Christian Gottlieb Richter ( – 1763) was a German
organ builder
Organ building is the profession of designing, building, restoring and maintaining pipe organs.
The organ builder usually receives a commission to design an organ with a particular disposition of stops, manuals, and actions, creates a desig ...
who worked mainly in
Pomerania
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and
Brandenburg
Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...
.
Life
Richter was probably a son (or brother) of the organ builder Christian Heinrich Richter in
Frankfurt/Oder
Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (, ; Marchian dialects, Central Marchian: ''Frankfort an de Oder,'' ) is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after Potsdam, Cottbus and Brandenburg an der Havel. With a ...
and Storkow, with whom he jointly signed a repair contract in 1739. In 1730, he was probably the ''Königl
chc
n ssionierteOrgel Bauer'' in Stettin (or David Richter?). From 1732, he lived in
Stralsund
Stralsund (; Swedish language, Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German language, German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklen ...
, from 1742 in
Demmin
Demmin () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in north-eastern Germany. It was the capital of the former district of Demmin.
Geography
Demmin lies on the West Pomeranian plain at the confluen ...
, from 1744 in
Friedland, and in 1757 in
Soldin.
Richter created several new organs, including in the
St.-Jakobi-Kirche in
Stralsund
Stralsund (; Swedish language, Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German language, German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklen ...
with 42
stops, whose
casing has been preserved, as well as repairs and extensions.
The organ builder Simon David Richter was probably a son or other relative, while Christian Joachim Richter probably came from the Storkow family.
Work (selection)
New organ buildings
References
Further reading
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Uwe Pape
Uwe Pape (5 May 1936 – 13 August 2023) was a German business information scientist and organ expert.
Early life and education
Pape was born in Bremen. After graduating from gymnasium there, Pape studied mathematics, physics, pedagogy and philos ...
, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (ed.): ''Lexikon norddeutscher Orgelbauer. Vol. 4. Berlin, Brandenburg und Umgebung einschließlich Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.'' Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017, pp. 411f.
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German pipe organ builders
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