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Bernhardt H. Edskes Orgelbau


Visiting addressBrunnackerweg 10
Zipcode5610
TownWohlen
CountryZwitserland
Years of birth and death
Year of birth1940Groningen
Year of death2022
Place
1975Wohlen (Zürich)


  • Bernhardt Hilbrand Edskes was born in Groningen on October 28, 1940. He was organist of the Schnitger organ in Uithuizen for many years. He learned the profession of organ building at the company Metzler in Switzerland. Around 1975 he established himself as an independent organ builder in Wohlen, near Zürich. He specialized in the North German Baroque.
  • The leadership of the Edskes company was taken over in 2019 by Andreas Boesch, employee since 2000. Bernhardt Edskes passed away in Switzerland on September 21, 2022.

Literature
  • Orgelklank en orgeldenken : De wereld van Bernhardt Edskes / Hans Fidom. - In: Het Orgel, jrg. 100 nr. 2, maart/april 2004.
  • Orgelbaukunst : Festschrift für Bernhard Edskes zum 80. Geburtstag / Dirk Trüten, Sietze de Vries. - Kölliken : Buch & Netz, 2020.
  • In Memoriam : Bernhardt Hilbrand Edskes (1940 - 2022) / Roelof Kuik. - In: De Orgelvriend, jrg. 64 nr. 9, november 2022.
Links https://www.orgelnieuws.nl/orgelbouwer-bernhardt-edskes-81-overleden/
Work list
New organs
YearTown / BuildingOpus
1982Leuggern, Aargau, Schweiz - Katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Peter und Paul (samen met Armin Hauser)
1991Muri, Aargau, Schweiz - Klosterkirche, Regal
1992Muri, Aargau, Schweiz - Klosterkirche, Chor-Positiv
1994Basel, Schweiz - Kartäuserkirche 'des Bürgerlichen Waisenhaus'
1996Hardegsen, Niedersachsen, Deutschland - Sankt Mauritiuskirche
1997Aurich, Ostfriesland, Deutschland - Katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Ludgerus
1999Mittenwald, Bayern, Deutschland - Sankt Peter und Paul-Kirche
2003Groningen, Groningen, Nederland - Huisorgel Jan Willem van Willigen
2004Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland - Gereformeerde Kerk (Vrijgemaakt) "Het Baken"