Orgelbau Weise

Orgelbau Weise is a German organ-building company based in Plattling, Bavaria. According to its official website, the firm was founded in 1889 by Ignaz Weise in Passau and moved to Plattling in 1903. In 1919 Michael Weise took over the business and expanded it into a flourishing enterprise. From 1980 onward, OBM Reinhard Weise led the organ-building operations. The company describes itself as having built and restored pneumatic, electric and especially mechanical pipe organs of all sizes for churches, as well as private house organs and organ positives. Over the decades it has produced more than 1,200 handcrafted instruments, an opus number that reflects a long and continuous workshop tradition. The company's instruments have been installed largely in the eastern Bavarian region and Lower Franconia, with a considerable number also in the Baden area, and occasionally in Spain, Italy and South America. In addition to building new organs, Orgelbau Weise runs a parts business: its website offers a wide range of new and used organ parts for mechanical, pneumatic and electric pipe organs, as well as individual used organ positives and various organ-building tools. It also sells organ stops (registers) in wood and metal that are new, made of the best material, and have never been installed in an organ. Orgelbau Weise presents itself as an organ-building master workshop (Orgelbau Meisterbetrieb) founded in 1889. Its contact details list Dr. Kiefl Strasse 6, 94447 Plattling, with telephone 09931-2352, fax 09931-2410 and email info@orgelbau-weise.de. The company remains a private, family-linked craft business rather than a listed corporation. Its identity is closely tied to the Weise family name and to the Bavarian organ-building tradition.

Orgelbau Weise traces its origins to 1889, when Ignaz Weise founded the company in Passau, Germany. In 1903 the business was relocated to Plattling, where it has remained based. In 1919 Michael Weise took over the operation and developed it into a flourishing enterprise. The workshop built and restored pneumatic, electric and especially mechanical pipe organs of all sizes, primarily for churches, but also repeatedly for private house organs and organ positives. Over many decades the firm accumulated an opus number of more than 1,200 handcrafted instruments. From 1980 onward, OBM Reinhard Weise directed the organ-building business. The company's instruments were installed largely in the eastern Bavarian region and in Lower Franconia, with a considerable number also in the Baden area, and occasionally in Spain, Italy and South America. In addition to organ construction and restoration, Orgelbau Weise operates a parts and materials business, selling new and used organ parts for mechanical, pneumatic and electric pipe organs, individual used organ positives, organ-building tools, and new wood and metal organ stops that have never been installed. The company presents itself as an organ-building master workshop (Orgelbau Meisterbetrieb) founded in 1889 and continues to operate from Dr. Kiefl Strasse 6, 94447 Plattling.

• 1980

  OBM Reinhard Weise begins leading the organ-building business.

• 1919

  Michael Weise takes over the operation and expands it.

• 1903

  The business is relocated to Plattling.

• 1889

  Ignaz Weise founds the company in Passau.

Traditional German organ-building master workshop (Orgelbau Meisterbetrieb) founded in 1889, combining new organ construction, restoration and a parts/stop supply business.

• Pneumatic pipe organs

• Electric pipe organs

• Mechanical pipe organs

• House organs

• Organ positives

• New and used organ parts

• New organ stops in wood and metal

• Organ-building tools

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