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pipe organ The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air (called ''wind'') through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ''ranks ...

builders Builder may refer to: * Construction worker, who specializes in building work * Carpenter, a skilled craftsman who works with wood * General contractor, that specializes in building work ** Subcontractor * Builder (detergent), a component of mode ...

Australia

* William Anderson (1832–1921) * Australian Pipe Organs Pty Ltd * Robert Cecil Clifton (1854–1931) * William Davidson * J. E. Dodd & Sons Gunstar Organ Works * Fincham & Hobday * Geo. Fincham & Son * Alfred Fuller (1845–1923) * Hargraves Pipe Organs Pty Ltd * William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd (Australian subsidiary) * Peter D. G. Jewkes Pty Ltd * Johnson & Kinloch * Samuel Joscelyne * Carl Krüger (1802–1871) * Ernst Ladegast (1853–1937) * F. J. Larner & Co. * Laurie Pipe Organs * C. W. Leggo * Daniel Heinrich Lemke (c. 1832–1897) * Samuel Marshall * Joseph Massey (1854–1943) * James Moyle * Pierce Pipe Organs * Pitchford & Garside * Roger Pogson * Charles Richardson (1847–1926) * William Leopold Roberts (died 1971), built "Memorial Organ" (1924–1961) for

St Andrew's Church, Brighton St Andrew's Brighton is the oldest continuous Anglicanism, Anglican church in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia.Freeland, J.M. (1963). ''Melbourne Churches 1836-1851 An Architectural Record'', p. 53. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. ...

Ronald Sharp Ronald William Sharp (8 August 1929 – 21 July 2021) was an Australian organ builder. He was awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal (1977) and the British Empire Medal (1980). Sharp was self-taught and built his first organ in 1960. He special ...

(1929–2021) * Knud Smenge * Frederick Taylor

Austria

* Matthäus Abbrederis (1652 – c. 1725) * Orgelbau Pieringer *

Rieger Orgelbau Rieger Orgelbau is an Austrian firm of organ builders, known generally as Rieger. The firm was founded by Franz Rieger. From 1873 it was known as Rieger & Söhne, and from 1879 as Gebrüder Rieger, after his sons took over. At the end of World Wa ...

Belgium

* Georges Cloetens (1871–1949) *

Forceville Forceville (; pcd, Fourville-in-Anmiénoé) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Situated on the D938 road, some north-east of Amiens. On 18 December 1915 the 107th Company, Machine Gun Corps, w ...

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Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

Johannes Thomas Forceville Johannes Thomas Forceville (1696–1750) was an organ builder and son of the famous organ builder Johannes Baptist Forceville (1660–1739). He is therefore often called "the younger". Biography Johannes Thomas Forceville was born in Antwerp, wh ...

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Matthijs Langhedul Matthijs Langhedul (d. around 1636) was a Flemish organ-builder who did important work in Paris. He and Crespin Carlier had great influence on the development of the classical seventeenth century French organ. Early years The family of Matthij ...

(?–1636) * Mortier –

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

* Jan Lapon –

Diksmuide (; french: Dixmude, ; vls, Diksmude) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of proper and the former communes of Beerst, Esen, Kaaskerke, Keiem, Lampernisse, Leke, N ...

Canada

Casavant Frères Casavant Frères is a Canadian organ building company in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, which has been building pipe organs since 1879. As of 2014, the company has produced more than 3,900 organs. Company history Brothers Joseph-Claver (1855–1933 ...

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Joseph Casavant Joseph Casavant (18071874) was a French Canadian manufacturer of pipe organs. Casavant was born 23 January 1807 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada to Dominique Casavant and Marie-Desanges Coderre. Originally a blacksmith, Casavant gave up his tr ...

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Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec Saint-Hyacinthe (; French: ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérég ...

* Legge Organ Co. Ltd –

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

Gabriel Kney Gabriel Kney (born 21 November 1929) is a Canadian builder of pipe organs based in London, Ontario. Kney was born in Speyer, Germany. At the age of 15, he apprenticed to Paul Sattel of Speyer to become an organ builder, and concurrently studied org ...

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London, Ontario London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximate ...

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Louis Mitchell Louis A. Mitchell (December 17, 1885 – September 12, 1957) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Mitchell began performing in vaudeville revues and minstrel shows from around the turn of the century, playing drums and bandoline. Afte ...

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Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

Orgues Létourneau Orgues Létourneau Limitée of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec is a prominent Canadian builder and restorer of pipe organs. The company was founded in 1979 by Fernand Létourneau, who served as president, owner and artistic director of the firm until 2019. ...

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* Laliberté-Payment – Repentigny, Québec * Karl Wilhelm –

Mont-Saint-Hilaire Mont-Saint-Hilaire () is an off-island suburb of Montreal in southeastern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in the La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The populati ...

, Québec * Hellmuth Wolff, Wolff & Associés –

Laval, Québec Laval (; ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in C ...

* R. A. Denton & Son –

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of T ...

* Juget-Sinclair –

Montréal, Québec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...

