Orgelbau Pirchner is an Austrian manufacturer of pipe organs, located in Steinach am Brenner, Tirol.
History The company was founded in 1817 by Franz Reinisch in Gries am Brenner, Reinisch, Joseph – Orgellandschaft Tirol but moved to Steinach as early as 1825. In 1935 Johann Pirchner Sr. took over the company, but had to stop production during World War II. Between 1945 and 1973, the workshop built over 120 pipe organs. In 1973 his son, Johann Pirchner Jr., continued the Pirchner tradition, focusing on the construction of pipe organs with slider chests and tracker action. After building a new workshop in 1997, Johann Pirchner Jr. handed the company to his son Martin Pirchner, who took the Meisterprüfung in organ building in 1996.
Today Orgelbau Pirchner builds instruments for churches, concert halls, universities and schools. The company's primary focus is on designing and building slider chest organs with tracker-action. The scales of the pipes and their voicing are a modern interpretation of the principles of Andreas and Gottfried Silbermann.
Works (selection) P = Pedal keyboard Year City Church Picture Manuals Stops1978KalternParish church III/P 311980BrixenBrixen CathedralIII/P471985PerchtoldsdorfSt. AugustinIII/P401989SeitenstettenSeitenstetten AbbeyII/P291991SalzburgSalzburg CathedralII/P Dommusik Salzburg II/P14 141995BolzanoFranciscan Monastery BolzanoIII/P441999Hall in TirolSt. NikolausIII/P502000InnsbruckInnsbruck CathedralIII/P. Reinhard Jaud: 275 Jahre Orgelgeschichte zu St. Jakob in Innsbruck. In: Domorgel St. Jakob/Innsbruck, Festschrift zur Orgelweihe, Innsbruck 2000, S. 26ff.572002BöheimkirchenParish churchIII/P Gottfried Allmer: Große Orgeln in Österreich - ein Überblick. In: Das Orgelforum. Nr. 13, 2010, S. 88.312002WienUniversität für Musik und darstellende KunstII/P152004Polling, Weilheim-SchongauPolling AbbeyIII/P422008ReichenthalParish churchII/P252009LienzFranciscan Monastery LienzIII/P382010St. Ulrich in GrödenParish churchII/P312011TraunsteinSt. OswaldI/P92013VorauVorau MonasteryII/P34
References
Links Website Orgelbau Pirchner Documentary about Orgelbau Pirchner