Johann Friedrich Turley
Johann Friedrich Turley (23 June 1804 – 1855 "not far from Köthen") was a German organ builder, who worked in Brandenburg in the first half of the 19th century. Life Born in Treuenbrietzen, Turley learned organ building from his father Johann Tobias Turley and was his collaborator in the last years of his life. Several new organs were built by the two of them together. After his father's death, he took over the workshop and moved with the company to Brandenburg, where he worked together with his half-brother Albert Turley after 1844.orgellandschaftbrandenburg.de
retrieved 21 February 2021. He bore the title "Königlich-Preußischer Orgelbaumeister". On 28 December 1827, he married Theresia Meyer from Schellerten, Wendhausen, from whom he divorced before 1844.

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Organ Builder
Organ building is the profession of designing, building, restoring and maintaining pipe organs. The Organ builders , organ builder usually receives a commission to design an organ with a particular disposition of Organ stop, stops, Manual (music), manuals, and Tracker action, actions, creates a design to best respond to spatial, technical and acoustic considerations, and then constructs the instrument. The profession requires specific knowledge of such matters as the Scale height , scale length of organ pipes and also familiarity with the various materials used (including woods, metals, felt, and leather) and an understanding of statics, aerodynamics, mechanics and electronics. However, although in theory the builder is responsible for all facets of construction, in practice organ-building workshops include specialists in pipes, actions, and cabinets; tasks such as the manufacture of pipes, metal Casting (metalworking), casting, and making rarely-used components are often del ...
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