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extracted from http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TESIS_UB/AVAILABLE/TDX‑0424102‑091928//TOL6504.pdf the referenced document does not indicate its author Jean‑Baptiste Stoltz was born in Bouzonville (Moselle) in 1813, into a modest family. related to organ construction. He studied under the organ builder John Abbey, later becoming head of the Daublaine house. et Callinet where he remained for ten years. In 1838 he married Marguerite Braux with whom he had four children: Albertine Mélanie, Jules Albert, Louis Eugène and Charles Edouard. In 1845 he settled in Paris, creating his own company on Avenida de Saxe, number 33. Jean‑Baptiste is forced to compete with organ builders of the caliber of A. Cavaillé‑Coll arriving to build cheaper but lower quality instruments in their early years. To do this, it uses two types of tubes, some made with alloys of 1/2 lead and 1/2 tin. and others based on 1/5 lead and 4/5 tin, depending on the price of the instrument. In 1855, after having installed nearly fifty organs, it began to be known and to enjoy prestige in France. Presents a three‑keyboard instrument and others to this year's World's Fair two smaller ones. The Great Organ is rewarded with a silver medal, being acquired by Empress Eugenie who gave it to the cathedral of Agen. On this occasion, L. Duverry writes the following article: “… Cet orgue peut être considéré comme un véritable chef‑d’oeuvre de la partie; ill Function with a precision that is not easy to design... All materials used in construction are the first choice. The mechanism Parfaitement disposé et fait avec les plus grands sons, temoigne de beaucoup d’habilité. The claviers are three beaux of a douceur, of a vivacité and of a régularité parfaites. Chaque jeu lui est propre et dans l’ensemble comme dans les détails, il est impossible de find rien de plus satisfaisant que leur effet. Force et douceur, plenitude of sound et suavité; Rondeur et velouté, puissance et grace, telles sont les qualités qui distinguishant “cet orgue et en font un excellent instrument.”Jean‑Baptiste continues to build organs together with his children in a romantic style very similar in terms of game layouts to those of A. Cavaillé‑Coll, as we will see later. He died in 1874. Upon his death, his sons Eugène and Edouard created the company called Stoltz Frères, building about a hundred organs in France and a much smaller number in several countries such as Spain3, England, Cuba, Peru, Greece, Philippines, Syria, etc. The Stoltz brothers expand the organ building premises and absorb the Charles Danjon firm dedicated to the construction of pianos, thus creating a factory of “Great Orgues, Pianos et Harmoniums”. |
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