Organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter

The organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter was founded in Hamburg in 1991 . In 1995 it was relocated to Zudar - as the first organ building workshop on the island of Rügen - and since 2006 its head office has been in Dresden. Since 1982, the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter has carried out work on over 180 historical organs , mainly in northern and central Germany. With over 90 restored and completely overhauled organs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Rainer Wolter has made a significant contribution to the preservation of the Mecklenburg organ landscape .

history

The Buchholz organ (1831) of the Thomaskirche Tribsees, restored in 1996

After his apprenticeship at Orgelbau Sauer, Frankfurt / Oder from 1972 to 1975, Rainer Wolter worked at Jehmlich-Orgelbau in Dresden, first in the console workshop, then in the field. There he looked after organs from important Saxon organ builders such as Gottfried Silbermann , Johann Gottfried Hildebrandt , Urban Kreutzbach , Trampeli and Tobias Heinrich Gottfried Trost .

From 1984 he worked as a freelance organ builder, tuner and restorer for churches and concert halls, including in the concert hall “G. Ph. Telemann ”in the monastery“ Unser Lieben Frauen ”, Magdeburg , in the Schauspielhaus Berlin and in Freiberg Cathedral . He oversaw radio and television recordings as well as records and CD recordings.

In 1987 he moved to West Berlin , from 1988 he was organ builder at Lobback-Orgelbau in Neuendeich near Hamburg, voicer at Hammer-Orgelbau in Hemmingen / Hanover, voicer at Orgelbau Mathis in Näfels / Switzerland. In 1991 he was in the skilled trades entered Hamburg and now plays restorations and overhauls of many organs in Brandenburg , Berlin and in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with its own workshop before.

In 1995 he moved his workshop to Zudar / Rügen. He restored a large number of historic organs that characterize the organ landscape of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, including instruments by Buchholz , Friedrich Albert Mehmel , Barnim Grüneberg , Ferdinand Dinse , Nerlich, Friedrich Friese III and Friedrich Hermann Lütkemüller .

He has been based in Dresden since 2006 , with a second office in Zudar / Rügen.

Among the numerous restorations carried out by the Rainer Wolter organ building and restoration workshop are as significant as the one of the Carl August Buchholz organ (1831, II / 28) in the Thomaskirche Tribsees in 1996 as the first major restoration of a Buchholz organ in Western Pomerania and the revival the Kemper organ (III / 66) in the main church St. Jacobi in Hamburg 2008.

Work (selection)

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1994	Jessen (magpie)	Ev. St. Nicolai Church		II / P	22nd	Restoration of the organ by Conrad Geissler (1868)
1995	Garz / Rügen	Ev. Church of St. Petri		II / P	12	Restoration of the organ by Carl-August Buchholz (1836) and Barnim Grüneberg (1914)
1995	Putbus	Ev. Castle Church		II / P	14th	General overhaul of the organ by Barnim Grüneberg (1892)
1996	Velgast	Christ Church		I / P	8th	Restoration of the organ by Carl-August Buchholz (1844)
1996	Tribsees	St. Thomas Church		II / P	28	Restoration of the organ by Carl-August Buchholz (1831)
1997	Foreland, municipality of Splietsdorf	Village church		II / P	11	Restoration of the organ by Friedrich Albert Mehmel (1875)
1998	Kirch Baggendorf, Gem. Gransebieth	Village church		II / P	14th	Restoration of the organ by Johann Friedrich Schulze (1840) and Friedrich Albert Mehmel (1883)
1998	Deyelsdorf	Village church		I / P	7th	Restoration of the organ by Christian Weldt (1742) and Friedrich Albert Mehmel (1878)
1999	Kasnevitz, Putbus municipality	St. Jacobi Church		II / P	12	Restoration of the organ by Barnim Grüneberg (1902)
1999	Trent (Ruegen)	St. Katharinen village church		II / P	11	Restoration of the organ by Friedrich Albert Mehmel (1861) → Organ
1999	Elmenhorst (Western Pomerania)	Village church		II / P	9	Restoration of the organ by Friedrich Albert Mehmel in 1870
2000	Binz	Ev. church		II / P	14th	General overhaul / technical restoration of the organ by Barnim Grüneberg (1913)
2001	Abtshagen, Gem. Wittenhagen	Heilgeist village church		I / P	8th	Restoration of the organ by Carl-August Buchholz (1841)
2001	Pasewalk	Catholic Church of St. Otto		II / P	13	Restoration of the organ by Barnim Grüneberg (1918)
2001	Lancken-Granitz	St. Andrew's village church		I / P	8th	Restoration of the organ by Barnim Grüneberg (1860)
2002	Zahna	Ev. church		II / P	25th	General overhaul / partial restoration of the organ by Moritz Baumgarten (1843)
2002	Berlin-Lichtenberg	St. Mauritius		II / P	32	General overhaul of the organ by Bruno Goebel (1910) → Organ
2002	Chemnitz, Gem. Blankenhof near Neubrandenburg	Village church		I / P	6th	Restoration of the organ by Noebe (1845)
2002	Kröslin	Village church		I / P	9	Restoration of the organ by Barnim Grüneberg (1856) → Organ
2003	Swantow, community Poseritz	St. Stephen's village church		I / P	6th	Restoration of the organ by Nerlich (1846) and Guido Knauf
2003	Voigdehagen, City of Stralsund	Village church		II / P	15th	General overhaul / partial restoration of the organ by Carl August Buchholz (1845)
2004	Hosterwitz , City of Dresden	Maria am Wasser church		II / P	18th	Restoration / extension of the organ by Urban Kreutzbach (1863) → Organ
2004	Zörbig	St. Mauritius		III / P	40	Restoration of the organ by Wilhelm Rühlmann (1929)
2005	Zallmsdorf, town of Zahna-Elster	Village church		I / P	6th	Restoration of the organ by Unknown (around 1750) / Moritz Baumgarten (1847)
2006	Horst (Sundhagen) near Grimmen	Village church		I / P	13	Restoration of the Nerlich organ (1851)
2007	Bobbin	St. Pauli village church		I / P	6th	Restoration of the organ by Carl August Buchholz (1842) and Barnim Grüneberg (1881) → organ
2007/2009	Sylbitz, Gem. Petersberg	Choir tower church		I / P	7th	Restoration of the organ by Wilhelm Rühlmann (1877)
2008	Hamburg	Main church St. Jacobi		III / P	66	Restoration / careful rearrangement of the organ by Emanuel Kemper (1960/1968)
2008	Gossa	Village church		I / P	8th	Restoration of the organ by Andreas Ludewig Zuberbier (1781)
2009	Stare Miasto (old town)	St. Peter and Paul		I / P	12	Restoration of the organ by Friederich Wilhelm Fischer (Guttstadt, 1797)
2009	Halle (Saale)	Chapel in the Riebeck monastery		I / P	6th	Restoration of the organ by Wilhelm Rühlmann (1887)
2012	Mügeln (Jessen)	Village church		II / P	10	Organ by Conrad Geißler (1885) - re-mechanization of the organ, which was pneumatized in the 20th century, restoration and sound feedback
2013	Berlin-Lichtenberg	St. Mauritius		II / P	32	Organ by Bruno Goebel (1910) - restoration and prospectus renewal → organ

