows; preserved in original condition; is currently (as of 2020) being replaced by a new building from Klais .
1931	Elsen	St. Stephen			Multiplex organ: 24 stops off? Rows; Replaced in 1968, dismantled in 1956 and replaced by a new organ.
1931	Niederdollendorf	St. Michael	II / P	12	Multiplex organ: 51 stops from twelve rows; Replaced in 1968
1932	Munich - Großhadern	St. Canisius	II / P	7th	Multiplex organ : 67 registers from seven rows; 1938 expansion by Zwirner; Replaced in 1983 by a new building by Josef Garhammer
1936	Koblenz - Niederberg	St. Pancras	II / P	15th	Partial expansion with II / 15 (planned II / 25); 1960 expansion by Seifert (Bergisch Gladbach); receive
1939	Cologne - Rodenkirchen	New St. Maternus	II / P	27	Using the previous instrument from the same company; 1960 renovation and new prospectus by the builder company; Replaced in 2011 by a used American organ
1952	Cologne - Sülz	St. Nicholas	II / P	24	Using parts of the badly damaged previous organ from 1917 (also Seifert); 1960 expansion; Dismantled in 2007 and replaced by a new Mühleisen building in 2009 .
1952	Ransbach-Baumbach	St. Mark	III / P	44	The organ hung on the side of the nave; Dismantled or sold in 2019.
1952	Cologne - Bayenthal	St. Matthias	II / P	11
1953	Plaidt	St. Willibrord			Replaced in 1975
1954	Cologne - Riehl	St. Engelbert	III / P	68	Using the old Walcker organ from the Hamburg Music Hall . 2008 technical new building by Klais
1954	Cologne - trinkets	St. Mary	II / P	27
1955	Cologne - Ehrenfeld	St. Mechtern	III / P	38	receive!
1955	Cologne - Raderthal	St. Mary's Conception	III / P		receive!
1955	Morsbach	St. Gertrude	III / P	22nd	Dismantled in 2017; Is currently (as of 2020) being replaced by a new building by Romanus Seifert & Sohn
1956	Wins	St. Mary	III / P	32	Dismantled in summer 2019 and sold to Aoste (Italy).
1956	Cologne-Ehrenfeld	St. Francis Hospital	II / P	18th
1958	Langscheid (Oberwesel)	St. Nicholas and Anna	I / P	8th
1959	Linn (Krefeld)	St. Margareta	III / P	33	Unplayable for some time; Replacement planned.
1964	Wins	St. Peter and Paul (Siegen)	II / P	26th	Replaced in 1999
1968	Cologne - Merkenich	St. Brictius	II / P	17th	Fully electric slider drawer
1970	Frielingsdorf	St. Apollinaris	II / P	21st	Mechanical slide chests with electrical register action