Ernst Seifert (9 May 1855 – 27 April 1928) was a German
organ builder and founder of a company named after him.
In 1885 he founded his company in
Cologne
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-Mannsfeld.
[Karl-Heinz Göttert, Eckhard Isenberg, ''Orgeln in Köln: ein Rundgang zu 70 Instrumenten'', J.P. Bachem, (1998)]
Organs by Seifert are found in the following churches:
* 1898
St. Gereon's Basilica,
Cologne
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* 1903 Christus-Church,
Mönchengladbach
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,
* 1907
Kevelaer
Kevelaer (; Low Rhenish: ''Käwela'') is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is the largest Catholic pilgrimage location within north-western Europe. Over one million Marian devotees, mostly from Germany and ...
Basilica
* 1907
Quirinus Münster,
Neuss
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* 1909 St. Peter's Church,
Kettwig
* 1912 Alternberg Cathedral,
Altenberg
* 1912 St. Matthias Church, Cologne-Bayenthal
References
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German pipe organ builders
1855 births
1928 deaths
Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Germany