Jürgen Ahrend

Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930) is a German organ builder famous for restoring instruments such as the Rysum organ and the Arp Schnitger organ in St. Jacobi, Hamburg (St James's Church) as well as building original instruments. He is interviewed extensively in the film Martinikerk Rondeau, released in 2009.

Jürgen Ahrend.

Awards

Works (selection)
Roman number = number of manuals
Arabian number = number of stops
P = independent pedal
p = pull down pedal
R = restoration
Rc = reconstruction
NB = new built

Ahrend & Brunzema (1954–1971)
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1954/88 1 Larrelt (D) Larrelt Church R I/p 11 organ
1955 4 Westerhusen (D) Westerhusen Church
R I/p 7 organ
1957 9 Uttum (D) Uttum Church
R I 9 organ
1957 (1997) 10 Veldhausen (D) Altref. Church
NB I (II/P) 6 (13) [1]
1959/2002 18 Scheveningen (NL) Zorgvlietkerk
NB III/P 26 [2]
1961 25 Rysum (D) Rysum Church
R I 7 organ
1961 27 Aurich (D) Lambertikirche
NB II/P 25 organ
1962 29 Espel (NL) Ref. Church NB I 7 [3]
1962 30 Bremen (D) St. Martini
NB III/P 33 organ
1963 34 Wassenaar (NL) Kivietkerk NB II/P 21
1965 41 Amsterdam (NL) Oude Kerk (transept organ)
NB II/P 17 [4]
1965 43 Amsterdam (NL) Oude Waalse Kerk
R II/P 26 [5]
1965 40 Groningen (NL) Magnaliakerk NB II 13 [6]
1965 42 Den Haag (NL) Johanneskapel NB II/P 14 [7]
1966 45 Bremen (D) Ev. Church Oberneuland
NB II/P 22 [8]
1967 49 Castrop-Rauxel (D) Church Schwerin-Frolinde NB III/P 27
1968 51 Aalten (NL) Geref. Zuiderkerk NB II/P 16 [9]
1968 58 Haarlem (NL) Mennonite Church
NB III/P 24 [10]
1969 62 Hamburg (D) Ref. Church Altona NB II/P 15 [11]
1966/69/87 65 Marienhafe (D) Marienkirche
R II/p 20 organ
1970 68 Frankfurt am Main (D) Cantate Domino
NB III/P 33 [12]
1970 69 Uelsen (D) Ref. Church NB II/P 20 [13]
1970/76 70 Innsbruck (A) Hofkirche
R II/p 15 organ
1963-71 74 Leer (D) Große Kirche R III/P 37 organ

