Johann Peter Migendt, also Migend, (1703 – 19 September 1767) was a German

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in Berlin and successor to Joachim Wagner.

Life

Migend was born in Birthälm, Principality of Transylvania (now

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). From 1731/32 he worked for Joachim Wagner in Berlin, and from 1741 he was his master craftsman after the death of Kallensee. A joint contract with Wagner for a new organ is known from 1747, and in 1749 he took over Wagner's workshop. In 1755 Peter Migendt built a house at what later became Münzstraße 9 in the Spandauer Vorstadt, Wolf Bergelt: ''Wagner-Geist im Orgelbau der Schüler.'' Volume 2. ''Stettin - St. Nikolai.'' Berlin 2014

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The residence and workshop of Peter Migend
Institute for Organ Research Brandenburg, Research In 1756 he received the

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citizenship. Among others, his employees were Georg Friedrich Grüneberg (until about 1756) and Ernst Julius Marx, who probably took over the workshop after 1667. He died in 1767 in Berlin.

List of works (selection)

New organs, rebuildings, two relocations, repairs, offers for new organs and expertises are known from Johann Peter Migendt. The organs in Ueckermünde (previously Berlin, Neue Kirche), the Amalien organ in Berlin-Karlshorst (previously in the castle) and the organ in Ringenwalde have survived. New organ buildings Other works

Life

List of works (selection)

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