Background
Christian was born in 1690, in Sankt Andreasberg, Braunlage, Germany.
Christian was born in 1690, in Sankt Andreasberg, Braunlage, Germany.
He is renowned for building the great organ in the Grote Kerk, Haarlem, which at the time was deemed as the largest organ in the world. Its reputation has been amplified by the fact that several composers have performed on it over the centuries, including Georg Friedrich Handel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Around 1720 Christian Müller moved to Amsterdam, where he became an apprentice in the workshop of organ builder Cornelis Hoornbeeck.
The latter is mostly noted for rebuilding the Christian Vater organ in the Oude Kerk of Amsterdam in 1738.
Apart from the famous 60-stop in Haarlem (1735-1738), Müller is noted for a number of instruments found in many Dutch towns. A number of smaller instruments, used both in churches as well as domestic households, have been attributed to Christian Müller, the majority of which survive to this day.
After the death of Christian Müller in 1763 the workshop was taken on by his apprentice Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz (1709-1770) along with the master"s son Pieter (1738 – c1789). Aside organs the workshop also produced harpsichords.