The company built major organs in Northern Germany and England.

In 1806, he joined his father's company, trained by Johann Benjamin Witzmann [de] in Stadtilm.

He and Eberhard Friedrich Walcker are regarded as leaders in productivity and progressivity in the trade.

[1] Schulze married Johanna Dorothea Sophia (née Kühn) from Oberrottenbach in 1820.

His two sons took over the family business, named "J. F. Schulzes Söhne".