Jürgen Ahrend (1972–2004)
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1972 76 Eugene University of Oregon NB IV/P 38 [14]
1966-73 79 Ochtersum (D) St. Materniani R I/p 9 [15]
1972-75, 1993/94 81 Stade (D) St. Cosmae et Damiani R III/P 42 organ
1974 83 Taizé (F) Eglise de la Réconciliation (nun in Lyon) NB III/P 28 [16]
1975 84 Hamburg (D) Christengemeinschaft Johnsallee
NB II/P 18
1975 90 Frankfurt am Main (D) Ev. Church Alt-Hoechst NB II/P 18
1975 92 Sloten (NL) Ref. Church
R II/p 16 [17]
1977 97 Duderstadt (D) St. Servatius NB III/P 28
1978 98 Edinburgh (GB) Reid Concert Hall NB II/P 21
1978 100 Joure (NL) Ref. Church NB III/P 27 [18]
1979 103 Melbourne (AUS) Monash University NB IV/P 45 [19]
1980 104 Leiden (NL) Hooglandse Kerk R II/P 24 [20]
1981 105 Toulouse (F) Musée des Augustins NB III/P 33 [21]
1982/99 107 Lüdingworth (D) St. Jacobi der Ältere R III/P 35 [22]
1978-83 108 Weener (D) St. Georg Church R II/P 29 organ
1976/77/83/84 111 Groningen Martinikerk
R III/P 52 [23]
1985 115 Porrentruy (CH) Lycée Cantonale
NB II/P 30 [24]
1981-85 116 Norden (D) Ludgeri-Kirche R III/P 46 [25]
1985 118 Stellichte (D) Ss. Georg, Christopherus et Jodocus Rc II/p 12 [26]
1986 120 Tokyo (Japan) St. Gregory House NB II/p 13
1986/2007 121/178 Kantens (NL) Ref. Church R/Rc II/p 15 [27]
1986/87 127 Vienna (A) Michaelerkirche
R III/P 40 [28]
1987-90 128 Stade (D) St. Wilhadi R III/P 40 [29]
1989 130 Tsukuba (Japan) Bach-Grove
NB II/P 19
1989 131 Wetzlar (D) Franziskanerkirche
NB II/P 22 organ
1990 134 Milano (I) San Simpliciano NB III/P 35 [30]
1991 135 Pilsum (D) Kreuzkirche R II/p 16 organ
1991 138 Zwettl (A) Stift R III/P 35 organ
1990-93 139 Hamburg (D) St. Jacobi
R IV/P 60 organ
1993 140 Payerne (CH) Pfarrkirche
Rk II/P 22 [31]
1993/94 143 Trondheim (N) Nidaros Domkirken R II/P 30 [32]
1994/95 144 Osteel (D) Warnfried Church R II/p 13 organ
1995 145 München (D) Deutsches Museum
NB II/P 17
1997 147 Landshut (D) St. Jodok
NB II/P 15
1997 149 Tokyo (Japan) Casals Hall, Nihon University NB III/P 41 [33]
1997 150 Stuttgart (D) Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart NB II/P 15 [34]
1998 151 Logabirum (D) Luth. Church NB I/P 10 [35]
1997/98 153 Dornum (D) St. Bartholomäus Church R III/P 32 organ
2000 157 Lübeck (D) Lübeck Cathedral (little organ)
R I/p 10 [36]
2000 158 Kongsberg (N) Kongsberg kirke R III/P 42 [37]
2001 159 Trebel (D) Luth. Church R II/P 19 [38]
2002 160 Leer (D) Lutherkirche NB III/P 39 [39]
2002 161 Köln (D) Ursulinenkirche NB II/P 19 [40]
2002/03 162 Wilten (A) Stiftskirche R I/P 4 (10) [41]
2003/04 163 Altenbruch (D) St. Nikolai R III/P 35 Organ
2004 164 Hokksund (N) Haug, Norway kirke NB II/P 22 [42]
2004 165/183 Oldersum (D) Ref. Church
NB II/P 16 [43]

Hendrik Ahrend (since 2005)
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2005 170 Notre Dame/Indiana University of Notre Dame NB I 5
2005 171 Pernegg (A) Stift Pernegg
R II/P 18
2006 172 Calgary (CA) University of Calgary NB II/P 21 [44]
2007 176 Herzogenaurach (D) St. Otto NB II/P 26 [45]
2007 177 Vaison-la-Romaine (F) Cathédrale Notre Dame
NB II/P 20 [46]
2007 178 Kantens (NL) Antoniuskerk Rk II/p 15 [27]
2007 179 Våler, Hedmark (N) Våler kirkelige fellesråd R I 8 [47]
2007/08 180 Leer (D) Kath.-Apostol. Kirche NB II/P 10
2009 187 Venice (I) Chiesa di San Salvador
NB I 8 [48]
2009 188 Melle (D) St. Matthäus
R II/P 23 [49]
2009 189 Königs Wusterhausen (D) Kreuzkirche NB II/P 19 [50]
2010 194 Brixen (I) „Unsere Liebe Frau“
R I/P
2010/11 195 Hollern (D) St. Mauritius R II/P 24
2011/12 199 Worpswede (D) Zionskirche
NB II/P 24 organ]
2011/12 200 Buttforde, Wittmund (D) St.-Marien-Kirche
R I/p 9 organ
2012/13 202 Badia, South Tyrol (I) St. Leonhardo NB III/P about 35
2013 203 Sankt Peter (D) Maria Lindenberg NB II/P 17
2013/14 204 Rinteln (D) Kloster Möllenbeck
R II/P 20
2015 207 Langwarden St. Laurentius NB II/P 21
2015–16 210 Heidelberg St. Raphael N II/P 32
2017 213 Tokyo (J) Concert Hall NB II/P 21
2014-18 206/215 Leer (D) Große Kirche R III/P 48 organ
2018-20 Regensburg Dreieinigkeitskirche NB II/P 30

