Christian Gottlob Steinmüller

West end of the Church in Wolkenstein with the Steinmüller Organ of 1817/18

Christian Gottlob Steinmüller (25 September 1792 – 8 May 1864) was an organ builder in Germany.

Life

He was born on 25 September 1792, the son of Johann Gottlob Steinmüller in Arnoldsgrün, in the Electorate of Saxony. On 15 January 1806, he began a 6-year apprenticeship with his uncle, Johann Gottlob Trampeli.

On completion of his apprenticeship he settled in Grünhainer Hospitalgasse and founded his own organ building business.

He married Wilhelmine Friedericke Hilliger.

Work

According to his own records in his 52-year career he built at least 27 organs in the following locations.

• 1812: Grünhain
• 1813: Großzöbern
• 1817/1818: St.-Bartholomäus-Kirche (Wolkenstein)
• 1819/1820: Church in Gornsdorf
• 1820/1821: St. Johannis in Lößnitz (Erzgebirge)
• 1823: St.-Jakobi-Kirche in Oelsnitz/Erzgeb.
• 1824/1825: Church in Drebach
• 1827: Churches in Seifersbach und in Hormersdorf
• 1827/1828: Wehrgangkirche in Großrückerswalde
• 1828/1829: Church in Ursprung
• 1830: Church in Mildenau
• 1831: St. Michaeliskirche in Pausa/Vogtl.
• 1831: Church in Reinsberg
• 1832–1834: Church in Colmberg
• 1835/1836: Church in Arnoldsgrün
• 1837: Church in Schwarzbach (Elterlein)
• 1837/1838: St.-Laurentius-Kirche in Crimmitschau
• 1839: Church in Griesbach (Schneeberg)
• 1840/1841: Church in Thierfeld
• 1841/1842: St. Katharinen Church in Oelsnitz/Vogtl.
• 1842/1843: Church in Waldenburg (Sachsen)
• 1843: Church in Pfannenstiel
• 1844: St.-Jakobi-Kirche Mülsen
• 1845: Church in St. Egidien
• 1846/1847: Church in Auerbach (Erzgebirge)
• 1848: Allerheiligenkirche (Raschau)