Smits

Title
Smits
Publication Date
2006
Author(s)
Knijff, Jan-Piet
Editor
Editor(s): Douglas E Bush and Richard Kassel
Type of document
Entry In Reference Work
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
New York, United States of America
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:8051
Abstract
Dutch family of organbuilders. Born to a well-to-do Roman Catholic family, Nicolaas Klaas Smits (b. Reek, North Brabant, 1 April 1791; d. 19 Oct 1831) carried out maintenance work on organs in Maasland, South Holland, from around 1810 on. His brother (Franciscus) Frans Cornelius Smits I (b. 20 Aug 1802; d. 28 March 1876) was appointed organist at Reek, where his brother subsequently built a new organ (1829). In that year, Frans I joined the workshop, continuing it after his brother's death. The brothers were self-taught, having gleaned their knowledge from examining organs in the area and from François BEDOS DE CÉLLES'S 'L'art du facteur d'orgues' (1766-78) and Jan van Heurn's 'De orgelmaaker' (1804-5). Frans I brought the business to prosperity, building a few dozen organs between 1831 and 1865.
Link
Citation
The Organ: An Encyclopedia, v.3 of the Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, p. 523-523
ISBN
0415941741
9780415941747
Start page
523
End page
523

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