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Speith-Orgelbau is an organ building company founded in 1848 in Rietberg , East Westphalia , in the Gütersloh district .

Headquarters Im Sack Rietberg

history

The company was founded in 1848 by Bernhard Speith (1822–1905). Speith first learned piano making from Eck in Cologne, later organ building from Gratze in Aachen and then worked in various organ workshops - u. a. Lukas Intorff in Höxter - worked before he set up his own “Orgelbauanstalt Speith”. In the first few years he also made table pianos , but this turned out to be unprofitable in view of the increasing number of factory-made pianos.

In 1900 his son Johannes Speith (1867–1944) took over the business. He changed the company name from "Orgelbauanstalt" to "Orgelbaufirma". From August 1926, Speith lived in Brazil for nine months, where he managed the construction of ten organs on the mediation of the Franciscans from the Rietberg monastery . a. in Curitiba . Orders from the Netherlands and China followed (Catholic Church in Hungkialou near Jinan ).

After his death in 1944, the two sons who worked in the company took over the company: Albert Speith (1909–1953) the commercial area and Rudolf Speith (1907–2002) the commercial area. In 1954, the then 26-year-old master organ builder Günther Müller (1928–2013), who had studied church music at the Münster Conservatory, took over the duties of Adolf Speith, who died after illness.

In 1978 Rudolf Speith handed over management to Müller. Müller continued the internationalization of the business and received orders from Italy, Portugal, Denmark, Japan and South Korea. In 1995 his son Ralf Müller (born October 13, 1956) took over the company.

In 2010 Speith-Orgelbau built Germany's first open-air organ. It is on the grounds of the State Garden Show 2008 in Rietberg- Neuenkirchen and can be played by visitors to the park.

Insolvency proceedings applied for in 2016 could be averted through the transfer to a new company.

List of works (selection)

New buildings

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1891	Dingelstädt	Kerbscher Berg monastery church		II / P		extended to 23 registers
1896	Rüthen- Menzel	St. John Evangelist		II / P	17th
1908	Recklinghausen- Stuckenbusch	St. Francis Church		II / P	27
1912	Steinfeld mills	St. Bonaventure Monastery Church		II / P	24	1976 Overhaul by Orgelbau Führer, Wilhelmshaven
1913	Rheda-Wiedenbrück	St. Aegidius Church		III / P	40	1972 expanded by 13 registers
1920	Rheda-Wiedenbrück- Batenhorst	Heart of jesus
1921	Rietberg- Neuenkirchen	St. Margareta		II	21st	1975 renovation and new housing
1924	Rüthen- Oestereiden	St. Anthony Hermit		II	16
1924	Florianópolis-Santa Catarina	Catedral Metropolitana de Florianópolis		II / P	24
1930	Gutersloh	St. Pancras		III / P	45	1992 New construction by the Sauer company, Ottbergen, using registers from the Speith organ
1932	Küllstedt	St. George and Juliana
1934	Geseke- Störmede	St. Pancras		II / P	31	Case from 1879, organ builder Krämer from Paderborn
1936	Bad Driburg- Herste	St. Urbanus		I.	13
1936	Salzkotten- Mantinghausen	St. Anthony Hermit		II	14th
1941	Bielefeld	Church of Our Lady		III / P	43
1950s	Espelkamp	Marienkirche		II / P		Restoration in 2012 by organ builder Mathias Johannmeier, Bad Essen
1957	Gutersloh	Christ the King Church
1957	Gelsenkirchen envelopes	Sacred Heart Church		III / P	31
1958	Kranenburg (Lower Rhine)	St. Peter and Paul		III / P	32	Rebuilt and expanded in 2004
1964	Vreden	St. George		III / P	39
1965	Bielefeld -Mitte	New Apostolic Church		II / P	14th	2012 Repair of damage by organ builder Simon , Borgentreich
1967	Rheda-Wiedenbrück	St. John Baptist		II / P	21st
1968	Bielefeld- Heepen	St. Hedwig		II / P	15th
1969	Georgsmarienhütte	St. Peter and Paul		III / P	40
1975	Oelde- Lette	St. Vitus			39
1977	Oelde- Stromberg	Kreuzkirche		II / P	21 (today: 23)	Original case from 1682
1980	Oelde	St. John		III / P	48	Wooden parts of a previous organ from the 19th century were used for the prospectus.
1982	Herzebrock-Clarholz- Möhler	Ludgerus Chapel
1986-1987	Leer (East Frisia)	Borromeo Hospital		II / P	9
1987	Gutersloh	Matthew Church		II / P	16
1990	Nagasaki , Japan	St. Pius X Church		II / P	22nd
1990	Seoul , South Korea	Dankook University		III / P	32
1992	Daejeon , South Korea	Baptist Church		III / P	43
1993	Apolda- Utenbach	St. Hilary Church		I / P	9
1993	Espelkamp	Paul Gerhard House		I / P	10
1993	Iași , Romania	St. Mary Queen's Cathedral		III / P	43
1993	Rietberg- Varensell	Parish and monastery church of St. Marien		II / P	22nd
1994	Lie	St. Mary		III / P	29
1996	Erwitte- Bad Westernkotten	St. John evangelist		II / P	22nd
1996	Spenge	St. Joseph		II / P	12
1998	Warendorf- Hoetmar	St. Lambertus		II / P	19th
1998	Gutersloh	St. Elisabeth Hospital		II / P	19th
2000	Paderborn	St. Heinrich		II / P	33
2004	Werningshausen	St. Wigberti		II / P	23
2010	Rietberg- Neuenkirchen	Open-air organ in the garden show park		III
2011	Kranenburg- Niel	St. Boniface		I / P	6th
2012	Osnabrück	New Apostolic Church		II / P	12

Conversions / restorations

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1850	Rietberg	Rietberg Monastery		II / P	29	Free pedal added, pipework renewed
1886	Rheda	St. Clement		II / P	18th	Original before 1677, widening of the prospectus
1966	Wilnsdorf- Gernsdorf	St. John Evangelist		II / P	15th	Original from 1957, rearrangement
1974	Papenburg	St. Anthony		III / P	26th	Original from Brand, Quickborn, 1957
1976	Westoverledingen- Flachsmeer	St. Bernhard		II / P	12	Cone shop
1977	Kerken- Aldekerk	St. Peter and Paul		III / P		expanded to include the organ prospectus
1987	Rietberg	St. John Baptist		II / P	29	14 new registers, original organ from 1747
1997	Lichtenau (Westphalia)	St. Kilian		II / P	19th	New construction of the plant
1999	Espelkamp- Frotheim	Alte Klus cemetery chapel		I.	6th	Original from 1791; Mixture reconstructed, new electric fan
2000	Delbrück- Steinhorst	St. Mary		II / P	15th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The cathedral: airy sounds - Rietberg now has the only open-air organ in Germany  ( 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. , accessed February 24, 2012  
2. ^ The bell of June 2, 2016: Organ builder Speith saved from collapse , accessed on August 24, 2018.
3. ↑ Church leader St. Antonius Papenburg ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Speith-Orgelbau website

Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 27.5 "  N , 8 ° 25 ′ 39.9"  E