Hendrikus Hermanus Hess
| Years of birth and death |
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| Year of birth | 1735 | Leeuwarden |
| Year of death | 1794 | Gouda |
| Place |
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| 1754 | Gouda |
Hendrik Hermanus Hess was born on October 10, 1735 in Leeuwarden. He is descends from a family of tailors. His brother Joachim was organist in Gouda (Lutheran Church), Maassluis (1753) and then again in Gouda (Janskerk) from 1754 until his death. Hess was self-taught as an organ builder. He was a builder of mainly cabinet and residence pipe organs and only built a few church organs. Partly thanks to the fact that he employed several gifted servants (including Mitterreither and Künckel), the work he delivered was of good quality. Hess died in Gouda on July 29, 1794.
| Literature |
- Joachim Hess, "kunstrijk en beroemd Orgel- en Klokken-Speeler" en zijn broer, de orgelmaker Hendrik Hermanus : Een bijdrage tot de Nederlandse orgelgeschiedenis van de tweede helft der achttiende eeuw / Herm. S.J. Zandt. - In: Het Orgel, jrg. 58 nr. 1, januari 1962.
- Orgel ABC : Orgelfoto-album. - Amersfoort: J.C. Willemsen, [1976]. - Extra editie van "De Orgelvriend".
- Er staat een orgel in... / Gert Oost, Bert Wisgerhof, Piet Hartemink . - Baarn: Bosch & Keuning, 1976.
- De gebroeders Joachim en Hendrik Hermanus Hess in orgels / F.W. Huisman. - In: Kerk en Muziek, 31ste jaargang, nr. 4, april-mei 1982.
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| Links |
http://hess-bureauorgel.blogspot.com/
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Work list
| New organs |
| Year | Town / Building | Opus |
| 1761 | Bodegraven, Nederlands Hervormde Kerk (alleen kas over) | |
| 1774 | Dordrecht, Augustijnerkerk (afgebroken) | |
| 1773 | Schiedam, Waalse Gasthuiskerk (tegenwoordig in het Stedelijk Museum) | |
| 1783 | Oudshoorn, Nederlands Hervormde Kerk | |
| 1784 | Rotterdam-Charlois, Oude Kerk | |
| 1787 | Kloetinge, Geerteskerk | |
| Restoration works |
| Year | Town / Building | Opus |
| 1774 | Zevenbergen, Nederlands Hervormde Kerk | |
