Organ building workshop: windchests, cases, wind systems, consoles and wooden pipes according to historical craftsmanship
Orgelbau Christoph Weber
Landshut (Auloh)New on Amplifa
About the Workshop
Orgelbau Christoph Weber is a workshop in Landshut specializing in the construction and restoration of organs. Its range of services includes windchest construction (slider and cone windchests), organ case construction, wind systems with bellows, wind trunks and blower boxes, console construction including pneumatic consoles, pedal keyboards, organ benches and console cases, as well as wooden pipe making and voicing. In addition, historical components are reconstructed, such as feeder bellows or pneumatic consoles. Work is carried out predominantly in solid woods such as spruce, oak and walnut, combined with leather (leathering, membranes, leather pouches) and paper for stop channels. The work is performed using traditional craftsmanship techniques including moulding, gluing, veneering and leathering. Customers are churches and church communities for new organ builds, restorations and reconstructions in Germany.
- Site
- Landshut
- Processes
- Slider windchest construction, Cone windchest construction, Case construction (organ cases, moulding, gluing, case assembly), Bellows construction (reservoir bellows, single-fold bellows, double-fold bellows, multi-fold, Wind trunk and blower box construction, roller valve construction, Console construction (pneumatic console, reconstruction, coupler action, tone relays, membranes), Pedal keyboard construction (radial and frameless double-curved pedal keyboards), Organ bench construction (hydraulically adjustable, height-adjustable, curved)
- Materials
- Spruce, Oak, Walnut, Sheepskin, Leather (leathering, membranes, leather pouches), Paper (papered stop channels), Leather, Paper
- Industries
- Churches and church communities, Organ building (new builds, restoration, reconstruction)
- 01
Cutting and moulding of the woods
- 02
Component manufacturing (windchests, bellows, pipes, case parts)
- 03
Leathering and assembly
- 04
Case construction and final on-site assembly
- 05
Voicing
Materials and Craftsmanship Techniques
Spruce
Solid wood for organ cases, wind trunks and blower boxes.
Oak
Material for case mouldings and rim frames.
Walnut
Used for modern console cases and stop jambs.
Leather
Leathering of bellows, membranes and leather pouches in windchests.
Sheepskin
Covering of reservoir and multi-fold bellows in the wind system.
Paper
Papering of the stop channels on cone windchests.
Locations
Landshut
DEWorkshop / Operation
- Lot size
- One-off production
- Materials
- Spruce, oak, walnut, leather
Manufactured Organ Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slider windchest constructionAssembly | – | – | – | – | Wood, Leather |
| Cone windchest constructionAssembly | – | – | – | – | Wood, Paper, Leather |
| Case construction (organ cases, moulding, gluing, case assembly)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Spruce, Oak |
| Bellows construction (reservoir bellows, single-fold bellows, double-fold bellows, multi-foldAssembly | – | – | – | – | Sheepskin, Leather, Wood |
| Wind trunk and blower box construction, roller valve constructionAssembly | – | – | – | – | Spruce wood |
| Console construction (pneumatic console, reconstruction, coupler action, tone relays, membranes)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Wood, Leather |
| Pedal keyboard construction (radial and frameless double-curved pedal keyboards)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Organ bench construction (hydraulically adjustable, height-adjustable, curved)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Console case construction with stop jambs, music desk and veneeringAssembly | – | – | – | – | Walnut, Wood, Veneer |
| Wooden pipe making (traverse flute, angled and labiated wooden pipes, stopped pipes, resonators,Assembly | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Organ building/voicing (new organ builds and restoration)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Wood, Leather, Metal |
Additional services