Wilhelm Sauer

Wilhelm Sauer
Sauer c. 1910
Born
Wilhelm Carl Friedrich Sauer

(1831-03-23)23 March 1831
Schönbeck, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Died9 April 1916(1916-04-09) (aged 85)
Frankfurt (Oder), German Empire
OccupationPipe organ builder

Wilhelm Carl Friedrich Sauer (23 March 1831 – 9 April 1916) was a German pipe organ builder. One of the famous organ builders of the Romantic period, Sauer and his company W. Sauer Orgelbau built over 1,100 organs during his lifetime, amongst them the organs at Bremen Cathedral, Leipzig's St. Thomas Church, and Berlin Cathedral, which is considered to be "his final great masterpiece".[1]

  1. ^ Incorporated Association of Organists (1997). Organists' review. Incorporated Association of Organists. p. 326. Retrieved 8 April 2012.