Frobenius Orgelbyggeri

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Frobenius is a Danish firm of organ builders.

1 History
2 Notable Frobenius organs
3 Sources
4 External links

[edit] History

Frobenius Orgelbyggeri was founded in Copenhagen by Theodor Frobenius (1885–1972) in 1909. The firm moved to Lyngby in 1925. Theodor's sons Walther and Erik joined the company in 1944, at the same time that they began to build organs in the classical tradition, with mechanical actions and slider windchests. They build organs with characteristic modern casework, usually arranging the pipework of each manual such that three to six repeating arrangements of front pipes are shown in the façade. Their organ development after 1925 was in the best tradition of neo-classical design.

[edit] Notable Frobenius organs

Thisted Kirke (1972)
Ribe Domkirke (1973/1994)
St Mortens Kirke, Naestved (1975)
Vangede Kirke, Gentofte (1979)
Robinson College, Cambridge (1979)
Opstandelseskirken, Albertslund (1992)
Queen's College, Oxford (1965)
First Congregational Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1972)
Takayama Mahikari Grand Shrine, Japan (1984)
Marienfelde Kirche, Berlin (1994)
Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland (1998) (The 1000th organ built by Frobenius)

[edit] Sources

Guy Oldham/Ole Olesen: 'Frobenius', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 2007-06-25), http://www.grovemusic.com/
N. Friis: Th. Frobenius & Co 1909–1959 (Kongens Lyngby, 1959)
P.J. Basch: Frobenius to the Americas, in Music: the AGO and RCCO Magazine VI (1972)