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Orgelbau Klais is a German firm that designs, builds and restores pipe organs. It is a family run company, founded in 1882 by Johannes Klais senior and is now run by his great-grandson Philipp Klais. The firm is based in Bonn, Germany, and has completed many large-scale building and restoration projects around the globe in more than a century of organ building.[1]

History

Johannes Klais, a skilled organ builder trained in Alsace, Switzerland, and Southern Germany, established his own workshop in Bonn in 1882. His craftsmanship was deeply rooted in traditional methods, particularly the use of slider windchests. However, even before the turn of the century, he demonstrated innovation by creating high-pressure stops with dual mouths on pneumatic cone valve chests. In 1906, alongside his son Hans, he introduced electric action to organ building.

Hans Klais succeeded his father in 1925. During his leadership, the company embraced modern influences, particularly in facade design, and made advancements in ergonomic console designs.

In 1965, Hans Gerd Klais, the founder’s grandson, took over the business, followed by Philipp Klais, the founder’s great-grandson, who became the fourth-generation manager of Orgelbau Klais.

The company gained international recognition for its restoration of the historic Bamboo Organ at St. Joseph's Parish in Las Piñas City, Philippines. The organ was transported to Germany in 1973, meticulously restored in 1974, and returned to the church in 1975. Beyond restoration, the company trained former church choirboys in organ building, who later established a local organ building and restoration workshop.

Klais instruments around the world

Country image City Location Inauguration year Pipes Other
Template:Country Buenos Aires Centro Cultural Kirchner
Template:Country Brisbane Queensland Performing Arts Centre 6566[2]
Template:Country Catarina Church of Rodeio
Template:Country Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts 2007 6500[3] 94 stops. Largest organ in China.
Template:Country Reykjavík Hallgrímskirkja 5275
Template:Country Aachen Aachen Cathedral[4]
File:Klais Orgel der Abteikirche (Erzabtei St. Martin) in Beuron.jpg Beuron Archabbey church[5]
File:KölnerDomOrgel.jpg Cologne Cologne Cathedral 1998 Although enormous, it is almost dwarfed inside the colossal Gothic church as it clings to the balconies.

Klais also restored other organs in the cathedral and added a detached console that operates all of them at once.

Hamburg Elbphilharmonie 2017 4765 4 manuals, 65 registers
St. Nicholas Church 2023 Connected, can be played from a remote location[6]
Munich St. Peter's church
File:Muenster Hauptorgel.png Münster Münster Cathedral approx. 7173
Nuremberg Frauenkirche
File:Hauptorgel im Trierer Dom - 2007-10-14.jpg Trier Trier Cathedral 1974 5602
Template:Country Athens Athens Concert Hall 6080[7]
Template:Country Kuala Lumpur Petronas Philharmonic Hall
Template:Country File:Philharmonie Orgel Kraków.jpg Kraków Kraków Philharmonic Concert Hall
Template:Country Esplanade Concert Hall 4740 61 registers
Template:Country Saragossa Basilica of Our Lady del Pilar 2008 5391 Pipes inserted in a Renaissance (1529–1530) wooden frame.
Template:Country Bath, Somerset Bath Abbey[8]
Leeds Leeds Cathedral
Westminster St. John's, Smith Square Redundant but still consecrated church which commissioned its organ when the building became a concert hall.
Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham 2001 6000 Largest mechanical action organ in the UK.[9]
Template:Country Columbus, Ohio First Community Church 2022 4 manuals, 85 ranks. Dual consoles.
Delaware, Ohio Ohio Wesleyan University 4644 82 Ranks, 55 Stops.[10]
Madison, Wisconsin Overture Hall[11]
New York City St. Peter's Lutheran Church 1978 2 manuals, 43 ranks.[12]
Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa Voxman Music Building Concert Hall 2016 3883

References

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Sources

  • Hans Gerd Klais: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Ästhetik der Orgel: Aus Anlass der Einhundertjahrfeier Orgelbau Johannes Klais Bonn, 1882–1982. Bonn 1983.
  • Architecture of Music. Inspired pipe organs in world class buildings. Johannes Klais Orgelbau (Ed.), Bonn w.J.
  • Horst Hodick: Johannes Klais (1852–1925); ein rheinischer Orgelbauer und sein Schaffen. Musikverlag Katzbichler, München/Salzburg 1993, Template:ISBN.
  • Ludger Stühlmeyer: Orgelbau in Hof. In: Musica sacra, 133. Jg. Journal 2, Kassel 2013, pp 104–105.

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