SILBERMANN (Johan-Andréas). 1712-1783. SILBERMANN (Johan-Dan - Lot 200

SILBERMANN (Johan-Andréas). 1712-1783. SILBERMANN (Johan-Daniel).1717-1766. Strasbourg organ builders, historian. 8 manuscripts. Strasbourg, 1738-1771. In folio, in German. ARCHIVES OF THE SILBERMANN FAMILY, CELEBRATE HOUSE OF ORGAN BUILDERS, including various accounts signed by Johann-Andréas, Anna-Maria and Johan-Daniel Silbermann between 1738 and 1769. The set of papers summarizes repairs and maintenance work on several organs, as well as on harpsichords, spinets and fortepiano; it is probably a review of the advances made by Johan-Daniel Silbermann on behalf of his brother, on work carried out in Germany (Saxony), without however detailing the names of the clients. The bulk of the registers record orders for various metals, especially pewter and silver (for some plating), for pipes, blowers and organ machinery; they are accompanied by costs for transport, labor, instrument tuning and several current expenses in kind; the destination of materials is often specified, for the addition, repair or maintenance of the various keyboards (positive, recital, great organ and pedalboards), and instrument stop registers. In addition to their work on various church construction sites, the Silbermanns appear to have been involved in the maintenance, tuning and repair of numerous harpsichords and spinets, as well as the first forte pianos (work on keyboards, installation of new soundboards, roses, etc.). Jean-Daniel Silbermann (1717-1766) had left to join his uncle Gottfried (1683-1753) in Saxony, where he was involved in numerous organ-building projects and the manufacture of clavichords; based in Germany, the family home had been close to Bach. Son of André (1678-1734) and Anne-Maria Schmidt, Jean-André Silbermann (1717-1766) took over the family business initiated by his father at an early age, managing the organ workshops and continuing to build some sixty instruments for various churches and monasteries in Alsace. An unpublished and particularly important collection, as most of the archives were destroyed in 1870. - Nota on accounts closed in August 1738 (and 1742), signed by Johan-Andréas, Gottfried ? and Anna-Maria. 7-2 pp. - Contract from Johan-Andréas with his brother Johan-Daniel, with details of work and repairs carried out in 1744 and closed in 1752, on behalf of a Dominican convent. 1-12 pp. ½ - Accounts with inventory of work carried out in Saxony, concerning several harpsichords, spinets, and organs, closed in August 1744. 1-14 pp. - Comptes avec inventaires des travaux effectués (en Saxe), sur des orgues, clavecin et piano-forte, vus entre Johann-Andréas et Jean-Daniel Silbermann, clôturés en août 1752. 1-25 pp. - Copy of the accounts seen with his brother Daniel, closed in December 1755.1-6 pp. and 2 ff. enclosed. - Copy of summary accounts seen with his brother Daniel, between 1755 and 1763. 7-2 pp. - Details of current expenditure accounts seen by Johann-Andreas, in 1764. 1-8 pp. - Detailed accounts, organ pipe orders for various stops, made in 1769. 13 pp. - Account books with details of work (construction, lifting or maintenance) on several organs, between 1771 and 1775, workmen's wages (for organ case and guardroom). 16 pp. and 25 pp. of accounts, minutes and notes ATTACHED: Register of annuities constituted by Johann-Andréas Silbermann, organ builder and citizen of Strasbourg, for the year 1764. 1-69 pp. in-folio. JOINT 2 portraits of Johan-Andréas Silbermann, engraved by Guerin after Daniche. Also hat Gott die Weltgeliebet (...)" by Heinrich Silbermann (1744). JOINT a printed poem by Silbermann. "Bei der Asche des Hoffnungs vollen Jünglings, des besten Sohnes des redlichten Freundes (...). Strasbourg, Kürtsnerischen Buchdruckeren, 4 aug. 1770. 4 pp. bifeuillet in-folio, engravings, in German. JOINT 2 19th-century manuscripts, by Michael SILBERMANN. 69 pp. in-folio, bound in covers; foxing. JOINT Raugel (Félix). The Silbermanns and the musical France of their time. Belfort, Société générale d'imprimerie, (1939). In-8, paperback