19 Feb 2013
Local radio station Echo FM broadcast a short live interview with Tilmann Späth, which included discussion on what makes an organ builder and on the current state of the craft. To save the interview on your PC, right-click on the link and then on Ziel speichern unter...16 Oct 2012
RegioTV followed our restoration of the Choir Organ in Weingarten and broadcast a short film on work in progress. In it our voicer, Eckhard Dittmer, described the particular demands of organ restoration.
19 Feb 2013
05 Jul 2012
As the war moves further and further into the past, a new era, a new generation comes along. Through our restoration, the organ in the Marktkirche has become a little bit more international.16 May 2012
The restoration of the Schäfer organ of 1866 was completed. On 22 January the church re-opened after a year-long renovation. The festivities were rounded off by a presentation on the organ by Tilmann Späth and a recital given by Stefan Pöll. On the previous Saturday there was a further recital by Prof. Deutsch from the Musikhochschule in Freiberg, with works by J S Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Schumann. A comprehensive review of the concert by Johannes Adam of the Badische Zeitung may be found here.
06 Mar 2012
After more than six month’s cleaning, overhaul and enlargement in our workshop, the Schuke-Späth organ has been shipped back to Goslar and will now be painstakingly re-installed. A festive re-dedication on 8 April will be attended by SPD Chairman Sigmar Gabriel and Bishop Prof. Dr. Friedrich Weber, both patrons of the project. North German Radio (NDR) has made a short film on the re-installation of the organ. Click here to see the video. Click here to visit the church website with pictures of work in progress.
31 Jan 2012
Work has started on the Choir Organ in the Basilica in Weingarten. Following complete dismantling, the instrument will now be thoroughly restored in our workshops. On the project page you will find information on the church building itself, as well as on the eventful history of the organ and its restoration in 2012. There are also pictures of the dismantling.
09 Nov 2011
After lengthy planning and 5,300 hours of work over twelve months, the rebuilt and enlarged Führer/Späth organ in Hamburg is now complete. On the project page contains up-to-date information and pictures of the finished instrument.
20 Oct 2011
Our voicer, Reiner Janke, has published two picture galleries of St Michaelis, Hamburg and Weingarten Abbey on his home page. By clicking on the pictures of the ‘Michel’, you have a wonderful tour of the building and its organs. The Weingarten pictures record the early stages of the work there. Click on the picture to reach Reiner Janke’s home page. 
29 Sep 2011
Over the last few weeks the restored and enlarged organ for St Marien, Hamburg-Altona has been erected and pre-voiced in our workshop. The instrument will now be transported to Hamburg and installed in the church. The dedication takes place on 4 September, with the first recital given the same day by KMD Professor Eberhard Lauer (Organist of the Dom St Marien in Hamburg). Click on the picture for more detailed information, together with new pictures and the specification of the instrument.
12 Jul 2011
Over the last few weeks we have dismantled the 37-stop Schuke organ. All the pipes were taken out, packed into boxes and returned to our workshop for cleaning and attention to the voicing. The electro-pneumatic drawstop motors, as well as the Hauptwerk and Oberwerk windchests, were also removed. Over the coming months these will be restored and the windchests enlarged. As the pictures show, the whole upper part of the case was scrapped in order to make room for the new façade. Click on the project page for more pictures of the dismantling and work-in-progress, as well as the specification.
27 May 2011
For financial reasons, the new German Romantic organ in St Lambertus was completed in three phases – 2000, 2004 and 2011. After more than a decade this fine project is now finished. 1 May – Organ dedication 11 am – High Mass, with the church choir singing the Missa in honorem Sancti Josephi by Flor Peeters 7.30 pm – Opening concert – Professor Wolfgang Seifen (former organist of the Marienbasilika in Kevaeler and now Professor in Berlin) improvising in various styles in honour of Pope John Paul II, with CCTV relay from the console.
21 Apr 2011
Work has started on the renovation of the Karl Schuke organ in the Market Church in Goslar. The design of the new organ façade was unanimously approved by the church council last month.
Click here for further information and pictures.
The church website also has further information and numerous pictures on this project: Auf die Internetseite der Marktkirchengemeinde Goslar!01 Apr 2011
We have regular visits from interested groups to our workshop, where a guided tour through the various work areas offers them a good insight into our craftsmanship and artistic creativity. Saturday 29 January saw a very special visit by the Children’s Organ Fan Club from Riedlingen on the Danube. This initiative, started last year by local Kantor and organ adviser Jürgen Berron, seeks to bring children closer to the instrument by experiencing it at first hand. Technical terms such as windchests, sliders, drawstops, wind trunks, pallets, pipe lips and scalings are explained and demonstrated to the children. However, the technology was not completely new to them. Early last year the technical terms for the various components seen in the workshop were fully explained by Herr Berron in the organ loft at the Christuskirche in Riedlingen. In our erecting hall the children were able to see and hear the completed organ for the Castle Church in Tettnang. Two further dates are planned for this year. On 29 July the Children’s Organ Fan Club visited the organ in its final home in Tettnang and on 9 October there is to be an entertaining presentation on how an organ works in the Christuskirche in Riedlingen.
30 Jan 2011
At a special ceremony on Advent Sunday 2010 the new CPE Bach organ in St Michael’s Church, Hamburg was formally inaugurated. The completion of this instrument is the crowning achievement of the great organ project at the ‘Michel’ lasting over three years. The attached video gives an impression of the whole undertaking from the initial case design, through the various stages of construction to its completion: The project page contains further information and pictures of the organ.Click here for the CPE Bach Organ Project Page!
14 Dec 2010
After over 1,000 hours work we have returned the Schwarz organ to pristine playing condition, reversing the changes it has undergone in its 120 years of life.
At the dedication ceremony on 17 October the instrument was formally handed over to the church congregation. Click on the picture for further information on the work done, together with a small photo gallery and specification.
03 Nov 2010
Last Sunday saw the final ceremonial act in the renovation and modernization of the New Apostolic Church in Stuttgart East. The new organ, utilising the case and pipework of the previous instrument, was completed in time for the re-dedication. Click on the picture for further information on the work done, together with a small photo gallery and specification.
05 Oct 2010
We have been commissioned to undertake the restoration of the Choir Organ in the famous basilica at Weingarten. The double-fronted case and a portion of the pipework survive today from the original instrument built by Joseph Gabler in 1743. However, the main corpus of the instrument dates back to the second generation of the Späth Brothers firm, who provided a new Choir Organ in 1923. A rebuilding by Reiser followed in 1934-7 under the direction of Pater Winfred Ellerhorst. The whole instrument will be restored in 2012. Here is a view of the choir area of the building:
14 Sep 2010
The dedication of the newly restored Romanesque interior of the Cathedral, with the ‘new’ old organ takes place on Easter Sunday 2010. North German Radio broadcast the following report on 1 February:
10 Mar 2010
We have recently taken delivery of freshly cut oak timber, 216 planks in all, making up 13 cubic metres of wood worth €15,000.
These will be air-dried over several years in our timber store before being used in the construction of windchests, cases and other organ components.
20 Feb 2010
Work on the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Organ for the Hamburg St. Michaelis Church is proceeding as planned.
We have uploaded a short video showing the current status:
15 Feb 2010
Work on the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Organ for the Hamburg St. Michaelis Church is proceeding as planned.
We have uploaded a short video showing the current status: