Willibald Siemann

Company sign of the organ building company Siemann, Munich and Regensburg

Willibald Siemann (born May 20, 1864 in Streitheim ; † February 28, 1932 in Munich ) was a German organ builder .

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Siemann probably learned organ building from his brother-in-law Martin Binder , who had been building an organ in Pfaffenhofen since 1873 . In 1889 Binder opened a second company in Regensburg , where Siemann became a partner. In 1900 Siemann founded his own company in Munich . After Binder's death in 1904, he combined both companies and initially operated under the name Martin Binder & Sohn, Inh. Willibald Siemann , later only as Willibald Siemann & Co., Munich and Regensburg .

After Siemann's death, the business was continued by his son-in-law Georg Prell until the Munich workshop at Steinheilstraße 7 was destroyed by a bombing in 1944. After that Prell no longer appeared. The Regensburg branch leased the organ builder Karl Berschdorf from Upper Silesia in 1946 . After the currency reform , the company was shut down. Berschdorf died on December 15, 1950.

Between 1875 and 1944, Binder and Siemann built a total of approx. 525 organs: 180 with one, 330 with two, 8 with three and one with four manuals . The instruments were mainly built for Catholic churches in Bavaria . At that time the company was one of the leading companies alongside Franz Borgias Maerz .

Organs

Many organ historians appreciate the high-quality workmanship of his instruments, especially the dignified production of the pipes in the in-house pipe workshop. Siemann preferred a rich selection of basic voices, to which high voices were then added in small numbers. The subsidiary works acted purely as an accompaniment without sound crowns. The pedal had a small number of voices, usually without reeds. Only in the last creative period did Siemann gradually implement the ideas of the organ movement in his new buildings.

Valuable organ cases were taken over, but the dimensions were often significantly changed to accommodate the expansive cone chests . Old registers were usually not reused, which often meant the destruction of high-ranking monument organs .

From 1894 mainly action mechanisms with pneumatic cone chests were built. Only after the death of the company owner were organs with electro-pneumatic action occasionally made.

List of works (selection)

