Johannes Thomas Forceville

Johannes Thomas Forceville (1696–1750) was an organ builder and son of the famous organ builder Johannes Baptist Forceville (1660–1739). He is therefore often called "the younger".

Biography

Johannes Thomas Forceville was born in Antwerp, where he was baptized on 5 July 1696.^[1] He was the son of Jean-Baptist, the first organ builder of the Forceville family who had moved to Antwerp from Saint-Omer,^[1][2] and his first wife Magdalena Cannaert.^[3] He received his education mainly from his father during the construction of the organ for St. Gudula in Brussels between 1706 and 1718.^[1] In the period 1711–1713 he also collaborated with his father on the construction of the organ in the Saint Lambert Church [nl] in Ekeren.

Brussels remained his chief area of activity. He started working autonomously since at least 1734, when he restored the organ of the

• Forceville (organ builders)

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