Peter Keßler (organ builder)

Peter Keßler (born May 19, 1843 ; † unknown) was a German carpenter and organ builder.

He passed the journeyman's examination as a carpenter in February 1864. In organ building he has to be described as an autodidact. In 1867 he founded the organ building company Peter Keßler in Kisselbach . Works:

• Feilbingert (the organ had to be taken back)
• Laubach (Hunsrück) , cath. Church, 1871
• Wiebelsheim , 1872; Restored in 1979 by Oberlinger.

The company went bankrupt in 1873.

Around 1889 there was a Keßler & Schmitz organ building company in Mutscheid near Münstereifel. In May 1891 the Keßler & Uhlendorf organ building company was founded in Kisselbach. It existed until 1895.

Organ structures by the companies Keßler & Schmitz and Keßler & Uhlendorf have not yet become known.

literature

• F. Bösken, H. Fischer, M. Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine - IV: administrative districts Koblenz and Trier, districts Altenkirchen and Neuwied . Mainz, 2005.
• E. Paust-Glitza, H. Glitza: Peter Keßler, organ builder in Kisselbach . In: Hunsrücker Heimatblätter . Volume 41, 2001, No. 114, pp. 228-234.