독일에서 60여년에 걸쳐 교회음악의 최고의 악기라 할 수 있는 전통을 중시하는 명문 파이프 오르간 회사로써 독일 남부 바이에른주의 최고의 인지도를 가지고 있으며, 끊임없는 연구개발을 통해 타 파이프오르간과는 차원이 다른 소리를 구현해 내고 있습니다.
독일현지 방송에서는 파이프오르간으로 연주 된 음악이 언제 어디서나 쉽게 들을 수 있으며, 독일 국가차원에서 파이프오르간 제작과 보수에 대한 방송촬영과 함께 DVD제작이 이루어져 방영 되었습니다.
얀 파이프오르간은 다양한 국가의 인재들이 모여 오르겔바우로 교육 중에 있으며, 한국인도 있습니다. 전세계에 퍼져 있는 얀 오르간은 독일 현지전문가들이 수시로 파견 되어, 철저한 관리 및 유지를 진행하고 있으며, 다양한 서비스와 정보를 제공해 드리고 있습니다.
울림이 좋은 장소에 최고의 힘을 가진 파이프오르간을 느낄 수 있도록, 값비싼 악기라는 인식에서 벗어나 그 내면의 장인정신이 담긴 소리를 여러분에게 전해 드릴 것을 다짐하며, 가늠할 수 없는 최고의 파이프오르간을 여러분에게 제공할 것을 약속드립니다.
The roots of Orgelbau Jann go back to the year 1948 to Potsdam. Here Georg Jann was an apprentice as an organ builder to Karl Schuke before he founded his own organ building firm. From 1961 on, his professionel way lead him from Switzerland and West Berlin to Regensburg. In 1974 Georg Jann took over the firm of Eduard Hirnschrodt in Regensburg and in 1975 the first organ was built in the new factory with 5 employees for the church of Etzelwang.
Shortly thereafter the firm took orders for three- manual organs, and in 1980 it was commissioned to build an organ with 52 stops for the St. Joseph Church in Memmingen. Hence, the firm had to move into a larger factory to Allkofen-Laberweinting, a village in the the south of Regensburg where other big organs were later built.
These include the organ for the Oporto Cathedral, built in 1985, three organs for the Basilica in Waldsassen with 103 stops and two six- manual consoles, built in 1989, the 74 stop concert organ for the concert hall “Sinfonie an der Regnitz”, home of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, built in 1993, and the main organ and choir organ with together 131 stops, built for the Munich Cathedral in 1994. So in only 20 years the small organ building shop grew into a world renowned organ building firm that has built more than 260 organ so far.
He restoration department has performed exemplary restoration work since 1987 (including Steinmeyer, Stieffell, Schwarz, Ehrlich, Edenhofer and Brandenstein). The current manager, Thomas Jann, master organ builder, entered the firm in 1986 after training with the firm Richard Rensch. From 1983 to 1986 Thomas Jann worked for Karl Schuke in Berlin and specialized himself in intonation and crafting of metal pipes.
In 1990 he took his master craftsman’s diploma in Ludwigsburg. Thomas Jann is the firm’s general manager since 1995. Since 1999 he has been restorer of organs and harmoniums.
Since September 1999 he has been a publicly appointed and sworn expert of the chamber of handicrafts of Niederbayern-Oberpfalz. Under Thomas Jann’s management, large organs again have been constructed and restored in the past years, among them in Gotteszell near Deggendorf (a French-symphonic three- manual organ with 45 stops), in the Stiftspfarrkirche of Altötting (main and choir organ with 49 an 26 stops) in the famous monastery church of Andechs (three- manual with 36 stops) and in Düdelingen, Luxembourg (an extended Stahlhuth organ with 78 stops on four manuals).
In 2006, another trend-setting instrument was constructed. The organ was built for the Protestant Marien church of Gunzenhausen with 45 stops and a pedal with electric single tone valves. In 2007, again several organs in the Regensburg diocese were renewed or reconstructed. Besides Sattelpeilnstein, the congregations of Neubäu and Rittsteig obtained new Jann organs.
The organ of the parish church of Neustadt/Waldnaab was renewed and extended. The Steinmeyer organ of the Protestant church St. Andreas in Weißenburger was renewed in 2007 after having achieved the status of historical protection. In order to meet the increasing sound requirements an auxiliare was built similar to the one of the Weise organ of Neustadt/Waldnaab.