 At the same time, he became the "house sculptor" of the monastery in Salem, delivering for them his first commission, the organ case for the Salemer Münster.Feuchtmayer was influenced by (among others) the Italian stuccoist Diego Francesco Carlone, with whom he worked in Weingarten.From him, he learned the production techniques for creating the stucco figures with highly polished surfaces that would make Feuchtmayer famous.