year	opus	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1890	23	Langquaid −Niederleierndorf	Assumption Day		I / P	9	mechanical cone chest, built by Martin Binder, Pfaffenhofen, according to the company sign
1892	29	Paunzhausen	St. Stephen		I / P	9	mechanical cone chest , original preserved
1892	30th	Hemlock (Upper Palatinate)	St. Peter and Paul		II / P	17th	not received
1893	32	Niederhornbach	St. Laurence		I / P	7th	mechanical cone chest , original preserved
1895	40	regensburg	Niedermünster Church		II / P	28	first organ with electr. Drive = centrifugal fan ; New building behind the existing Brandenstein prospectus ; 1980 New building by Guido Nenninger .
1895	41	Semerskirchen	Assumption Day		I / P	6th	Not received; 1996 new building by organ builder Schädler .
1895	45	Mallersdorf	Monastery and parish church of St. John the Evangelist		II / P	13	New building in the historic prospectus of the Bayr organ by Christian Jorhan the Elder. Ä. (1783) 1904 new building in the historical housing by Franz Borgias Maerz . 1985 New building by Mathis Orgelbau . → organ
1895	46	Brennberg	St. Rupert		I / P	9	not received
1896	48	Haunstetten	St. Johann Baptist		I / P	4th	New building; only received magazine bellows
1896	51	Oberdolling	St. George		II / P	13	Modern prospectus
1896	52	Winemaker	St. Nicholas		I / P	8th	last demonstrable mechanical cone chest in the company's history; Renovated in 1938 by Eduard Hirnschrodt in 1991: Aeoline 8 'replaced by Octave 2' → organ
1897	55	Geiselhöring	St. Peter and Erasmus		II / P	17th	Preserved changed in the Organ Museum Kelheim → Organ
1897	59	Regensburg − Harting	St. Koloman		I / P	4th	Example of one of the company's smallest church organs; original preserved → organ
1897	62	Mariaort (Pettendorf)	Assumption of Mary (pilgrimage church)		II / P	13	in the case of the previous organ; receive
1898	63	Holztraubach near Mallersdorf	St. Laurence		I / P	8th
1898		Oberglaim	Assumption Day		I / P	9	Not received. → organ
1899	74	regensburg	Collegiate church to the old chapel		II / P	36	a predecessor organ of the Pope Benedict organ ; New organ building Mathis 2006. Brochure: Andreas Weiß (Nabburg) 1791
1899	79	regensburg	Schottenkirche St. Jakob		II / P	18th	→ organ
1900	87	regensburg	Holy cross		II / P	15th	when the new building was built, it was hidden behind the choir grille in the nun's choir
1900	90	regensburg	St. Emmeram		II / P	30th	1959 Conversion and expansion to IV / 68 by Eduard Hirnschrodt
1901	94	( Weihmichl ) -Oberneuhausen	St. Peter and Paul		I / P	7th
1901	97	Nersingen - Strass	St. Johann Baptist		II / P	14th	receive
1901	105	Sulzbach on the Danube	St. Martin		I / P	4th	Organ with modified case front preserved in private ownership.
1901	106	Pielenhofen	Assumption Day		II / P	16	new work behind the prospectus of the previous organ
1902	113	regensburg	St. Mang or St. Andreas		II / P	21st	new work behind the prospectus of the previous organ, 2007 new construction by Claudius Winterhalter
1902	119	Regensburg− Kumpfmühl	St.Theresia		II / P	17th	changed and slightly expanded → organ
1903	121	Hohenwart	St. George		II / P	21st	→ organ
1903	122	Grafrath	St. Rasso		II / P	18th	In 1990 Steinmeyer added four registers. → organ
1903	129	Wettzell	St. Laurence		I / P	6th	pneumatic cone tray, original preserved
1903	133	Lappersdorf	Assumption Day		I / P	6th	The historic case of a previous organ was widened to accommodate the expansive cone drawers. This organ has been preserved in a heavily modified form in private ownership without a prospectus . Brochure in a modified form integrated into a new instrument as a return positive
1904	143	Hahnbach	St. Jacob		II / P	23	Brochure Johann Konrad Funtsch 1770, 2010 Auxiliary Thomas Jann.
1904	146	regensburg	Dominican Church or St. Blaise		II / P	23	new work behind the Brandenstein prospectus , slightly changed
1905	152	Ramspau	St. Laurence		II / P	10
1905	158	Altessing	St. Martin		I / P	5
1906		Untereuhausen	St. Laurence		II / P	11	New building in the early Classicist prospect of the Schweinacher organ from 1785 → organ
1907	192	Jenhausen	Assumption Day		I / P	6th
1907	198	Saint Heinrich	St. Mary		I / P	10
1907	197	Thalfingen	St. Laurence		II / P	12	Organ in historical case from 1719 (from the dissolved Fultenbach monastery , in Thalfingen since 1811)
1908	209	Sünzhausen	St. George		II / P	11	first verifiable organ of the company with a free pipe prospectus ; original pneumatic cone shop; Console and action renewed in 1984. → organ
1910	249	Maisach	St. Vitus		II / P	18th	1980 remodeling by Wilhelm Stöberl → organ
1910	257	Bruck in the Upper Palatinate	St. Aegidius		II / P	12	Transmission principle on both manuals; was built for the Regensburg District Exhibition in 1910 ; Originally preserved in the Kelheim Organ Museum
