List of pipe organ builders
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This is a list of notable pipe organ builders.
- See also: :Category:Organ builders
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[edit] Australia
- Ronald Sharp - Sydney
- George Fincham, Melbourne
[edit] Austria
[edit] Belgium
[edit] Canada
- Casavant Frères (Joseph Casavant) - Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
- Gabriel Kney - London, Ontario
- Orgues Létourneau - Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
- Wolff & Associés - Laval, Québec
[edit] Czech Republic
[edit] Denmark
- Frobenius Orgelbyggeri
- Marcussen & Søn
- Carsten Lund
[edit] France
- Bernard Aubertin
- Beuchet-Debierre
- Henry Didier
- Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
- Dom Bédos de Celles
- François-Henri Clicquot
- Robert Clicquot
- Théodore Puget
[edit] Germany
- Orgelbau Hey (Hey Orgelbau) - Urspringen
- Rudolf von Beckerath
- Peter Breisiger
- Zacharias Hildebrandt
- Stephan Kaschendorf
- Friedrich Krebs
- Orgelbau Klais (Johannes Klais Orgelbau GmbH & Co. KG) - Bonn
- Arp Schnitger
- Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau GmbH
- Ernst Seifert - Cologne
- Gottfried Silbermann
- Heinrich Traxdorf
- Welte-Mignon
- Walcker Orgelbau (E.F. Walcker Orgelbau) - Ludwigsburg
[edit] Italy
- Fratelli Ruffatti - Padua, Italy
- Giovanni Pradella - Sondrio, Italy
[edit] Mexico
- Joachim Wesslowski - Mexico City, Mexico
- Eduardo Bribiesca - Mexico City, Mexico
[edit] The Netherlands
[edit] United Kingdom
- James Jepson Binns - Leeds
- J.C. Bishop & Son
- Brindley & Foster - Sheffield
- Peter Collins - Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
- John Compton
- Peter Conacher & Co.
- Matthew Copley Organ Design, Surrey
- William Drake - Buckfastleigh, Devon.
- Saint Dunstan, Britain's first organbuilder. None of his organs survive!
- Thomas Elliott
- Forster & Andrews, Kingston-upon-Hull.
- Goetze and Gwynn
- Grant, Degens & Bradbeer - Northampton
- Gray & Davison
- Renatus Harris
- Harrison & Harrison - Durham
- Hele & Co., Plymouth.
- George Maydwell Holdich (inventor of the octave coupler)
- Robert Hope-Jones
- William Hill & Son
- William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd.
- Alfred Hunter
- Abraham Jordan (inventor of the swell box)
- T. C. Lewis, Brixton
- John Loosemore
- Mander Organs Ltd. - London
- Norman & Beard, Norwich
- Thomas Parker (George Frideric Handel's favourite organ builder)
- J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd
- Henry Willis & Sons (inventor of the radiating & concave pedalboard and the tubular pneumatic action)
- David Wells Organ Builders Ltd, Liverpool
- Robert Postill & Sons, York
[edit] Sweden
- Åkerman & Lund
- Munetaka Yokota, University of Göteborg Organ Art Center
[edit] Spain
- Gerhard Grenzing, S.A.
- Acitores, S.L.
[edit] Switzerland
- Kuhn Orgelbau
- Metzler Orgelbau - Zurich
- Hans Tugi
- Goll Orgelbau - Lucerne
[edit] United States
- Aeolian-Skinner - Massachusetts. Formed 1932 from merger of Ernest M. Skinner and Company and the Aeolian Company.
- Austin Organs, Inc. - Hartford, Connecticut
- Barton Organ Company - Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- John Brombaugh & Associates - Eugene, Oregon
- Robert I. Coulter - Organbuilder - Atlanta, Georgia
- Dobson Pipe Organ Builders - Lake City, Iowa
- Felgemaker Organ Company - Erie, Pennsylvania
- Paul Fritts - Tacoma, Washington
- C. B. Fisk, Inc. - Gloucester Massachusetts
- G. Donald Harrison
- Goulding and Wood Pipe Organ Builders - Indianapolis, Indiana
- Hillgreen-Lane - Alliance, Ohio
- Holtkamp Organ Company - Cleveland, Ohio
- E. and G.G. Hook Organ
- Koeppels' Pipe Organ Company - Wichita, Kansas
- Kegg Pipe Organ Builders - Hartville, Ohio
- M.P. Moller Pipe Organ Company - founded 1875 Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, later moved to Hagerstown, Maryland, Maryland, closed 1992.
- Noack Organ Company - Georgetown, Massachusetts
- J. H. & C. S. Odell - East Hampton, Connecticut
- Quimby Pipe Organs - Warrensburg, Missouri
- Reuter Organ Company - Lawrence, Kansas
- Schantz Organ Co. - Orrville, Ohio
- Schuelke Organ Company - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Pasi Organ Builders - Roy, Washington
- Ernest M. Skinner and Company, circa 1904 to 1932
- Ernest M. Skinner and Son, circa 1936 to 1943
- Tellers Organ Company, Inc. - Erie, Pennsylvania
- Wangerin Organ Company - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Wicks Organ Company - Highland, Illinois
- Wissinger Organs - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Wurlitzer - North Tonawanda, New York
- W. W. Kimball Piano and Organ Company - 1857 Chicago, Illinois, by 1957 West Baden Springs, Indiana, extant in 2007 as Kimball International, a furniture and electronics company
[edit] External links
- International Society of Organ Builders (ISO)
- Institute of British Organ Building (IBO)
- The British Institute of Organ Studies (BIOS)
- Incorporated Society of Organ Builders (ISOB)
- The National Pipe Organ Register - Organ Builder Search (NPOR)
- The Professional Body of Organ Builders - Groupement Professionnel Des Facteurs D'Orgues (GPFO)
- The German Federation of Master Organ Builders - Der Bund Deutscher Orgelbaumeister e.V. (BDO)
- The Swedish Society of Organbuilding - Föreningen svenskt orgelbyggeri (FSO)
- Association of Swiss Organbuilders - Gesellschaft Schweizerischer Orgelbaufirmen (GSO)
- Organbuilders in the Netherlands - Vereniging van Orgelbouwers in Nederland
- The Australian Guild of Master Organ Builders (AGMO)
- Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America (APOBA, USA)
- American Institute of Organ Builders (AIO, USA)
- Organ Historical Society Organ Builder Data Base (OHS, USA)
