Jean-BaptisteStoltz(1813-1874)learnedhiscraftfromJohnAbbey. HebecameforemanatDaublaineandCallinet,residingatthis workshop for ten years. In1845theDaublaine-CallinetcompanywasboughtbyDucroquet, whoappointedBarkerasforeman.Stolzresignedandstartedhis ownworkshopinParis,33,avenuedeSaxe,in1852(StoltzetSchaff, from1865onwardsStolz).Despitethestrongcompetitionfrom Cavaillé-Coll, Stoltz gradually conquered a considerable prestige. Onhisdeathin1874twoofsons,EugeneandEdouard(histhird son,Jules-Albert,becameafamusorganist)foundedacompany underthenameofStoltzFrères(brothers)andsubsequentlybuilta hundredorgansinFrance,andamorerestrictednumberinother countries,includingSpain,theUnitedKingdom,Cuba,Peru,Greece, Philippines and Syria. RelativelygoodpreservedinstrumentsofthebrothersStoltzcanbe found in Saint-Médard, Paris V and Sainte Marguerite, Paris XI.
Jean-BaptisteStoltz(1813-1874)learnedhiscraftfromJohnAbbey. HebecameforemanatDaublaineandCallinet,residingatthis workshop for ten years. In1845theDaublaine-CallinetcompanywasboughtbyDucroquet, whoappointedBarkerasforeman.Stolzresignedandstartedhis ownworkshopinParis,33,avenuedeSaxe,in1852(StoltzetSchaff, from1865onwardsStolz).Despitethestrongcompetitionfrom Cavaillé-Coll, Stoltz gradually conquered a considerable prestige. Onhisdeathin1874twoofsons,EugeneandEdouard(histhird son,Jules-Albert,becameafamusorganist)foundedacompany underthenameofStoltzFrères(brothers)andsubsequentlybuilta hundredorgansinFrance,andamorerestrictednumberinother countries,includingSpain,theUnitedKingdom,Cuba,Peru,Greece, Philippines and Syria. RelativelygoodpreservedinstrumentsofthebrothersStoltzcanbe found in Saint-Médard, Paris V and Sainte Marguerite, Paris XI.