References
  1. Organ in Veldhausen. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. Organ in Scheveningen. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  3. Organ in Espel Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  4. Organ in Amsterdam, Oude Kerk. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. Organ in Amsterdam, Oude Waalse Kerk. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  6. Organ in Groningen, Magnaliakerk Archived 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  7. Organ in Den Haag, Johanneskapel. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  8. Organ in Bremen-Oberneuland. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  9. Organ in Aalten Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  10. Organ in Haarlem, Mennonite Church. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  11. Organ in Hamburg-Altona. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  12. Organ in Frankfurt, Cantate Domino, p. 162f. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  13. Organ in Uelsen. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  14. Organ in Eugene. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  15. Organ in Ochtersum. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  16. Organ in Taizé. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  17. Organ in Sloten. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  18. Organ in Joure. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  19. Organ in Melbourne. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  20. Organ in Leiden. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  21. Organ in Toulouse. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  22. Organ in Lüdingworth. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  23. Organ in Groningen, Martinikerk. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  24. Organ in Porrentruy. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  25. Organ in Norden. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  26. Organ in Stellichte. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  27. Organ in Kantens. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  28. Organ in Vienna Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  29. Organ in Stadem St. Wilhadi. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  30. Organ in Milano. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  31. Organ in Payerne. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  32. Organ in Trondheim. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  33. Organ in Tokyo, Casals Hall. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  34. Organ in Stuttgart. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  35. Organ in Logabirum. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  36. Organ in Lübeck Cathedral Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  37. Organ in Kongsberg. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  38. Organ in Trebel. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  39. Organ in Leer, Lutherkirche. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  40. Organ in Köln, Ursulinenkirche Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, p. 10f. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  41. Organ in Wilten. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  42. Organ in Hokksund. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  43. Organ in Oldersum. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  44. Organ in Calgary. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  45. Organ in Herzogenaurach Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  46. Organ in Vaison-la-Romaine. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  47. Organ in Våler, Hedmark Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 10. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  48. Organ in Venice Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  49. Organ in Melle. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  50. Organ in Lönigs Wusterhausen. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

Literature
  • 25 Jahre Orgelbau Jürgen Ahrend 1954 - 1979. Leer-Loga 1979.
  • 40 Jahre Orgelbau Jürgen Ahrend 1954-1994. Ed. Günter Lade. Leer-Loga 1994. (with list of works and diskografie)
  • John Hamilton: Ahrend, Jürgen (b. 1930). In: The Organ. An Encyclopedia. Douglas E. Bush, Richard Kassel (ed.). Routledge, New York and London 2006, ISBN 978-0-415-94174-7, p. 22-23.
  • Fiori gratulatorii Jürgen Ahrend - Organopoeius. Zum 50jährigen Bestehen der Orgelwerkstatt in Leer und Loga dagli amici e ammiratori. Ed. Peter Golon and Harald Vogel. CSW Druckservice, Grasberg 2004.
  • Uwe Pape: Jürgen Ahrend and Gerhard Brunzema. In: Organ Yearbook. No. 3, 1972, p. 24-35.
  • Jürgen Ahrend, organbuilder. Celebrating forty years of his career (1954 - 1994). Ed. James L. Wallmann and Lawrence H. Moe. American Organ Academy, Oakland/CA 1995.
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