Workshop for organ building, restoration of historical organs and own pipe manufacturing in Leer
Jürgen Ahrend Orgelbau Inh. Hendrik Ahrend e.K.
Leer (Leer-Loga)New on Amplifa
About the Workshop
The workshop, founded in 1954 by Jürgen Ahrend and Gerhard Brunzema in Leer, is one of the traditional German organ building companies. The sole proprietorship builds new organs and chamber organs, installs instruments in historical cases, carries out restorations of historical organs and implements extensions and conversions of existing instruments. Since 1955 the company has had its own pipe workshop, where the pipework is manufactured, including reconstructions of historical pipes (e.g. wedge bellows). The value chain includes case construction, bellows systems, windchests, actions and on-site installation. The materials used are predominantly wood for cases and bellows systems and metal for pipework. Customers include churches, monasteries, music academies, universities and concert halls in Europe, the USA, Japan and Australia, among them Stift St. Peter Salzburg, St. Jacobi Hamburg, the University of Heidelberg and the Deutsches Museum Munich. The workshop complex on Logaer Mühlenweg in Leer-Loga has existed since 1958.
- Site
- Leer
- Processes
- Organ building (new construction), Restoration of historical organs (case, bellows system, windchest, pipework), Reconstruction (e.g. pipes, wedge bellows), Own pipe production (pipe workshop), New construction of chamber organs, positives, knee positives and regals, Construction of cases, windchests and bellows (bellows system), Extension of organs (manuals/pedal/stops), Organ building
- Materials
- Wood (case, bellows system), Wood, Metal (pipework)
- Certificates
- Certifications
- Founded
- 1954
- Industries
- Organ building, Church music, Craftsmanship
- 01
Design and conception
- 02
Pipe manufacturing in own pipe workshop
- 03
Case construction
- 04
Construction of bellows systems and windchests
- 05
Actions and stop work
- 06
Restoration/reconstruction
- 07
On-site installation and tuning
Materials & Processes
Wood
Material for organ cases, bellows systems, windchests and action parts.
Metal (pipework)
Material for flue pipes and reed stops in own pipe production.
Location
Leer
DEWorkshop / Business seat
- Lot size
- One-off production
- Materials
- Wood, metal
- Pipe workshop
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organ building (new construction)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Restoration of historical organs (case, bellows system, windchest, pipework)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Reconstruction (e.g. pipes, wedge bellows)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Own pipe production (pipe workshop)Joining | – | – | – | – | – |
| New construction of chamber organs, positives, knee positives and regalsAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Construction of cases, windchests and bellows (bellows system)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Extension of organs (manuals/pedal/stops)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
The in-house pipe production since 1955 serves to achieve the quality standard of historical pipes; restorations are carried out based on thoroughly studied historical organs, among others in exchange with the organologist Cornelius H. Edskes.
| Evidence | Leer |
|---|---|
| Certifications |
History
- 1954
Founding of the organ building workshop Ahrend & Brunzema in Leer by Jürgen Ahrend and Gerhard Brunzema
- 1955
Establishment of an own pipe workshop; restoration of the organ in Westerhusen
- 1958
Construction of the workshop complex on Logaer Mühlenweg
- 1959
Inauguration of the first large new building in Scheveningen (NL) by Gustav Leonhardt
- 1971
Separation of the partners; Jürgen Ahrend continues to run the business in Leer-Loga, Gerhard Brunzema moves to Canada
- 1974
First restoration of a large Schnitger organ: Huß/Schnitger organ Stade
- 1993
Completion of the restoration of the largest preserved Schnitger organ in Hamburg St. Jacobi
- 2004/2005
Handover of the business to Hendrik Ahrend; work list III since 2005