Samson Scherrer
Swiss organ builder (1698-1780)
Samson Scherrer (1698–1780) was an organ builder in the 18th century.
Early life
Born August 6, 1698, he began working with his father. Scherrer's family, originally from Stein, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, were already organ builders of renown in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries building instruments in Switzerland, Germany, France and Spain.
In 1726, the Council of Two Hundred in Bern authorized the return of the organs in the Protestant churches, which had been removed during the Reformation. This was an important market for Scherrer who moved to Bern from 1727 to 1732. He partnered with Emanuel Bossart for the construction of an organ of 33 plays and 3 keyboards, intended for the Church of the Holy Spirit. The finished the instrument in 1729, but the authorities refuse to buy it, having placed no orders. The partners separated and Scherrer borrowed to pay out Bossart.
Career
In 1726 (Nov 19th) Samson Scherrer married Verena Anna Edelmann, born about 1706 in Wildhaus, Canton St.
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