Späth organ building

Späth organ building
legal form	Corporation
founding	1909
Seat	Rüti ZH , Switzerland
management	Andreas Zwingli ( Managing Director )
Branch	Musical instrument making
Website	spaeth.ch/Orgelbau

Späth Orgelbau AG is a Swiss organ building company that was founded in Rapperswil in 1909 . It was created as a branch of a company that was founded in Ennetach in 1862 and has been based in Rüti ZH since 2011 .

History of the company

The history of the family business goes back to Alois Späth (1825–1876), who took over the workshop of the organ builder Vitus Klingler in 1862. His son Franz Xaver Späth (1859–1940) reopened the workshop in Ennetach (Germany), which had been closed when his father died, in 1882. When it merged with his brother Albert (1866–1948) in 1894, the company was renamed Gebr. Späth Orgelbau . The third son Hermann Späth (1867–1917) continued the workshop from 1896 until his death in 1917.

The brothers Emil and Hubert Späth, nephews of Franz Xaver, acquired the company from Heinrich Spaich in Rapperswil in 1909. Their sons Joseph, Eugen and Emil took over the company in the 1940s. In the third generation, Hans and Carmen Späth have been running the company since 1974. In 1981 the company was converted into a stock corporation . When Hans Späth retired in 2011, his wife became the sole owner of the company. In the course of this, the company was downsized and relocated to Rüti ZH. Andreas Zwingli has been running the company since 2016.

The writer Gerold Späth initially learned organ building in his father's company until 1975.

In addition to new organs, restorations are also carried out. In recent years, Späth Orgelbau AG has been increasingly active internationally.

List of works (selection)

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1921	Basel	Holy Spirit Church		III / P	41
1940	Friesenberg	St. Theresia (Zurich-Friesenberg)		II / P	24
1951/1963	Seebach (City of Zurich)	Maria Lourdes		III / P	39	Revised by Späth in 1963; Rebuilt by Kuhn in 1985 and 2006
1954	Höngg	Holy Spirit		II / P	24	1974 extension conversion by Späth; 1993 renovation by Hubert Senn
1961	Ulm -Söflingen	Assumption Day		III / P	34	1998 Reconstruction by Späth with a new gaming table and typesetting system
1963	Saas-Fee	Sacred Heart Church		II / P	25th
1964	Oberengstringen	St. Mauritius		II / P	24	1988 gaming table renewed and small change in disposition
1966	Ehingen (Danube)	St. Blaise		IV / P	49	op.811
1969	Dubendorf	Maria peace		III / P	41	Dismantled in 2012
1970	Schwamendingen	St. Gallus		III / P	36
1971	Opfikon- Glattbrugg	St. Anne's Church		II / P	24
1973-1974	Urdorf	Brother Klaus		II / P	18th
1981	Zurich	St. Peter and Paul		II / P	34
1982	Balzers (Liechtenstein)	New parish church of St. Nicholas	III / P	32	behind a neo-Gothic prospect
1983-1984	Winterthur	St. Peter and Paul		III / P	36
1984	Zurich - Aussersihl	Don Bosco		II / P	19th
1988	New St. Johann	Former Monastery church		III / P	40	Reconstructing new organ in Neu St. Johann
1989-1990	Bulach	Trinity Church		II / P	26th	neo-Gothic prospectus
1992	Weinfelden	Catholic Church		III / P	36	Organ Weinfelden
1994	Ebnat SG	reformed Church		II / P	19th
1997	Liestal	Reformed city church		III / P	42
2001	La Almunia de Doña Godina (Spain)	Parroquia de la Asunción		II / P	37
2001	Waedenswil	reformed Church		III / P	40	behind a new baroque prospectus
2003	Pfäffikon SZ	St. Meinrad		III / P	35
2006	Cardiff (Wales)	St. Paul's Church		III / P	35
2008	Goldach SG	St. Mauritius		III / P	45