Orgelbau Mebold is a company building

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in Siegen, Germany. It was founded in 1967 by Hans Peter Mebold (27 April 1942 – 21 July 2001), and has been run since 2018 by his son Mathias Mebold (born 1978). The company builds new organs, restores historic instruments, and specializes in portable small instruments (''Truhenorgel'').

Founding

Hans Peter Mebold was born in

Weidenau Weidenau is a suburban part (Stadtteil) of the city Siegen in Germany. Weidenau, a northern part of Siegen, shares borders with Niedersetzen in the north, Geisweid in the north-west, the central part of Siegen in the south, Birlenbach in the ...

. He learned organ building with Hans Dentler, and worked in the workshop of , with , Günter Hardt, at the

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and with . He founded the company Orgelbau Mebold in Frauenberg near

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in 1976. In 1979, they moved to

Siegen Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly sho ...

, to the village Breitenbach. Hans Peter Mebold died in 2001.

Continuation

After Mebold's death, Johannes Tobias Späth took over, together with Marianne Mebold, the founder's widow. From 1982, he was responsible for the workshop. , the owner is Mathias Mebold, a son of Hans Peter Mebold, born in 1978.

Organs and concerts

The company builds new organs, mostly for use in parish churches, but also in parish halls and hospitals. A typical layout combines a Great division () in

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with a Swell division () with timbres of the

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, which makes it possible to play a wide range of organ repertory. The company restores historic instruments. It has specialized in building small organs called ''Truhenorgel'', which serve for accompanying choirs in church and for rehearsal. Mebold organs have attracted notable organists to play concerts. Dan Zerfaß, organist of the

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, played the first concert at the organ in

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, in 2006, followed by concerts of

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, and the duo

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and

Matthias Eisenberg Matthias Eisenberg (born 15 January 1956) is a German concert organist and harpsichordist, and a cantor. The award-winning player is known for performing concerts with clarinetist Giora Feidman. He has performed and conducted master classes interna ...

, among others. Anton Guggemos, the organist of the

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, played in St. Bardo in Petterweil, part of

Karben Karben is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the banks of the river Nidda in the Rhein-Main-Gebiet (Rhine-Main area), approximately north of Frankfurt. Division of the town Karben as a unified town was founded in ...

Works

Among the organ builders' new instruments are:

Founding

Continuation

Organs and concerts

Works

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