worked at Schloss Hessen (present-day Osterwieck); 1605-1606: received payments; 1607: received payment for stone ornament sculpture; 1610-1612: was paid for involvement in the construction of an organ of Esaias Compenius and Michael Praetorius at the castle (Scheliga 2002/Schmidt 2017); this organ was later moved to Schloss Frederiksborg, close to Copenhagen, and is one of the oldest still functioning organs of Europe