Orgelbau Mebold is a company building pipe organs in Siegen, Germany. It was founded in 1967 by Hans Peter Mebold (27 April 1942 – 21 July 2001), and has been run since 2018 by his son Mathias Mebold (born 1978). The company builds new organs, restores historic instruments, and specializes in portable small instruments (Truhenorgel).
![]() Mebold Organ in St. Martin, Idstein, 2023 | |
Founded | 1967 |
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Founder | Hans Peter Mebold |
Headquarters | Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia |
Products | Pipe organs |
Owner | Mathias Mebold |
Website | www |
Hans Peter Mebold | |
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Born | |
Died | 21 July 2001 | (aged 59)
Occupation | Organ builder |
Organizations | Orgelbau Mebold |
Founding
editHans Peter Mebold was born in Weidenau. He learned organ building with Hans Dentler, and worked in the workshop of Emil Hammer Orgelbau , with Richard Rensch , Günter Hardt, at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum and with Gerald Woehl . He founded the company Orgelbau Mebold in Frauenberg near Marburg in 1976. In 1979, they moved to Siegen, to the village Breitenbach.[1] Hans Peter Mebold died in 2001.[2]
Continuation
editAfter Mebold's death, Johannes Tobias Späth took over, together with Marianne Mebold, the founder's widow. From 1982, he was responsible for the workshop.[2]
As of 2018[update], the owner is Mathias Mebold, a son of Hans Peter Mebold, born in 1978.[1]
Organs and concerts
editThe company builds new organs, mostly for use in parish churches, but also in parish halls and hospitals. A typical layout combines a Great division (Hauptwerk) in Baroque style with a Swell division (Schwellwerk) with timbres of the Romantic period, which makes it possible to play a wide range of organ repertory.[3] The company restores historic instruments. It has specialized in building small organs called Truhenorgel, which serve for accompanying choirs in church and for rehearsal.[1]
Mebold organs have attracted notable organists to play concerts. Dan Zerfaß, organist of the Worms Cathedral, played the first concert at the organ in St. Martin, Idstein, in 2006,[4] followed by concerts of Kalevi Kiviniemi,[5] and the duo Giora Feidman and Matthias Eisenberg, among others.[6] Anton Guggemos, the organist of the Wieskirche, played in St. Bardo in Petterweil, part of Karben.[1]
Works
editAmong the organ builders' new instruments are:[7]
Year | Location | Church / facility | Image | Manuals | Stops | Notes |
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1970 | Hasselbach | II | 20 | House organ, now in Essen[8] | ||
1982 | Fronhausen | Heilig Kreuz[9] | II | 8 | ||
1986 | Siegen | Catholic-Apostolic Church | III/P | 14 | ||
1987 | Burgsolms | St. Elisabeth | II/P | 16 | ||
1988 | Wilnsdorf | Protestant Church Wilnsdorf | II/P | 21 | ||
1989 | Ihmert | Protestant Church Ihmert[10] | II/P | 17 | ||
1991 | Dalheim (Wetzlar) | Parish Centre | II/P | 18 | ||
1994 | Mainz-Hechtsheim | Protestant Parish Centre[11] | II/P | 16 | ||
2002 | Welschen Ennest | St. Johannes Baptist[2][12] | II/P | 26 | ||
2005/06 | Idstein | St. Martin[3] | II/P | 33 | ||
2007 | Lichenroth | Protestant Church[13] | I | 10+1 | ||
2010 | Hahnstätten | St. Nikolaus | I | 13 | New in 1747 case | |
2010 | Petterweil | St. Bardo[14] | II | 15 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Schulz, Hendrik (9 April 2018). "Handwerk / UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe in Siegen: Die Orgelwerkstatt Mebold". nrz.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Die Mebold-Orgel in der Pfarrkirche St. Johannes Baptist Welschen Ennest". prkh.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ a b Honsack, Daniel (6 December 2007). "Rund 8000 Klangkombinationen sind möglich" (in German). Wiesbadener Tagblatt.
- ^ Hörnicke, Richard (24 January 2006). "Die ganze Fülle der Registervielfalt" (in German). Wiesbadener Tagblatt.
- ^ "Orgelkonzert mit Kalevi Kiviniemi in Idstein". dfg-portal.de (in German). 6 October 2006. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Die Mebold-Orgel" (in German). St. Martin, Idstein. 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ "Neubauten". Orgelbau Mebold (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Die Orgel in Christi Himmelfahrt Essen-Fischlaken". orgel-information.de (in German). 2011. p. 164. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "40 Jahre Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Fronhausen" (PDF). katholische-kirche-fronhausen.de (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Unsere Mebold-Orgel". kirche-ihmert.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Amtsblatt" (in German). Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau. 1 January 2010. p. 164. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Mebold-Orgel in der Pfarrkirche St. Johannes Baptist". welschen-ennest.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "63633 Birstein-Lichenroth: / evang. Kirche (1733)". kirchbau.de (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ Mathias, Hannes G. (20 October 2014). "Kleine Sensation an der Orgel". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
External links
edit- Literature by and about Orgelbau Mebold in the German National Library catalogue
- Official website
- Fronhausen (Lahn), Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche organindex.de
- Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Bardo organindex.de
- Kath. Kirche St. Elisabeth organindex.de
- Wetzlar/Dalheim, Evangelisches Gemeindezentrum organindex.de
- Röm.-kath. Pfarrkirche zum hl. Joseph organindex.de
- Die Mebold-Orgel (Krypta) St. Michael, Siegen
- Die Truhenorgel Nikolaikirche, Siegen