Jürgen Ahrend

Jürgen Ahrend
Ahrend in 2019
Born(1930-04-28)28 April 1930
Treuenhagen, Prussia, German Republic
Died1 August 2024(2024-08-01) (aged 94)
Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany
OccupationOrgan builder
OrganizationsJürgen Ahrend Orgelbau
AwardsLower Saxony State Prize

Jürgen Ahrend (German pronunciation: [ˈjʏʁɡn̩ ˈʔaːʁənt]; 28 April 1930 – 1 August 2024) was a German organbuilder and technician. He restored instruments such as the Gothic Rysum organ and the Arp Schnitger organs of the Martinikerk in Groningen, Netherlands, and of St. Jacobi in Hamburg as well as building organs of his own creation. He presided over his eponymous firm, Jürgen Ahrend Orgelbau in Leer, from 1972 to 2004, operating internationally.

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