The German Art of Metalwork St. Louis and St. Charles Missouri
By Nelson Denny and Mike Urness
For those who know and have admired the plumb bobs of LEISTNER and HEIMBACH, this essay was originally published in two parts in "THE GRISTMILL", a publication of the MID-WEST TOOL COLLECTOR'S ASSOCIATION (Dec. 2008 No. 133 & March 2009 No. 134) This download, fully illustrated in color, is worth a second look for "Gristmill" subscribers or for neophytes who might appreciate 19th Century German craftmanship in the era of American millwright plumb bobs.
To give you an idea what you will get, here are some pictures from the collection of Nelson Denny:
PAUL LEISTNER No. 4 with Original Box
LEISTNER & HEIMBACH compared
Paul Leistner and the company float, Centennial parade St. Charles, Mo
"MILLWRIGHT" disassembled
Three different shapes: "Millwrights reversible" "Common Sense" and "Surveyors"
The authors: Nelson Denny is an Architect from Hadlyme, Connecticut. Needless to say, he collects plumb bobs. Mike Urness is a tool dealer & patent researcher from Chesterfield, Missouri. His research uncovered some of the essential material from St. Louis and St. Charles
Some visitors of this web site may have HEIMBACH and Leistner artifacts. We would be greatly interested in details about those items.
Dieser Artikel beschreibt die Senklote der deutschstämmigen in St. Louis and St. Charles Missouri USA lebenden Familien LEISTNER und HEIMBACH. PAUL GUSTAV LEISTNERwurde geboren am 15. November 1858 FALKENSTEIN im Vogtland. Eingewandert in die USA 1879 mit 21 Jahren nach St. Louis Missouri. Paul Gustav LEISTNER war verheiratet (EHE 29. Oktober 1881 in St. Louis Missouri USA) mit MARTHA BERGER geboren am 1. Januar 1856 in NEUSTADT/Orla.
PAUL LEISTNER No. 4 with Original Box
LEISTNER & HEIMBACH compared
Paul Leistner and the company float, Centennial parade 
"MILLWRIGHT" disassembled
Three different shapes:
Für Deutsche Leser ist eine Kurzform dieses Artikels enthalten in