Detlef Kleuker (4 July 1922 in

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- 15 February 1988 in

Brackwede Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

) was a German

organ builder Organ building is the profession of designing, building, restoring and maintaining pipe organs. The Organ builders , organ builder usually receives a commission to design an organ with a particular disposition of Organ stop, stops, Manual (mu ...

who founded Detlev Kleuker Orgelbau. Neuss

Hans-Detlef Kleuker studied building organs at Emanuel Kemper in

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. After his master certification in 1955, Kleuker established his own organ building company in Brackwede. He built about 250 organs over the next three decades, in addition, restorations were carried out. Kleuker invented new methods in organ construction and incorporated the use of new materials. His organs tend to show a modern edged appearance, while their dispositions remained more traditional. In 1986 Siegfried Bäune took over the company. The company remained in existence until 1991/92.

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* * ''Detlef Kleuker Orgelbau.'' Detlef Kleuker Orgelbau, Brackwede 1970 (Catalogue).

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