Werner Bosch organ building
Werner Bosch organ building | |
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legal form | GmbH |
Seat | Niestetal , Germany |
Branch | Musical instrument making |
Website | www.bosch-orgelbau.com/ |
Werner Bosch Orgelbau GmbH is a German organ building company based in Niestetal in the Kassel district in Hesse . It was founded in 1945 by Werner Bosch (1916–1992).
history
Werner Bosch completed his apprenticeship at M. Welte & Sons in Freiburg . His workshop for repairs to organs , founded shortly before the Second World War , soon became a company for building organs. After returning from captivity, Bosch began building organs in Kassel in 1945 and was able to complete his first organ just a year later. In 1947, however, he only passed his master's examination and in the same year founded the piano house in Kassel, which he managed until his death. He was inspired by famous organ builders of the 17th and 18th centuries who also worked on string instruments. He was also connected to the region in a musical tradition.
In 1954 he moved to Sandershausen , a district of Niestetal . Further moves followed. From 1957 to 1986 the piano house resided in the heart of the city of Kassel. Today the piano house is located on the Altmarkt in Kassel.
By 1999 the Bosch Orgelbau company had built over 900 organs. Historical organs are also being restored. Bosch works mainly in Germany, Japan and Korea, but also in Switzerland, Scandinavia and the USA. Werner Bosch's sons Wolfgang and Michael died in 2007 and 2012, so that his grandson Martin is now running the business in the third generation.
Works (selection)
opus | year | place | church | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1954/56 | Darmstadt-Eberstadt | St. Joseph | II / P | 17th | Built using parts of a Bernhard Dreymann organ from 1854 (manual drawer I, pedal drawer, 3 stops) | ||
100 | 1956 | Glue field | Protestant church | ||||
1959 | Gross-Gerau | Evangelical town church | III / P | 37 | |||
1959 | kassel | Karlskirche | III / P | 31 | |||
244 | 1960 | Marburg | Elisabeth Church , choir organ | II / P | 13 | ||
1960 | Darmstadt | Michaelskirche | II / P | 26th | |||
1961 | kassel | Christ Church | III / P | 31 | |||
233 | 1961 | Darmstadt | City Church | III / P | 49 | with neo-baroque disposition | |
1962 | kassel | Markuskirche, "Heinrich Schütz Organ" | III / P | 31 | |||
300 | 1963 | Marburg | Elisabeth Church , main organ | III / P | 55 | Sold to the Polish Church in 2005 | |
327 | 1963 | Darmstadt-Eberstadt | St. George | II / P | 17th | ||
1964 | kassel | Martinskirche | III / P | 52 | Disposition and scale lengths from Helmut Bornefeld ; Implemented in 2015 in the Elisabethkirche Kassel | ||
1965 | Friedberg (Hesse) | City Church | III / P | 44 | |||
1966 | kassel | Advent Church | II / P | 23 | in an invisible cabinet housing | ||
655 | 1965/1988 | Berlin | Lindenkirche | V / P | 86 | 1988 expanded | |
500 | 1969 | St. Louis , USA | Glendale Lutheran Church | II / P | 19th | ||
1970 | Frankfurt-Preungesheim | Festeburg Church | II / P | 25th | |||
1973-1975 | Darmstadt | Holy cross | II / P | 21st | |||
1974 | Witten | St. Francis Church | II / P | 22nd | |||
1975 | Bergen-Enkheim | Laurentiuskirche | II / P | 27 | since 2014 Evangelical Church in Mittelheim | ||
1976 | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe | Sacred Heart Church | II / P | 26th | |||
700 | 1977 | Guxhagen-Breitenau | Monastery church | II / P | 22nd | ||
750 | 1982 | Fritzlar | Evangelical town church | II / P | 30th | ||
800 | 1987 | Morges , Switzerland | Église Paroissiale | II / P | 20th | ||
842 | 1991 | Bruchköbel | Ev. James Church | II / P | 23 | two free combinations | |
1992 | kassel | Friedenskirche | III / P | 41 | |||
1996 | Fallersleben | Motherhood of Mary | II / P | 19th | originally 15 registers | ||
900 | 1999 | Tokyo , Japan | Fujimicho Church | III / P | 45 | ||
920 | 2005 | Nidderau-Ostheim | Ev. church | II / P | 16 | ||
932 | 2007 | Seoul , Korea | Salt & Light Presbyterian Church | III / P | 28 | ||
2019 | Darmstadt-Eberstadt | St. Joseph | II / P | 25th | Built using numerous registers from the previous instrument (see above 1954/56) and parts of a Bernhard Dreymann organ from 1854 (Manuallade II, 3 registers) |
literature
- Michael Bosch: 50 years of Werner Bosch Orgelbau GmbH . In: Thuringian Organ Journal . tape 4 , 1996, pp. 93-96 .
Web links
- Homepage Bosch organ building
- Pianohaus Bosch - History of the company foundation ( Memento from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )