Orgelbau Pieringer Explained

Orgelbau Pieringer e.U.
Type:private company
Industry:pipe organ manufacturing
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Founded:1996 in Haag, Austria
Founder:Johann Pieringer
Hq Location City:Holzleiten 4, A-3350 Haag
Hq Location Country:Austria
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Owner:Johann Pieringer

Orgelbau Pieringer is an Austrian organ building company based in the city of Haag in Lower Austria. The founder and owner of the company is the Haag organ builder Johann Pieringer.[1] [2] Orgelbau Pieringer is a reputable organ workshop active for 25 years throughout Austria, Germany and Croatia, as well as a member of International Society of Organbuilders.[3]

History

After completing his professional training as an organ builder in a master workshop in Sankt Florian (Upper Austria) and successfully passing the final apprenticeship examination (1982) as well as master's examination (1989) for the organ building, Johann Pieringer set up his own business in 1996 and founded his organ workshop in the city of Haag. In 2003 the new workshop was built in Haag and the company headquarters moved from Johannesgasse to Holzleiten.[4] [5]

Orgelbau Pieringer mainly builds positive, house, concert and church organs designed in the classic mechanical manner of construction. Other services of the company also include cleaning and reconstruction, restoration of historical organs, intonation and tuning adapted to the organ's style and location, maintenance, organ relocation and transport as well as harmonium repairs.[6] The company mostly operates throughout Austria, but has also realized some significant projects in Germany and Croatia, such as the construction of the organ in the choir chapel of the Frauenchiemsee monastery, the organ in the chapel of the Society of the Sisters of Our Lady in Zagreb and the organ in the parish church of Our Lady of Loreto in Zadar.

Works (selection)

P = Pedal keyboard

City Church Year class=unsortable Picture !Remarks
GroßgmainParish church2000II/P17The organ in the church of Großgmain is the only two-manual organ by Ludwig Mooser that has been almost completely preserved. During a restoration by Orgelbau Pieringer in 2000, the Dolce 4' and the Bassposaune 8' were reconstructed. The storage bellows were installed by Mauracher at the end of the nineteenth century.[7] [8]
Kematen an der YbbsParish church2000II/P13
ZeillernParish church2003II/P21The organ, originally built by Johann Lachmayr in 1906 and rebuilt by Paul Heer in 1961,[9] was replaced in 2003 by a new instrument built into the original case.[10] [11] The new organ of the parish church of Zeillern, built by Orgelbau Pieringer from Haag, was inaugurated on 14 February 2004 by prelate Dr. Walter Graf.[12]
HallwangParish church2005II/P19
MatzleinsdorfParish church2006II/P12
Sankt MarienParish church2008II/P15
LieferingParish church of the Apostles Peter and Paul2009II/P15
ScheibbsSt. Barbara Monastery Church2010III/P17[13]
Ybbs an der DonauParish church of St. Lawrence2012III/P30The baroque organ was made by Bartholomäus Heintzer in 1723 after the town fire in 1716.[14] From 2009 to 2012 the organ was de facto rebuilt by Orgelbau Pieringer in the existing housing.[15]
WolfernParish church2014II/P20[16]

Awards and honors

References

  1. https://www.dioezese-linz.at/institution/8123/orgel/orgelbaufirmen Diözese Linz: Orgelbaufirmen in Österreich / Pieringer, Johann – Orgelbau Pieringer KG
  2. https://chronik.stadthaag.com/home/history/1900/1990-1999/ Haus-Chroniken von Haag – 1996: Orgelbau Pieringer
  3. https://www.international-organbuilders.com/members International Society of Organbuilders
  4. https://orgelbau-pieringer.at/werdegang Orgelbau Pieringer – Werdegang
  5. Sabine Hummer: Orgelbauer als Mäzen. www.noen.at (15 December 2014). Retrieved 15 December 2019. (in German)
  6. https://orgelbau-pieringer.at/leistungen Orgelbau Pieringer – Leistungen
  7. http://orgbase.nl/scripts/ogb.exe?database=ob2&%250=2001714&LGE=EN&LIJST=lang Organ database: Großgmain, Österreich (Salzburg) – Pfarr- und Wallfahrtskirche
  8. [Heribert Metzger]
  9. Bundesdenkmalamt (Hrsg.): Dehio-Handbuch. Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs. Niederösterreich, südlich der Donau, Teil 2, Verlag Berger, Horn/Wien 2003,
  10. Web site: Orgelbau Pieringer / Projekte / Neubauten: Zeillern. 15 December 2019.
  11. Web site: Eintrag zur Orgel der Pfarrkirche Zeillern auf organindex.org. 15 December 2019.
  12. https://zeillern.gv.at/kirche Gemeinde Zeillern – Pfarramt Zeillern (Zeillern parish office)
  13. http://www.organindex.de/index.php?title=Scheibbs,_Klosterkirche_St._Barbara www.organindex.de – Scheibbs, Klosterkirche St. Barbara
  14. Pfarre Ybbs: Pfarrblatt, 11. Jg., Nr. 3-2012 Sept.-Nov. (Online), Retrieved 15 December 2019. (in German)
  15. http://www.orgelbau-pieringer.at/projekte/neubau/10-projekte/neubauten/49-ybbs Orgelbau Pieringer / Projekte / Neubau: Ybbs a. d. Donau
  16. https://organindex.de/index.php?title=Wolfern_bei_Steyr,_St._Martin Organ index.de − Wolfern bei Steyr, St. Martin
  17. https://www.competitionline.com/de/ergebnisse/anzeigen/detail/id/7961/ www.competitionline.com / Ergebnisse – Adolf Loos Staatspreis Design: Nominierungen: Produktgestaltung – Investitionsgüter: Michael Kitzinger/Pfarre Matzleinsdorf, Melk & Kunstrat – Orgel »Klangwürfel« der Diözese St. Pölten/Orgelbau Johann Pieringer
  18. https://pfarre-ybbs.at/cms/berichte/286-orgelherbst-kultursponsoringpreis-maecenas-niederoesterreich www.pfarre-ybbs.at / Orgelherbst – Kultursponsoringpreis Maecenas Niederösterreich
  19. http://www.wb-haag.at/archiv/wir_gratulieren_der_firma_pieringer/ Wirtschaftsbund Haag/Archiv – Wir gratulieren der Firma Pieringer
  20. https://www.noen.at/niederoesterreich/kultur-festivals/maecenas-partner-der-kunst-4886043 www.noen.at – Gina Christof: MEACENAS: Partner der Kunst

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