Organ builder M. Walcker-Mayer

Company location in Guntramsdorf

Operating sign

Organ builder M. Walcker-Mayer , actually Michael Walcker-Mayer eU , is an organ builder in the Lower Austrian market town of Guntramsdorf . It was originally a branch of EF Walcker & Cie.

history

The roots of the company go back to 1821, after Johann Eberhard Walcker's son , Eberhard Friedrich Walcker , founded his own organ building workshop in Ludwigsburg , which from 1854 under the name EF Walcker & Cie. traded. In 1957 was Werner Walcker-Mayer (1923 to 2000) in Vienna , the Austrian branch W. Walcker Mayer & Cie. of the German company EF Walcker & Cie. founded. In the following year the company moved to MödlingRelocated to Klostergasse and after buying a property in Guntramsdorf in 1961, the current operating location was established there. The Austrian branch was run as an independent company parallel to the main German plant. The peak of operations in Austria was reached around 1970 with around 55 employees. Since insolvency in 1999, both companies have been managed independently under company law by Werner Walcker-Mayer's sons Gerhard and Michael and the Austrian company was founded on April 1, 2000 by W. Walcker-Mayer & Cie. renamed Michael Walcker-Mayer .

Works (selection)

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1973	Wiesmath	Wiesmath parish church
1984	Mödling	Parish Church of St. Othmar		III / P	34	A completely new organ with a mechanical action was built into the existing organ case.
1988	Penzing	Parish church		II / P	18th
1991	Hochwolkersdorf	Parish church Hochwolkersdorf

Web links

• Website of M. Walcker-Mayer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lt. Company imprint
2. ↑ ^{a b} Company ABC: Michael Walcker-Mayer eU ; accessed on February 17, 2017
3. ^ Orgelbau M Walcker-Mayer: We about us / history [1] ; accessed on February 17, 2017.
4. ^ Parish St. Othmar - Mödling: history of the organ ; accessed on February 17, 2017.