Johann Mayer (1576 - 1626) was in the Same Generation as Schütz, Schein and Michael Praetorius.

He was Born in Stuttgart where his Father Sixtus Worked as Musician and Instrument Maker for the Court of Württemberg since 1578, which had as Collegue Leonhard Lechner (ca.1553-1606),
who Worked since 1586 as Composer and Basilius Froberger (ca. 1575-1637; the Father of Johann Jacob Froberger) which Worked as Tenorist from 1599 and as Director of Music from 1621 on.

Johann Mayer has learned Instrument Making from his Father and was Engaged for the Court of Württemberg as Clavier- and Organ Maker and Calcant in 1610 until He Died in 1626.
As We Know the Documents of Ludwig Uebermann, his Successor, Johann Mayer has built Instruments for the „Royal Ladies“.

Johann Jacob Froberger was Born in 1616 in Stuttgart and lived, until He Left for Vienna in 1634, in his Fathers Office-Home in the Old Castle in Stuttgart: During the First 18 Years of his Live, He was Grown-Up with the Harpsichords of Johann Mayer.

Mayer´s only Remaining Harpsichord Belonged to Comtess Maria Anna von Thun, the Eldest Sister of Johann Ernst von Thun, Reigning Prime-Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria).
At his Court was Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Violin-Virtuoso and Director of the Music and Georg Muffat as Organist.
Maria Anna Entered in 1703 the Monastery Nonnberg, Home for Noble women in Salzburg and Brought with her that Harpsichord, which went in 1860 to the Museum Carolino Augusteum in Salzburg, where it is now.

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