Zacharias Thayßner

Zacharias Thayßner , also Theisner , Theißner or Thaißner (* before 1645 in Löbejün ; buried November 9, 1705 in Saalfeld ), was a German organ builder .

life and work

Zacharias Thayßner worked in Quedlinburg from 1667 to 1689 , initially together with his brother Andreas (1652–1708). At least the first organ works were equipped with spring lockers . In 1685 he received the organ building privilege for Halle (Saale) . From 1695 to 1705 he was verifiably an organ builder in Merseburg . The works in Merseburg, Naumburg and Jena were not of optimal quality and soon required renovation work by other organ builders. In addition to organs, Thayßner also built clavichords and spinet cases .

List of works

So far, the following commissioned work can be verified by Thayßner:

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1667	Quedlinburg	St. Benedicti				New building; Repairs 1711, around 1755, 1772, 1802; Remodeling 1835–1836; Replaced in 1888
1674-1676	Koethen (Anhalt)	St. Jacob		II / P	25th	New building with a jumping shop, together with brother Andreas; 1697 installation of a pedal coupler, 1703–1704 further improvements; Replaced in 1872
1676-1678	Blankenburg (Harz)	Bartholomäuskirche		II / P	24	New building behind housing from the 16th century; Canceled in 1838
1677-1682	Quedlinburg	Quedlinburg Cathedral		II / P	22nd	New building, repairs in 1793 and 1838, replaced in 1871.
1683	Zörbig	St. Mauritius				New building
1690	Jena	Kollegienkirche				Reconstruction of the organ, possibly well-tempered tuning
1693-1694	Leipzig	Nikolaikirche		III / P	36	Extension of the organ by Johann Lange (1598, II / P / 27)
1693-1705	Merseburg	Cathedral church				Extension conversion in the old case from 1665. This work cost over 4000 thalers, but was marked by considerable defects. It was not until 1716 that the organ was completed and improved by the organ builder Johann Friedrich Wender .
?	Merseburg- Altenburg	St. Viti				New building, replaced in 1830, prospectus preserved
1695-1705	Naumburg (Saale)	St. Wenceslas		III / P	45	Relocation of the organ to the west gallery and extension conversion by Joachim Zschugk (1616) / Ludwig Compenius (1650); Replaced in 1746
1705	Schleusingen	St. John's Church				Offer for the fundamental renewal of the organ. He advertised that he had previously built organs in Merseburg, Leipzig , Jena and Naumburg .

literature

• Ulrich Dähnert: Historical organs in Saxony. An organ inventory . VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Frankfurt 1980, ISBN 3-920112-76-8 .
• Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 1: Thuringia and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-921140-86-4 .
• Christoph Wolff , Markus Zepf: The organs of JS Bach. A manual . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-374-02407-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Uwe Pape: Lexicon of North German Organ Builders . Vol. 1: Thuringia and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2009, p. 294.
2. ↑ Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel (ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders , Vol. 3: Saxony-Anhalt and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-921140-98-7 , pp. 568, 99, 349, 636, 201, 525, 463.
3. ^ Organ in Köthen , accessed on January 26, 2019.
4. ^ Organ in Blankenburg , accessed on January 26, 2019.
5. ↑ Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel (ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders , Vol. 3: Saxony-Anhalt and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2015, pp. 568, 349, 271, 448; Klaus Beckmann: The North German School. Part II: Heyday and Decline 1620–1755 . Schott, Mainz 2009, pp. 104-106.
6. ^ Christoph Wolff, Markus Zepf: The organs of JS Bach. 2006, p. 23.
7. ^ Ulrich Dähnert: Historical organs in Saxony. 1980, p. 181.
8. ↑ http://www.kirche-merseburg.de/unsere-kirchen/altenburger-kirche-st-viti/ , accessed on January 26, 2019.
9. ^ Christoph Wolff, Markus Zepf: The organs of JS Bach. 2006, p. 89 f.