Discography

• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Six organ sonatas op.65 - Matthias Eisenberg on the Buchholz organ of the Thomaskirche Tribsees. ram 50091 (2001)
• The organs of the village churches of Abtshagen and Elmenhorst - Rudolf Kelber plays Bach, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Rheinberger and Salomé (2002)
• Organ of the Schifferkirche Maria am Wasser, Dresden-Hosterwitz. Mathias Schmutzler (trumpet / Corno da caccia) and Matthias Eisenberg (organ). ram 50602 (2006)

literature

• Hans-Joachim Falkenberg: Between Romanticism and Organ Movement. The Rühlmanns. A contribution to the history of central German organ building 1842-1940. Ed .: Richard Rensch. Organ building specialist publisher Rensch, Lauffen 1995, ISBN 3-921848-19-9 .
• Matthias Gretzschel: Organs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - saved for the future . Hamburger Abendblatt / Axel Springer AG, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-921305-26-8 .
• Hannes Ludwig: Organ manual Brandenburg . Ed .: Wolf Bergelt. tape 1 - Uckermark (western part). Freimut & Selbst, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-9805293-7-1 .
• Uwe Pape : The Buchholz organ in the city church in Kronstadt . Pape Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-921140-51-X ( monographs of historical organs. 6).
• Berthold Schwarz (Ed.): 500 years of organs in Berlin's Protestant churches . tape 1 . Pape Verlag, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-921140-34-X .

Web links

• Website of the organ builder

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Who we are { http://orgelrestaurierungen.de/werkstatt/} . Website of the organ builder. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
2. ↑ Chronology of the work carried out ( Memento of the original of April 8, 2012 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. . Website of the organ builder. Retrieved April 6, 2010. 
3. ^ Matthias Gretzschel: Organs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - saved for the future. Hamburger Abendblatt / Axel Springer AG, Hamburg 2003, p. 73.
4. ^ Matthias Gretzschel: Organs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - saved for the future. Hamburger Abendblatt / Axel Springer AG, Hamburg 2003, p. 34.
5. ^ Matthias Gretzschel: Organs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - saved for the future. Hamburger Abendblatt / Axel Springer AG, Hamburg 2003, p. 122.
6. ↑ Zallmsdorf - The church and its organ. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010 ; Retrieved April 6, 2010 . 
7. ↑ Organ is playing for the first time since 1917. Naumburger Tageblatt, August 20, 2009, accessed on April 6, 2010 . 
8. ^ Vox extra 9 - recovery of the Kemper organ . Special edition of the parish letter "Vox Jacobi" of the Jacobi-Kirchengemeinde Hamburg. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
9. ↑ Very close to Silbermann . Mitteldeutsche Zeitung website. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
10. ↑ New notes in the Riebeck pen . Mitteldeutsche Zeitung website. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
11. ↑ Cardinal Woelki inaugurates Goebel organ in St. Mauritius . Website of the Archdiocese of Berlin. Retrieved March 10, 2014.