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Augsburg, ev. Barfüßerkirche
The fame of Johann Andreas Steins today is founded on his importance as one of the most important makers of pianos. In his own days he enjoyed equal fame as an organ maker with his organ of Augsburg Barfüßer. This organ united all his experiences of this apprenticeship on the Rhine and with Silbermann in Straßburg (french „Grand Cornett“, typical manual reeds) with the organ style south of the Danube (string stops) and the requirements of protestant rite (melody stops in the pedal) in a quite unique way. The case design reveals that all manuals were placed on top of another, then a quite modern way to arrange divisions.
The instrument attracted numerous musicians and music lovers in Stein's lifetime, among others Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, and by rumour, also Beethoven. It also served as a model for Stein's younger brother Johann Heinrich Stein, when he planned his organ in Schopfheim.
After numerous remodelings in the 19th century the remains of the organ were destroyed in WW II.