Organ workshop
Kristian Wegscheider
The company Kristian Wegscheider, founded in June 1989 in Dresden as a restoration workshop for organs, has restored, reconstructed or built more than 125 organs in the more than 35 years of its existence.
With his 18 employees, Kristian Wegscheider specialises in the restoration and reconstruction of baroque organs from the period between 1650 and 1780. The extensive experience gained from extensive organ restorations is an essential basis for the reconstruction of lost organ parts and even entire organs.
The way this workshop works is characterised by the use of traditional craftsmanship techniques, knowledge of how to handle contemporary materials, and the precise reproduction of historically valuable preserved organ pipes.
The sphere of influence of the Wegscheider organ workshop extends from Iceland and Sweden across the whole of Germany to Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, France and Switzerland.
Not only the restorations and reconstructions but also the new mechanical organs built entirely in the old style have received an outstanding response from experts worldwide.
Among the most important restorations by the Wegscheider organ workshop are the organ of the
St. Nikolai Church (Stralsund), the Stellwagen organ in St. Mary's Church in Stralsund, the Amalienorgel in the Church of the Good News in Berlin-Karlshorst, the Wäldner organ in the Halle Cathedral and the Silbermann organ in the Catholic Hofkirche in Dresden (pictured right).
