Trampeli (organ builder)

Detail of the Trampeli prospectus in the parish church for the glory of God in Bernsbach

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Trampeli family of organ builders from Adorf in the Vogtland produced over 100 larger organs in three generations, primarily for Vogtland churches.

Life

Johann Paul Trampel was born on January 16, 1708 in Oberlauterbach, he learned from Johann Georg Schröter in Erfurt and around 1734 took over the workshop of the organ builder and city organist Adam Heinrich Gruber in Zenker's house in Adorf. Trampel was involved in the construction and repair of about 50 organs. The only surviving Trample organ is in the St. Gallus Church in Chursdorf near Schleiz. It was built in 1753. Following the taste of the time, Trampel used the more elegant, seemingly Italian-sounding name Trampeli from 1759 and died on September 5, 1764.

The two sons Johann Gottlob (1742-1812) and Christian Wilhelm (* March 16, 1748; † February 26, 1803), who had taken over the last name of their father, took over the father's business and built, mostly under the leadership of Johann Gottlob as the most important member of the family, numerous organs in the wider area of their workshop. The largest instrument was the organ of the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig , about which Johann Adam Hiller judged: "In the Silbermann style excellently designed and executed" . Hiller's assessment points to the core of the success of the Trampelis, who had adopted Gottfried Silbermann's organ building principles without having been his pupil.

From 1806 to 1812 Christian Gottlob Steinmüller learned in the workshop of Johann Gottlob. After his death, Christian Wilhelm's son Friedrich Wilhelm Trampeli (* February 23, 1790; † November 2, 1832) took over the business. He remained - technically inexperienced and due to the unstable political situation - but behind the achievements of his uncle. The organ building theorist Johann Gottlob Töpfer found the organ of the Weimar Church , built by him in 1813, to be "completely unsuccessful" . Like the organ in the Johanniskirche in Plauen, it soon had to be replaced. Nevertheless, Friedrich Wilhelm Trampeli built a large number of other organs until his death and was active in Dortmund, among other places, where he built the large organ of the St. Reinoldi town church, which has not survived today . The Westphalian organ builder Christian Roetzel briefly learned from him.

After Friedrich Wilhelm Trampeli's death in 1832, organ building in Adorf came to a standstill. The workshop buildings were destroyed in a city fire in 1904.

Work lists

Johann Paul Trampel (i)

year	place	building	Remarks
1752	Schöneck / Vogtl.	St. Georgen Church	Probably burned down with the church during the town fire in 1856.
1754	Greiz	Upper castle church hall	served as an interim organ from 1805 to 1881 after the reconstruction of the St. Marien town church
1754/55	Chursdorf near Auma		restored, preserved
1760	Klingenthal	Round Church of the Prince of Peace	Replaced in 1872 by a Bärmig organ
around 1760	Döhlen	Village church	Beginning
1760	Stilt village	Village church	Overhauled and rearranged from 1935 by Ernst Poppe and Son (Schleiz)
1763	Same	City Church

Organs by Johann Gottlob (and Christian Wilhelm Trampeli)

year	place	building	Manuals	register	Remarks
1771	Döhlen	Village church	I.	13	2011 Start of restoration of organ building Schreiber, (due to illness) continued in 2013 by Vogtl. Organ building Th. Wolf
1771	Graefenwarth	St. Martin Church	I.	11	Restoration 2007 by Rösel & Hercher Orgelbau
1772	Sirbis	Valentine's Church	I.	12	Restoration of Vogtland organs
1774	Inch green				not received
1775	Forstwolfersdorf	Village church	I.	8th	Restoration 2012–2013 by Gerd-Ch. & Thomas Bochmann GbR, Kohren-Sahlis
1777	Waldkirchen ( Lengenfeld )	Village church			Prospectus received, Schuster organ 1907
1777	Oberböhmsdorf	Village church			only received prospectus
1777	Schleiz	Mountain church			major overhaul of the organ; New Poppe organ in 1897, new Kutter organ in 2007, Renaissance prospectus preserved
1782	Reichenbach in Vogtland	Trinity Church			Prospectus received, owl organ 1971
1782	Wurzbach	Nikolaikirche			Restoration Rösel & Hercher, Saalfeld
1785	Triptis	St. Mary			1997 Restoration Gebr. Hoffmann, Ostheim vdR, 2011 Completion of organ building in Waltershausen
1788	Oberlosa (Plauen)	Village church	II	23	Thoroughly renovated in 1986
1789-1791	Leipzig	Nikolaikirche			only individual registers received
1791	Bad Lausick	Kilian's Church			Enlargement of the Silbermann organ from 1722
1791	Grünberg
1792	Unterwürschnitz ( Mühlental )	Village church
1792-1794	Beucha	Mountain church			Repair and expansion of an existing organ without pedal; then changed several times
1793	Prittitz
1794	Theißen	Village church
1795	Zitzschen	Village church
1795	Schönheide	Martin Luther Church			Prospectus received in a different way, Jehmlich -Orgel 1903
1796-1800	Small basket
1798-1800	Rothenkirchen (Steinberg)	Village church			together with Christian Wilhelm Trampeli
1800/1801	Werdau	St. Mary			Case and prospectus preserved, Jehmlich organ 1984/1985
1802-1803	Gerichshain	Gerichshain Church	I.	12	together with Christian Wilhelm Trampeli; Originally preserved (except gaming table): Disposition
1802-1804	Strassberg	Village church			restored by Jehmlich 1971–1973 and 2002
1803	Gössitz	church
1803-1806	Markersbach	St. Barbara Church
1806	Bedra ( brown bedra )	St.Andreas-Gnadenkirche			Prospectus received
1807	Fell	City Church
1807	Oelzschau	church	I.	14th
1808-1810	Angry	Martin Luther Church
1809	Bernsbach	Parish church for the glory of God			Prospectus received, Jahn organ 1908
1812	Neustädtel	Church of Our Lady			Prospectus received, Eule organ 1981

