Wilhelm Hepp

Wilhelm Hepp (* 1764 in Rothenfels ; † February 10, 1832 in Amberg ) was an organ builder from Upper Palatinate .

Life

He comes from the school of the Amberg organ builder Johann Conrad Funtsch , acquired the electoral organ builder's patent in 1797 and continued to run his Amberg workshop in 1810 after the death of Johann Adam Funtsch. Friedrich Specht , who continued his workshop , learned from him .

Works

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1796	Ammerthal	St. Nicholas		I / P	8th	Only the facade of the prospectus has been preserved.
around 1800	Irlbach near Wenzenbach	Assumption Day		I / P	7th	Not preserved, the last pipe organ in the old church was built by Friedrich Meier around 1960 (8 / I / P) and sold to Herzogau near Waldmünchen in 2000 .
1803	Velburg	Sacred Heart of Jesus		I / P	12	Prospectus and work preserved, 1979 restoration by Georg Jann ( Allkofen ), restored and reconstructed in 2017 by Orgelbau Dlabal & Mettler (Bilsko, CZ)
1816	Hausen near Ursensollen	St. George		I / P	8th	Prospectus and work received
1819	Marriage field	St. Michael		I / P	8th	not received
1820	Ursulapoppenricht	St. Ursula		I / P	7th	Old church and Hepp organ not preserved. 1912 new church by Heinrich Hauberrisser , in it organ by Ignaz Weise with 10 / II / P, the case is preserved. In it since 1982 new plant by the same company (12 / II / P)
1822	Kirchenreinbach near Etzelwang	Ortisei		I / P	7th	Prospectus with signature preserved, expansion by Walker (Ludwigsburg) to 7 / II / P in 1965 ; 2012 New building Hoffmann & Schindler (Ostheim / Rhön) on 12 / II / P
1823	Rechberg	Visitation of the Virgin Mary		I / P	7th	Brochure and work preserved, July 2009 restoration by Sandtner (Dillingen)
after 1823?	Guteneck	St. Catherine Palace Chapel		I / P	4th	Housing preserved, new construction by Eduard Hirnschrodt (6 / II / P) in 1952 . The "Art Monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria, District Office Nabburg" (1910) report that the church was rebuilt in 1823 after a fire.

literature

• Michael Bernhard, Organ Database Bavaria, Version 5, 2009.
• Eberhard Kraus : Historic organs in the Upper Palatinate . Schnell and Steiner, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7954-0387-1 .
• Rainer Kilbert , the Amberg organ builder Friedrich Specht. In: Oberpfälzer Heimat . 1984, pp. 86-95.
• Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Old organs in the Amberg area. In: Yearbook Fränkische Landesforschung , No. 38, Central Institute for Franconian Regional Studies and General Regional Research at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg 1978, ISBN 3-7686-9044-X .
• Kirchenreinbach: Findings from Hoffmann & Schindler, 2012.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schön, Wolfgang: Historical organ is being restored. In: Mittelbayrische. April 8, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017 .