Wittig (instrument maker)

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Wittig were organ and piano builders in Berlin in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Heinrich Wittig

Life

Heinrich Wittig († after 1875) was an organ and harmonium builder in Berlin-Kreuzberg . In 1853 he was first mentioned in the Berlin address book as a harmonica manufacturer at Kommandantenstrasse 2, and in 1856 also as an organ builder . Since 1957 the address has been at Mauerstrasse 6.7, since 1861 at Mathieustrasse 14. (In 1865 another address for instrument makers appeared under his name, H. Wittig, probably for Ernst Wittig, see there). In 1872 the place of activity was Stallschreiberstraße 59, in 1873 Köpenicker Straße 51.52 and in 1874 Matthieustraße 17. In 1876 it was no longer mentioned.

Works

The following new organs are known from H. Wittig in Berlin .

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1860 Goehren near Woldegk, Mecklenburg Village church II / P 10 Restored in 2004 by Schuke
1862 Bollensdorf near Berlin Village church I. 5 1911 Installation of a pneumatic pedal register on I / P, 6 by A. Schuke , 1917 delivery of the prospect whistles, then replaced
1865 Glienicke near Berlin Village church not received
1867 Löbau , West Prussia, today Lubawa St. John II / P 19th 1945 all pipes disappeared, case and mechanics preserved

Gottfried Wittig

Gottfried Wittig († after 1880) was also an organ builder in Berlin. He was first mentioned in the address book at Puttkamerstraße 3 in Berlin-Kreuzberg in 1868 as an organ builder, since 1870 at Wilhelmstraße 130, since 1878 at Wilhelmstraße 16. He has not been mentioned in the address book since 1881.

There are no known works by Gottfried Wittig.

Ernst Wittig

Ernst Wittig († after 1912) was a piano manufacturer in Berlin-Kreuzberg and Berlin-Mitte . He was probably already working as an instrument maker at Oranienstraße 64 since 1865 , but under the name H. Wittig (see above), in 1866 as a piano manufacturer .

In 1870 he appeared under his name Ernst Wittig as a piano manufacturer at Raupachstrasse 6, since 1875 at Manteuffelstrasse 13. In 1905 Ernst Wittig referred to himself as the purveyor to the court, Sr. Königl. Highness Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia with the distribution center An der Jerusalemerkirche 2. The company probably built instruments until 1912.

Grand pianos and upright pianos from the piano company Ernst Wittig are still preserved today.

literature

  • Albrecht Bönisch, Uwe Pape : Wittig . In: Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (Eds.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. P. 625f.

Web links

  • Heinrich Wittig Institute for Organ Research Brandenburg, detailed presentation

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Wittig Institute for Organ Research
  2. ↑ List from Lexikon Norddeutscher Orgelbauer, Vol. 4, pp. 625f.
  3. ^ Organ in Göhren Mecklenburgisches Orgelmuseum Malchow
  4. ^ Organ in Bollensdorf Institute for Organ Research Brandenburg
  5. ↑ Organ in St. Johannis and St. Michael in Lubawa Musicam Sacram, with disposition, does not know the builder (Polish)
  6. ^ Poster from 1905 Pinterest
  7. ↑ Ernst Wittig's wing with photos