Wolfgang Oberlinger

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Wolfgang Oberlinger (born January 19, 1943 ) is a German architect and master organ builder whose family tradition in organ building dates back to 1773 and which he has continued in an uninterrupted family succession since 2007 at Oberlinger GmbH in Windesheim .

biography

After studying architecture at the Mainz University of Applied Sciences, Wolfgang Oberlinger learned the trade of organ building in his parents' company with additional acoustics studies at the university and graduated with a master craftsman's certificate. His diploma in the architecture faculty was a church. His thesis, which he wrote under the church builder Dipl.-Ing. Otto Spengler has made the title: The tonal and architectural design of a church organ. 2. The supervisor was Friedrich Wilhelm Riedel from the Musicological Institute of the University of Mainz .

Wolfgang Oberlinger received the master's certificate in organ building and the official title of "restorer in organ building and harmonium building" from the Koblenz Chamber of Crafts. He was also appointed as a publicly sworn expert in the organ building trade of the Chamber of Crafts in Germany (until January 19, 2011). Wolfgang Oberlinger is a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Architects in Mainz and was temporarily a member of the board of the Bund Deutscher Orgelbaumeister (BDO), Munich. From 1980 on, he and his cousin Helmut Oberlinger managed the family business Gebr. Oberlinger Orgelbau (until 2006). In addition to his work there and his work as an architect, he was the founding museum director of the Organ Art Museum in Windesheim , which opened in 2001 and which was designed, planned and built according to his plans together with his cousin with the help of the architects Hans Bergs, Jürgen Rothenberger and Anja Oberlinger.

In addition to his artistic design and organizational work for his architecture office and for the organ building and design company Oberlinger GmbH, which he founded in 2007 (with a branch in Beijing ), he conducts research in the field of acoustics and thermals, as well as attempts to improve complex technical structures in organ building and the search to find more suitable materials for this. This research work is partly carried out together with the Fraunhofer Institute in Kaiserslautern .

The organs designed by him and his office can be found in churches, cathedrals and concert halls all over the world.

Organ in the large broadcasting hall and concert hall of the CNR China National Radio, Beijing / China

Examples:

Publications

  • Many scientific publications about acoustics and organ building among others in:
    • Kunst und Kirche , Instrumentenbauzeitung , Das Münster , Ars Organi , Musik und Kirche and The Organist .
    • ISO International Society of Organbuilders, Issue 17: The location of the organ in the church.
    • ISO International Society of Organbuilders, Volume 21: Acoustics in the Church.
    • ISO International Society of Organbuilders, Issue 24: On the systematics and design of the organ structure.
    • Acta Organologica , Volume 17, Merseburger Verlag: The aesthetics of the technology of an organ.
    • with I. Jakobs, PM Scholl: Basilica of the Dormition Abbey on Mount Sion, Jerusalem, the new Oberlinger organ. Organophon Publishing House.
    • Information 1-8. Brochures about organ building at Oberlinger

TV productions with and about him (selection)

  • An organ for China. (ZDF, ARTE, 3SAT)
  • The Makers (SWF)
  • Glass box (SWF).

literature

  • Claudia Schreiner, Dirk Reinartz: Portrait: Wolfgang Oberlinger. In: Lufthansa logbook, 2/94.
  • ART, magazine about art : Orgel Art Museum.
  • DBZ, Deutsche Bau Zeitung : Organ Art Museum.
  • Jürgen Rodeland : Oberlinger (family). MGG ( Music in the past and present ). 2nd edition Bärenreiter, Kassel.
  • Jürgen Rodeland: On the history of the Oberlinger organ building workshop in Windesheim. Publisher: Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz. In: Lebendiges Rheinland-Pfalz, magazine for business, science and culture, year 30, issue ⅔.

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personal data
SURNAME Oberlinger, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and master organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1943