Organ building workshop Gebrüder Müller

The Gebrüder Müller organ building workshop was a German organ building company based in Reifferscheid in the Eifel .

history

The organ building workshop was opened in Reifferscheid in 1802 by the Müller brothers. It was closed in 1921. The Weimbs Orgelbau company , which was founded in 1927 in neighboring Hellenthal by Josef Weimbs, sees itself as an organ building company in the tradition of the Müller brothers . He had completed his apprenticeship as an organ builder in Reifferscheid between 1900 and 1905.

The organs of the Müller brothers are characterized by a good quality and can still be found today in many churches in the Rhineland , but also in Luxembourg , the Netherlands and Belgium .

List of works (selection)

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1830	Susteren	Collegiate church		I / P	13	Expansion of the Weidtmann organ from 1680
1836	Dremming	St. Lambertus		II / P	36	New organ, largest instrument made by Müller. Converted to pneumatic action in the 1920s and completely rebuilt after the Second World War. Today the instrument has an electro-pneumatic action and 24 stops, three of which are from the time of Paul Müller.
1837	Eupen	Church of the Immaculate Conception		II / P	21st	Reconstruction of an organ from the 18th century from 10 to 21 registers and expansion from one to two manuals. 1880 Installation of a free pedal.
1842	Merkstein	St. Willibrord		II / P	19th	New organ, 9 stops are still from Müller. 1957 extension by 7 registers by the organ building firm Georg Stahlhut, Aachen and 1975 extension by 3 registers by Hans Lorenz, Merkstein.
1843	Müntz	St. Peter		II / P	24	1887 Revision by Michael Dautzenberg, Linnich and implementation in the new parish church. 2004 Restoration by Georges Heintz, Orgelbau Heintz, Schiltach . Restored by Weimbs from Hellenthal.
1844	Eys	St. Agatha		II / P	10	New organ, 1961 restoration by Flentrop Orgelbouw
1844	Schaesberg	St. Peter and Paul		I / P	9	New organ, renovated in 1965 by Verschueren Orgelbouw
1844	game	St. Gereon		II / P	10	Renovation and revision of an older organ from the beginning of the 19th century. 1985 Restoration by the Georg Stahlhut organ building company, Aachen .
1846	Drove	St. Martin		II / P	16	Receive
1846	Lendersdorf	St. Michael		II / P	18th	New organ in housing from 1750 for the parish church of St. Dionysius in Frelenberg . Before 1981 transfer to the Gregoriushaus in Aachen by Josef Wilbrand. The organ has been in the parish church of Lendersdorf since 2007. The prospectus, metal pipes and manual windchest from Müller have been preserved.
1847	Hellenthal	Protestant church		II / P	13	New organ. 1964 restoration by Weimbs.
1848	Kerkrade	St. Lambertus		II / P	30th	New organ, 1968 restoration by Vermeulen Orgelbouw
1850	Glehn	St. Andrew		II / P?	10	New organ, mechanical action. 1870 moved to Glehn, previous location unknown.
1850	Holzheim	St. Lambertus		II / P	25th	New organ, mechanical action.
1860	Reifferscheid	St. Matthias		II / P?	21?	New organ. 1944/1945 badly damaged by the effects of war. 1957 New building by Weimbs using the preserved registers.
1861	Lessenich	St. Stephen		I / P	13	New organ. 1931 Restoration and expansion to 2 manuals by Weimbs Orgelbau, Hellenthal.
1870	Blankenheimerdorf	St. Peter and Paul		II / P	13	New organ with 6 registers, mechanical action. 1913 Expansion to 13 registers by the builder company.
1874	Eupen	St. Joseph		II / P	30th	Fundamentally renewed in 1929 at Georg Stahlhuth in Burtscheid . Largest organ under monument protection in the German-speaking community
1876	Bleibuir	St. Agnes		II / P	18th	New organ, mechanical action.
1883	Eupen	Mountain chapel		I / P	8th	Organ remodeling and expansion
1885	Untermaubach	St. Brigida		II / P	14th	Restoration of the organ by an unknown master from 1760. 1985 Restoration and expansion to 18 stops by Josef Wilbrand, Übach-Palenberg .
1888	Lürrip	St. Mary's Conception		?	?	New organ. Replaced in 1912 by a new building from Klais Orgelbau , Bonn. Only the prospectus has been preserved.
1891	Uedelhoven	St. Mary of the Assumption		I / P	8th	New organ, mechanical action. 1960 Restoration by Elsen, Wittlich
1893	Immerath	St. Lambertus		II / P	17th	New organ. 1970 Renovation and addition by the Karl Bach Organ Builder , Aachen. In 2013 the instrument was expanded as the church is being profaned and will be demolished in 2018. Nothing is known about its whereabouts.
1895	Thriorn	St. George		II / P	17th	New organ, mechanical-pneumatic action.
1912	Niederau	St. Cyriac		II / P	?	New organ, mechanical-pneumatic action. Torn down in 1963 and replaced by a new organ from Weimbs.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Company history. In: Weimbs Orgelbau website. Retrieved October 21, 2017 . 
2. ^ The work of the organ builders Gebr. Müller-Reifferscheid in the Rhineland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. In: website mueller-reifferscheid. Retrieved October 21, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Susteren, Sint Amelbergabasiliek. In: Orgelsite.nl website. Retrieved September 24, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. Aachen 1994, p. 234.
5. ↑ The organ of our parish church. (No longer available online.) In: St. Willibrord Merkstein website. Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 21, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. Aachen 1994, p. 234.
7. ↑ St. Peter Müntz. In: Internet site “Church Music in Düren”. Retrieved October 21, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Werklijst Gebr. Müller (1829-1920) in Nederland. In: Willem van Twillert website. Retrieved September 24, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Werklijst Gebr. Müller (1829-1920) in Nederland. In: Willem van Twillert website. Retrieved September 24, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. Aachen 1994, p. 607.
11. ↑ St. Michael Lendersdorf. In: Internet site “Church Music in Düren”. Retrieved October 21, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Ev. Hellenthal Church. In: website www.eifel.de. Retrieved October 21, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Werklijst Gebr. Müller (1829-1920) in Nederland. In: Willem van Twillert website. Retrieved September 24, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. Aachen 1994, p. 554.
15. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. Aachen 1994, p. 558.
16. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. Aachen 1994, p. 538.
17. ↑ St. Stephanus Lessenich - The Church. In: Website of the Catholic pastoral care area Veytal. Retrieved October 21, 2017 . 
18. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. Aachen 1994, p. 510.
19. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. Aachen 1994, p. 547.
20. ↑ Works list of the Müller brothers' organ building workshop
21. ↑ St. Brigida Untermaubach. In: Internet site “Church Music in Düren”. Retrieved October 21, 2017 . 
22. ↑ The Expensive Organ Dilemma. In: Rheinische Post . August 9, 2009. Retrieved October 21, 2017 . 
23. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. Aachen 1994, p. 527.
24. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. Aachen 1994, p. 664.
25. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. Aachen 1994, p. 587.
26. ↑ Dürener Zeitung No. 68 - 40th year. Article: From the city and the district. Friday March 22, 1912.