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John Snetzler (or Schnetzler) was an organ builder of Swiss origin who worked mostly in England.〔Dictionary of National Biography〕 He was born in Schaffhausen in 1710.〔The History of the English Organ. Stephen Bicknell. 1999〕 He trained with the firm of Egedacher in Passau and came to London c. 1741. On his retirement in 1781, his business continued and eventually ended up in the hands of Thomas Elliot. He died in Schaffhausen, 28 September 1785. ==List of works== * Belle Skinner Collection, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1742 (restored 1983 by Noel Mander)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Belle Skinner Collection, Yale University )〕 * St Saviour's Chapel, Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Norwich, Norfolk 1745〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Norfolk Norwich, Cathedral of the Holy and Und'd Trinity () )〕 * St Andrew's Qualified Chapel, Carrubbers' Close, Edinburgh 1747, now in University of Glasgow Concert Hall * Fulneck Moravian Church, Leeds 1748 * St Margaret's, King's Lynn〔The organ: its history and construction. Edward John Hopkins, Edward Francis Rimbault 1870〕 1754 * St Paul's Church, Sheffield 1755 * (St Leonard's Church ), Swithland, Leicestershire, 1756 * Duke of Bedford's musical gallery〔unproven〕 1756, now St Mary the Virgin, Hillington, Norfolk〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Norfolk Hillington, St Mary the Virgin () )〕 * Holy Trinity Church, Hull 1756 & 1758〔work on an existing instrument〕 * Chapel of St John, St John Street, Edinburgh, 1757; the organ purchased by Lodge Canongate Kilwinning No2, is featured in the picture of Burns being made Poet laureate of the lodge and is in regular use, still hand pumped〔(Lodge Canongate Kilwinning No 2; The Organ )〕 * Buckingham Palace 1760, now Eton College Chapel〔() 〕 * Buckingham Palace 1760, now Chapel Royal, St James's Palace〔() 〕 * Unitarian Church, Hastings, 1760 (Restored 2010 by Matthew Copley) BA * The New Room, Bristol 1761 (Installed around 1930, previously elsewhere) * Congregational Church of South Dennis, Massachusetts, U.S.A., built 1762, installed 1854 * Concert Hall (Boston, Massachusetts), 1763–1774 * St Laurence Church, Ludlow, Shropshire, 1764〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shropshire Ludlow, St Laurence () )〕 * Peterhouse, Cambridge 1765 * Halifax Parish Church 1766 * St Michael's Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina, USA 1768 (Case only; new organ 1994 by Kenneth Jones of Bray, Ireland) * Beverley Minster 1769 * St Malachy's Parish Church, Hillsborough, County Down 1772-3 * National Museum Cardiff 1774, given by Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn * St Mary's Church, Nottingham 1777 * Rotherham Minster 1777 * St Anne's Parish Church, Belfast 1781 * St Mary and All Saints Church, Sculthorpe, Norfolk * Church of St Andrew, Blickling, Norfolk 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Snetzler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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