Christian Gottlob Steinmüller (25 September 1792 – 8 May 1864) was an organ builder in Germany.

Life

He was born on 25 September 1792, the son of Johann Gottlob Steinmüller in Arnoldsgrün, in the

Electorate of Saxony The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony ( or ), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356 to 1806 initially centred on Wittenberg that came to include areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz. It was a ...

. On 15 January 1806, he began a 6-year apprenticeship with his uncle, Johann Gottlob Trampeli. On completion of his apprenticeship he settled in Grünhainer Hospitalgasse and founded his own organ building business. He married Wilhelmine Friedericke Hilliger.

Work

According to his own records in his 52-year career he built at least 27 organs in the following locations.''Christian Gottlob Steinmüller - Orgelbaumeister aus Grünhain''. Karl-Heinz Melzer: In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter 22(2000)2 * 1812: Grünhain * 1813: Großzöbern * 1817/1818: St.-Bartholomäus-Kirche (Wolkenstein) * 1819/1820: Church in Gornsdorf * 1820/1821: St. Johannis in Lößnitz (Erzgebirge) * 1823: St.-Jakobi-Kirche in Oelsnitz/Erzgeb. * 1824/1825: Church in Drebach * 1827: Churches in Seifersbach und in Hormersdorf * 1827/1828: Wehrgangkirche in Großrückerswalde * 1828/1829: Church in Ursprung * 1830: Church in Mildenau * 1831: St. Michaeliskirche in Pausa/Vogtl. * 1831: Church in Reinsberg * 1832–1834: Church in Colmberg * 1835/1836: Church in Arnoldsgrün * 1837: Church in Schwarzbach (Elterlein) * 1837/1838: St.-Laurentius-Kirche in

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* 1839: Church in Griesbach (Schneeberg) * 1840/1841: Church in Thierfeld * 1841/1842: St. Katharinen Church in Oelsnitz/Vogtl. * 1842/1843: Church in Waldenburg (Sachsen) * 1843: Church in Pfannenstiel * 1844: St.-Jakobi-Kirche

Mülsen Mülsen is a municipality in Germany, Landkreis Zwickau in Saxony. It is situated 6 km northeast of Zwickau Zwickau (; ) is the fourth-largest city of Saxony, Germany, after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, with around 88,000 inhabitants,. ...

* 1845: Church in St. Egidien * 1846/1847: Church in Auerbach (Erzgebirge) * 1848: Allerheiligenkirche (Raschau)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steinmuller, Christian Gottlob 1792 births 1864 deaths People from Vogtlandkreis People from the Electorate of Saxony German Lutherans German pipe organ builders Pipe organ building companies Manufacturing companies established in 1812 Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Germany 19th-century Lutherans