Tobias Weller (organ builder)

Tobias Weller († 1666) was a German organ builder in the area of the former Electorate of Saxony .

Weller was a student of Gottfried Fritzsche and after his departure from Dresden in 1619 he was a Saxon court organ builder. When the organ was built in the St. Marien town church in Weißenfels , he left the following inscription on the largest organ pipe:

A (nno) 1639. I made this organ work to Tobias Weller, Churf (ancestral) a) Sächß (ischer) organ maker, but in many things it could have been done better, but the fault is not to be attributed to me, but to Mr. Baumeister. In front of myself I thanked God that I got so far with fear and great hardship, because it was then bad time.

His successor as the Saxon court organ builder was Andreas Tamitius after his death . None of the organs he built has survived (apart from the one he may have built in Coswig ).

plant

year	place	building	Manuals	register	Remarks
1619-1622	Dresden	(Old) Frauenkirche	II / P	21st	Costs 600 plus 450 guilders; 1647 overhaul by Weller; 1653 extension by Weller; After the demolition of the old Frauenkirche in 1730, parts of the Weller organ were brought to Dresden-Plauen in the Auferstehungskirche in 1735 , and two new instruments were built together with the old organ from Plauen, one organ remaining in Plauen and the second instrument to Loschwitz in the local church has been spent.
1622-1624	Dresden	Sophienkirche	II / P	18th	Cost 1023 guilders; 1720 sold to Radeburg for 200 thalers (had, among other things, the Hall-Flöthen 2 ′ register)
1615 or 1624	Coswig	Old church	I / P	12	Organ possibly by Fritzsche; moved to Coswig around 1735, repainted in 1760; one of the oldest preserved organs in Saxony
1639	Weissenfels	City Church	III / P	30th
1636/1637	Marienberg	St. Mary	III / P	26th	Costs over 1000 Fl.
1641-1645	Bautzen	St. Petri Cathedral	II / P	25th
1646	Tharandt	Mountain church	I / P	13	337 pipes
1642-1644	Dresden	Kreuzkirche			Overhaul of the two organs (large and small) built by Blasius Lehmann from 1512–1514 , with the large organ receiving additional stops from Tobias Weller; 1660–1662 Weller expanded and improved the small organ that was now moved down next to the choir.
1647/1648	Mittweida	City Church	II / P	21st
1649	Quietly	St. Matthew
1651	Leubnitz	Village church	II / P	23
1651	Kötzschenbroda	Friedenskirche	II / P	19th
1661	Reinhardtsgrimma	Village church			previously already in 1642 repair of the old organ by Weller
1666	Kirchhain	City Church of St. Mary			repair only

Individual evidence

↑ Ars Organi . Volume 48, Merseburger, Kassel 2000, p. 4.
↑ Gustav Heinrich Heydenreich: Churches & School Chronicle of the City & Ephorie Weissenfels since 1539. Keil, Weißenfels 1840, p. 136 f.
^ Heinrich Magirius : The Dresden Frauenkirche by Georg Bähr. Origin and meaning. Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin 2005, p. 104.
^ Paul Dittrich: Between Hofmühle and Heidenschanze. History of the Dresden suburbs Plauen and Coschütz. 2nd, revised edition. Urban, Dresden 1941, p. 31.
↑ Annette Dubbers (Ed.): Loschwitz. Self-published, Dresden 2003, p. 15.
^ Ernst Ludwig Gerber : New historical-biographical lexicon of the Tonkünstler: Th. S – Z. Kühnel, Leipzig 1814, p. 542.
^ Website of the old church Coswig
^ Carl Wilhelm Hering : History of the Saxon Highlands. Barth, Leipzig 1828, p. 82.
^ Richard Reymann : History of the city of Bautzen. Lausitzer Druckhaus, Bautzen 1902, p. 273 f.
^ Website of the Tharandt parish
^ Roland Eberlein : Organ register. Their names and their history. Siebenquart, Cologne 2008, p. 370.
^ Website of the Kreuzkirche with its history
^ Roland Eberlein: Organ register. Their names and their history. Siebenquart, Cologne 2008, p. 370.
↑ Max Grimmer: Chronicle of Leisnig 1700-1954. Leisniger History and Local History Association, Leisnig 2003, p. 78.
^ Organ in Leubnitz .
^ Website of the Peace Church Community of Radebeul
^ History of the organs by Reinhardtsgrimma .
↑ Wolf Bergelt : The Mark Brandenburg: a rediscovered organ landscape. Pape, Berlin 1989, p. 5.

personal data
SURNAME	Weller, Tobias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH	16th Century
DATE OF DEATH	1666

[1] Ars Organi . Volume 48, Merseburger, Kassel 2000, p. 4.

[2] Gustav Heinrich Heydenreich: Churches & School Chronicle of the City & Ephorie Weissenfels since 1539. Keil, Weißenfels 1840, p. 136 f.

[3] Heinrich Magirius : The Dresden Frauenkirche by Georg Bähr. Origin and meaning. Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin 2005, p. 104.

[4] Paul Dittrich: Between Hofmühle and Heidenschanze. History of the Dresden suburbs Plauen and Coschütz. 2nd, revised edition. Urban, Dresden 1941, p. 31.

[5] Annette Dubbers (Ed.): Loschwitz. Self-published, Dresden 2003, p. 15.

[6] Ernst Ludwig Gerber : New historical-biographical lexicon of the Tonkünstler: Th. S – Z. Kühnel, Leipzig 1814, p. 542.

[7] Website of the old church Coswig

[8] Carl Wilhelm Hering : History of the Saxon Highlands. Barth, Leipzig 1828, p. 82.

[9] Richard Reymann : History of the city of Bautzen. Lausitzer Druckhaus, Bautzen 1902, p. 273 f.

[10] Website of the Tharandt parish

[11] Roland Eberlein : Organ register. Their names and their history. Siebenquart, Cologne 2008, p. 370.

[12] Website of the Kreuzkirche with its history

[13] Roland Eberlein: Organ register. Their names and their history. Siebenquart, Cologne 2008, p. 370.

[14] Max Grimmer: Chronicle of Leisnig 1700-1954. Leisniger History and Local History Association, Leisnig 2003, p. 78.

[15] Organ in Leubnitz .

[16] Website of the Peace Church Community of Radebeul

[17] History of the organs by Reinhardtsgrimma .

[18] Wolf Bergelt : The Mark Brandenburg: a rediscovered organ landscape. Pape, Berlin 1989, p. 5.