Johann Christian Dauphin (22 February 1682 -14 May 1730) was a German organ builder.
Life
Johann Christian Dauphin was a student of Johann Friedrich Wender in Mühlhausen, Thüringen and was recommended for maintenance on his organ in Seligenstadt.
From about 1707 he settled in Kleinheubach, where he married in 1707. In 1714 he was put in charge of the organs in the County of Erbach.
His greatest work was the three-manual organ for the Walldürn Basilica which is probably the only largely preserved organ is in the old Catholic parish church of St. Anna in Sulzbach am Main. In addition, some prospectuses have been preserved.
His brother Johann Eberhard Dauphin was also an organ builder. His son Johann Christian II (June 12, 1713 in Kleinheubach; died May 8, 1772, in Kleinheubach) and his grandson Johann Christian III. (January 16, 1752 in Kleinheubach; died May 2, 1792, in Kleinheubach) were also organ builders and continued to run the workshop. It went out around 1800.
Works Year Location Church Image Manual Register Remarks1710KleinheubachEv. Pfarrkirche St. MartinI/P12Prospectus preserved and reconstructed. 1713Buchen (Odenwald)Catholic ChurchI/P12received nothing more1717/1723WalldürnSt. George Wallfahrts Basilica III/P32Prospectus received, accord of August 30, 1713 received, new building completed Hans-Theodor Vleugels 1975, today III/401720Kloster Schmerlenbachformer monastery church, today cath. Parish Church and Pilgrimage ChurchI/P121882 transferred to Sulzbach um 1720Sulzbach am MainSt. Anna, old catholic churchI/P12Originally for the Schmerlenbach monastery.The instrument was installed here by Bruno Müller around 1882 and slightly modified. Restoration by Vleugels Organmanufactur in 19991721HergershausenEv. KircheI8Pedal was added in 1784; Organ replaced by a new building in 1912, prospectus preserved
Bibliography
Bohner/Vleugel's organ in the Walldürn Basilica L. Eisenträger, organ consecration in St. Anna Sulzbach on December 5, 1999
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