Orgelbau Pieringer

Orgelbau Pieringer e.U.
Company typeprivate company
Industrypipe organ manufacturing
Founded1996 in Haag, Austria
FounderJohann Pieringer
Headquarters
Holzleiten 4, A-3350 Haag
,
Austria
OwnerJohann Pieringer
Websiteorgelbau-pieringer.at

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

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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.[2] 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.[5]

Works (selection)

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P = Pedal keyboard

City Church Year Picture Manuals Stops Remarks
Großgmain Parish church 2000 II/P 17 The 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 Ybbs Parish church 2000 II/P 13
Zeillern Parish church 2003 II/P 21 The 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]
Hallwang Parish church 2005 II/P 19
Matzleinsdorf Parish church 2006 II/P 12
Sankt Marien Parish church 2008 II/P 15
Liefering Parish church of the Apostles Peter and Paul 2009 II/P 15
Scheibbs St. Barbara Monastery Church 2010 III/P 17[13]
Ybbs an der Donau Parish church of St. Lawrence 2012 III/P 30 The 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]
Wolfern Parish church 2014 II/P 20[16]

Awards and honors

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  • 2007 – Ausbilder-Trophy 2007, 3rd prize for the training of apprentices in the fields of business and entrepreneurship.[4]
  • 2007 – nomination for the Austrian Adolf Loos Prize for the »Klangwürfel« organ project.[17]
  • 2014 – Austrian Maecenas Prize in the category Best Cultural Sponsorship of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises for the financing of the concert series "Orgelkunst 2013" at Ybbs an der Donau.[18][19][20]

References

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  1. ^ Diözese Linz: Orgelbaufirmen in Österreich / Pieringer, Johann – Orgelbau Pieringer KG. Retrieved 6 January 2021. (in German)
  2. ^ a b Haus-Chroniken von Haag – 1996: Orgelbau Pieringer. Retrieved 6 January 2021. (in German)
  3. ^ International Society of Organbuilders. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b Orgelbau Pieringer – Werdegang. Retrieved 15 December 2019. (in German)
  5. ^ a b Sabine Hummer: Orgelbauer als Mäzen. www.noen.at (15 December 2014). Retrieved 15 December 2019. (in German)
  6. ^ Orgelbau Pieringer – Leistungen. Retrieved 15 December 2019. (in German)
  7. ^ Organ database: Großgmain, Österreich (Salzburg) – Pfarr- und Wallfahrtskirche
  8. ^ Heribert Metzger: Die Ludwig-Moser-Orgel zu Großgmain im Land Salzburg – ihre Geschichte, Wiederherstellung und späte Vollendung. In: Ars Organi, Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde, 56. Jg. (2008), Vol. 1, p. 35–37.
  9. ^ Bundesdenkmalamt (Hrsg.): Dehio-Handbuch. Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs. Niederösterreich, südlich der Donau, Teil 2, Verlag Berger, Horn/Wien 2003, ISBN 3-85028-365-8
  10. ^ "Orgelbau Pieringer / Projekte / Neubauten: Zeillern". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Eintrag zur Orgel der Pfarrkirche Zeillern auf organindex.org". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  12. ^ Gemeinde Zeillern – Pfarramt Zeillern (Zeillern parish office). Retrieved 8. january 2021. (in German)
  13. ^ www.organindex.de – Scheibbs, Klosterkirche St. Barbara. Retrieved 15 December 2019. (in German)
  14. ^ Pfarre Ybbs: Pfarrblatt, 11. Jg., Nr. 3-2012 Sept.-Nov. (Online), Retrieved 15 December 2019. (in German)
  15. ^ Orgelbau Pieringer / Projekte / Neubau: Ybbs a. d. Donau. Retrieved 15 December 2019. (in German)
  16. ^ Organ index.de − Wolfern bei Steyr, St. Martin. Retrieved 17 January 2021. (in German)
  17. ^ 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. Retrieved 15 December 2019. (in German)
  18. ^ www.pfarre-ybbs.at / Orgelherbst – Kultursponsoringpreis Maecenas Niederösterreich (Kappelmüller Ilse, 8 December 2014). Retrieved 15 Dezember 2019. (in German)
  19. ^ Wirtschaftsbund Haag/Archiv – Wir gratulieren der Firma Pieringer. Retrieved 15 December 2019. (in German)
  20. ^ www.noen.at – Gina Christof: MEACENAS: Partner der Kunst (8 Dezember 2014). Retrieved 6 January 2021. (in German)
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