1911		Weihenstephan	St. Stephen		I / P	8th	→ organ
1912	280	hair	St. Raphael		II / P	19th
1912/1925	282/420	regensburg	St. Joseph		II / P or III / P	18 or 26	New construction using the previous Steinmeyer organ , later expansion → organ
1912	286	Brzeżce ( Pszczyna County ), Poland	Monastery church		II / P	24
1913	303	Neunkirchen near Weiden	St. Dionysius		II / P	14th	2012 restoration by organ builder Rainer Kilbert
1914	309	Overseas	St. Nicholas		II / P	24	Originally preserved, restoration in 1989 by Orgelbau Rudolf Strohmer (Munich) → Organ
1914	321	Kröning - Dietelskirchen	Maria Immaculate		II / P	11	→ organ
1915	329	Obertraubling	St. George		II / P	19th	not received. New building by Thomas Jann behind the partly baroque housing
1915	331	Schoenberg	St. Michael		II / P	18th	today: II / 23 after various modifications (1956: Wölfl, 1990: Glockner, 2003: Schmid)
1915	332	Pertolzhofen	Maria Immaculate		II / P	9	in the historical case, preserved, restored in 2004 by Thomas Jann
1917	347	Hirschau	Assumption Day		II / P	17th	Conversion with free pipe prospect. The organ is no longer playable; instead, electronium
1918	349	Wörth on the Danube	St. Peter		II / P	20th	Changed; Builder: Martin Binder & Sohn, Rgbg. (1917, without Siemann inscription); over 2000 pipes, restored in 1992 - new building in planning
1918	353	raft	St. John the Baptist		II / P	18th	not received. Parts taken over in the successor organ
1919	355	Kelheim	Assumption Day		II / P	21st	not received; New building 1982 Hermann Kloss
1920		Pfetttrach	St. Othmar		II / P	6th	in the classical prospectus of the previous organ by Joseph Schweinacher → Organ
1921	370	Munich	Holy Spirit Church		IV / P	79	largest organ in the company's history; Destroyed in 1945
1922		Arth	St. Catherine		I / P	4th
1923	393	Waldkirchen	St. Peter and Paul		II / P	12	Housing of Funtsch expanded after 1750; Disposition changed
1924	402	Munich	St. Theresa		II / P	25th	1976 new work by Wilhelm Stöberl with III / 43 → organ
1925	414	Surheim	St. Stephen		II / P	10
1928	441	Wieskirche	To the Scourged Savior		II / P	27	behind housing by Hörtich . Successor instruments 1959 by Schmid and 2010 by Winterhalter → Orgel
1929	446	Hohengebraching near Pentling	Assumption Day		II / P	22nd	Prospectus draft : Heinrich Hauberrisser , first organ with electro − pneumatic action , organ preserved, electrical system new
1929	457	Aschaffenburg	Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Aschaffenburg)		II / P	20th	Behind the case by the Frankfurt organ maker Hans Georg Steigleder, rebuilt in 1990 by Winfried Elenz from Würzburg. → Organ Not preserved: new building by Karl Göckel 2016.
1931	465	Arnstein	St. Nicholas		II / P	21st	in the historical case of the previous organ
1932	469	Lohr am Main	St. Joseph		II / P	12
1934	478	Kaltenbrunn market	St. Martin		II / P	17th
1935	482	Grafing	St. Aegidius		III / P	31
1936	483	regensburg	Heart of jesus		III / P	30th	Almost in its original condition, extensive renovation completed in 2019 → organ
1937	487	hair	St. Conrad		II / P	24	→ organ
1938	491	Freising	St. George		III / P	43	→ main organ
1939	496	Schmidmühlen	St. Aegidius		II / P	22nd	Work preserved, prospectus anonymous around 1750, the extension on the right was added when the church was added. → organ
1943	511	regensburg	St. Wolfgang		III / P	48	largest preserved organ from the company → Organ
1944	512	Stone mill	St. Joseph		II / P	15th	Originally preserved except for the raising of the mixture from 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ to 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′. Last factory of the company

literature

• Georg Brenninger : Organs in Old Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7654-1859-5 .
• Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Heinrichshofen-Bücher, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 .
• Christian Vorbeck: The organ builder Willibald Siemann . In: Ars Organi . tape 51 , 2003, ISSN  0004-2919 , p. 76-81 .
• Christian Vorbeck: The organ builders Martin Binder and Willibald Siemann . Siebenquart Verlag Dr. Roland Eberlein, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-941224-02-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Raimund W. Sterl in: Music history of Regensburg. Pustet, Regensburg 2006, ISBN 3-7917-2008-2 , p. 553.
2. ↑ according to the sign in the gaming table
3. ↑ Georg Brenninger: The organs of the Munich Holy Spirit Parish Church . In: Acta Organologica . tape 10 , 1976, p. 75-80 .
4. ↑ A house for over a thousand pipes. In: Main-Echo. February 26, 2016.