Schuricht (organ builder)
Schuricht was an organ building company in Gdansk in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Organ builder
Carl Friedrich Schurich
Carl Friedrich Schuricht was born in Danzig on January 23, 1809. At an unknown point in time, he came to the organ building company of Christian Ephraim Ahrendt, the successor to Friedrich Rudolf Dalitz in Danzig. He married in 1831. He took over the company around 1832. A first new organ is known to have been built in 1834, and the first further works from 1840. Carl Friedrich Schuricht also built pianos. He died in Danzig on May 12, 1864.
Carl Gotthilf Schuricht
Carl Gotthilf Julius Schuricht (also short Carl Schuricht ) was born on August 12, 1832 in Danzig. In 1864 he took over his father's workshop. In 1880 he lost his son Carl, who drowned while transporting an organ in the Vistula. (His son Carl Schuricht became a famous conductor.) On December 24, 1890, Carl Gotthilf Schuricht died.
Otto Heinrichsdorff
Otto Heinrichsdorff was born in Elbing in 1867 . He first worked for August Terletzki in Elbing. In 1886 he helped the Schuricht company renovate it in Danzig. Heinrichsdorff married a daughter of Carl Gotthilf Schuricht and took over his workshop in 1890 as C. Schuricht Nachf. Otto Heinrichsdorff also built pianos and in 1897 opened a new workshop in Danzig-Ohra, Neue Gasse 8 (15). The last organ works are known from 1922. He died in Gdansk in 1941.
Organs (selection)
Carl Friedrich and Carl Gotthilf Schuricht
About 25 new organs by Carl Friedrich and Carl Gotthilf Schuricht are known, as well as conversions and repairs, mostly in Gdansk and the surrounding area. Their instruments were considered to be very conscientiously made, made of the best oak wood that had been stored for a long time, which was necessary in the damp and changeable climate of this area. They built organs with mechanical slide chests that had a romantic, restrained sound.
Some instruments have been preserved after modifications and restorations.
New buildings
| year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1834 | Wernersdorf (Pogorzała Wieś) | church | I / P | 16 | first known work | |
| 1850 | Karthaus (Kartuzy) | Catholic Church , formerly a monastery church | I / P | 14th | Received after renovations | |
| 1865 | Lippusch (Lipusz) | Protestant church | I / P | 8th | or II / P, 17? | |
| 1867 | Lippusch (Lipusz) | Catholic Church | II / P | 18th | ||
| 1874 | Reichenberg (Rychemberk) | church | I / P | 14th | ||
| 1874 | Danzig (Gdansk) | St. Brigitten | III / P | 37 | using parts of the historical predecessor organ, replaced by Kamiński in 1994/95 | |
| 1880 | Schwarzau (Swarcewo) | Church, today the sanctuary of Our Lady Queen of the Polish Sea |
|
II / P | 16 | Restorations since 1996, received |
More work
- 1840: Danzig , St. Marien , large and small organs , repairs
- 1886/1889: Danzig, St. Peter and Paul, remodeling, completed since 1890 by August Terletzki (III / P, 40)
Otto Heinrichsdorff
About 15 new organs by Otto Heinrichsdorff are known, as well as conversions and repairs, mostly in Gdansk and its surroundings. Otto Heinrichsdorff mostly built instruments with mechanical cone chests, for some conversions he used pneumatic action. Individual instruments have been preserved after modifications and restorations.
New buildings
| year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904-1905 | Letzkau | church | I. | 7th | replaced Nitrovsky organ | |
| 1910 | Gdansk Old Scotland | church | II / P | 22? | ||
| 1912 | Danzig | St. Elisabeth | II / P | 23 | ||
| 1914-1916 | Danzig | St. Trinity | III / P | 57 | in a historical case using parts of the previous organ |
More work
- 1911: Danzig, Great Synagogue , pneumatic reconstruction (III / P, 40)
literature
- Werner Renkewitz , Jan Janca , Hermann Fischer : History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia from 1333 to 1944. Volume II, 2. From Johann Preuss to E. Kemper & Sohn, Lübeck / Bartenstein. Siebenquart, Cologne 2015. pp. 248–276.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schuricht Carl Friedrich Gedanopedia, biographical information and addresses (Polish)
- ↑ Schuricht Carl Gotthilf Julius Gedanopedia, biographical information (Polish)
- ↑ Swarzewo, Sanctuary Matki Bożej Królowej Polskiego Morza Musicam Sacram, with disposition (Polish)