Organs by Friedrich Wilhelm Trampeli

year	place	building	Manuals	register	Remarks
1816	Plauen	Johanniskirche
1817	Greets	St. Kilian	II
1817	Podhradí u Aše	Parish church			Prospectus received
1818	Auma	City Church of Our Lady			received slightly rescheduled
1819	Neumark	Village church			Brochure partially preserved, Schüßler organ from 1978/79 was completely overhauled in 2008
1820	Ebersbrunn	Village church			Prospectus received, Schuster organ
1820	Dobia	Village church			refurbished, received
1821	Zeulenroda	Trinity Church			1925 New building by Gebr. Jehmlich, Dresden with a brochure in the style of the original
1822	Irfersgrün ( Lengenfeld )	Village church			Prospectus received, Müller organ 1887
1822	Landwüst (Markneukirchen)	Laurentiuskirche
1822	Windischleuba	St. Nicholas	II	27	Conversion by O. Ladegast in 1923, restored 1992–2006 by G.-C. Bochmann
1823	Schönau ( Wildenfels )	Rochus Church
1825	Bischofswerda	Christ Church			Prospectus received, new building in 1879 by Hermann Eule
1826	Wilthen	Ev. Lutheran Church	II	25th	not preserved, replaced by an owl organ in 1902
1827	Niederwiera ( Oberwiera )	Village church
1828	Ruppertsgrün ( Werdau )	Village church			Prospectus received, Jahn organ 1913
1829	Moselle	Village church			restored by Alfred Schmeisser in 1927

Web links

Commons : Trampeli - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

About the Trampeli family of organs
Organ builder family Trampeli at the parish of Markneukirchen , click on Landwüst, then on Trampeli organ
Organ building in Adorf depicting the Trampeli family
Trampeli organ in Forstwolfersdorf on Youtube , explanation with sound examples

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Martin Blindow: Organ History of the City of Dortmund: A Documentation from the Beginnings to the 20th Century . Berlin (inter alia): LIT, 2008, 95.
↑ ^a ^b Organ builder family Trampeli near the parish of Markneukirchen , the page cannot be reached directly, so click on Landwüst, then on Trampeli organ
^ Robert Palmieri and Douglas E Bush: Encyclopedia of keyboard instruments . Routledge, 2006, 572.
↑ Johann Christoph Wolf: News as it was at the inauguration of the completely rebuilt church in Schöneck ... on September 3, 1752 ... was held. Printed by Christian Friedrich Haller, Plauen 1752, p. 8
^ Reference list from Rösel & Hercher Orgelbau in Saalefeld, accessed on April 28, 2011.
↑ Explanation and playing of the organ on Youtube
↑ Representation on Trampeli organ in Straßberg
^ Community letter Essingen / Windischleuba 2006 , accessed on February 15, 2017

[blindow-1] A ^b ^c Martin Blindow: Organ History of the City of Dortmund: A Documentation from the Beginnings to the 20th Century . Berlin (inter alia): LIT, 2008, 95.

[mkn-2] Organ builder family Trampeli near the parish of Markneukirchen , the page cannot be reached directly, so click on Landwüst, then on Trampeli organ

[3] Robert Palmieri and Douglas E Bush: Encyclopedia of keyboard instruments . Routledge, 2006, 572.

[4] Johann Christoph Wolf: News as it was at the inauguration of the completely rebuilt church in Schöneck ... on September 3, 1752 ... was held. Printed by Christian Friedrich Haller, Plauen 1752, p. 8

[5] Reference list from Rösel & Hercher Orgelbau in Saalefeld, accessed on April 28, 2011.

[6] Explanation and playing of the organ on Youtube

[7] Representation on Trampeli organ in Straßberg

[8] Community letter Essingen / Windischleuba 2006 , accessed on February 15, 2017