Cuba

* Hermanos Cuayo (Fábricantes de Órganos, Holguin)

Czech Republic

* Rieger-Kloss

Denmark

* Poul-Gerhard Andersen (1904–1980) *

Frobenius Orgelbyggeri Frobenius is a Danish firm of organ builders. History Theodor Frobenius was born into a family of organ builders on 7 October 1885 in Weikersheim, Bavaria. From the age of 13, he trained as an organ builder at August Laukhuff in his home town. ...

Marcussen & Søn Marcussen & Søn, also known as Marcussen and previously as Marcussen & Reuter, is a Danish firm of pipe organ builders. They were one of the first firms to go back to classical organ-building techniques, and have been producing mechanical-action ...

France

* Alexandre * Charles S. Barker * Quentin Blumenroeder * Daublaine & Callinet *

Aristide Cavaillé-Coll Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (; 4 February 1811 – 13 October 1899) was a French organ builder. He has the reputation of being the most distinguished organ builder of the 19th century. He pioneered innovations in the art and science of organ buildi ...

* Joseph Merklin * Charles Mutin * Puget Family *

Dom Bédos de Celles François-Lamathe Dom Bédos de Celles de Salelles (24 January 1709 – 25 November 1779) was a Benedictine monk best known for being a master pipe organ builder. Life and work He was born in Caux, Hérault, near Béziers, France. He was elect ...

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François-Henri Clicquot François-Henri (also Henry) Clicquot (1732 – 24 May 1790) was a French organ builder and was the grandson of Robert Clicquot and son of Louis-Alexandre Cliquot, who were also noted organ builders. Clicquot was born in Paris, where he later ...

Robert Clicquot Robert Clicquot (1645–1719) was a French organ builder from Paris. His most notable organs are in the Chapel of the Palace of Versailles, the churches of Saint-Quentin and Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris and Rouen Cathedral. Clicquot's desce ...

Charles Lefebvre Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

(1670–1737) * Clément Lefebvre (1630–1709) * Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Lefebvre (1705–1784) * Louis-Charles Lefebvre (1708–1754) * Koenig * Claude Parisot * Georges Danion * Victor Gonzalez * Jean-Loup and Robert Boisseau * Bertrand Cattiaux * Pascal Quoirin

Germany

Jürgen Ahrend Jürgen Ahrend (born 28 April 1930) is a German organ builder famous for restoring instruments such as the Rysum organ and the Arp Schnitger organ in St. Jacobi, Hamburg (St James's Church) as well as building original instruments. He is intervi ...

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Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

* Michael Becker Orgelbau *

Rudolf von Beckerath Rudolf von Beckerath (19 February 1907 – 22 November 1976) was a German master organ builder. He was born in Munich, to the painter Willy von Beckerath, but grew up in Hamburg, where his family moved the year he was born. He initially pur ...

(1907–1976) * Peter Breisiger (1516–1542) *

Zacharias Hildebrandt Zacharias Hildebrandt (1688, Münsterberg, Silesia – 11 October 1757, Dresden, Saxony) was a German organ builder. In 1714 his father Heinrich Hildebrandt, a cartwright master, apprenticed him to the famous organbuilder Gottfried Silberman ...

(1688–1757) *Albertus Antoni Hinsz (1704–1785) *

Hofbauer Hofbauer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Clement Maria Hofbauer (Saint Clement, 1751–1820), patron saint of Vienna *Ernst Hofbauer (1925–1984), Austrian film director *Gert Hofbauer (born 1937), Austrian c ...

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Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

* Elias Hößler (1663–1746) * Stephan Kaschendorf (c. 1425–c. 1499) * Emanuel Kemper,

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...

Orgelbau Klais Orgelbau Klais is a German firm that designs, builds and restores pipe organs. It is a family run company, founded in 1882 by Johannes Klais senior and is now run by his great-grandson Philipp Klais. The firm is based in Bonn, Germany, and has co ...

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Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

* Friedrich Krebs (?–1493) *

Friedrich Ladegast Friedrich Ladegast (August 30, 1818 – June 30, 1905) was a famous German organ builder. Ladegast was born in Hochhermsdorf (now Hermsdorf), Saxony, to a carpenter and cabinet-maker. He worked first for his brother Christlieb, an organ builder ...

(1818–1905) – Weissenfels * Orgelbau Mebold,

Siegen Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly sho ...

Johann Josua Mosengel Johann Josua Mosengel (September 16, 1663 – January 18, 1731) was a German pipe organ builder. Biography Mosengel was born in 1663 in either Stolzenau or in Eisenach. He created his first independent work in 1695 in Hanover. He then went to Kön ...

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Arp Schnitger Arp Schnitger (2 July 164828 July 1719 (buried)) was an influential Northern German organ builder. Considered the most paramount manufacturer of his time, Schnitger built or rebuilt over 150 organs. He was primarily active in Northern Europe, es ...

(1648–1719) * Schuke family, three generations, two workshops, one in Potsdam (1884),

Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau Carl Alexander Schuke (14 August 1870 – 16 November 1933) was a German organ builder and from 1894 to 1933 owner and manager of the . The company still exists today. Life Born in , Kingdom of Prussia, Schuke was the son of the pastor Karl ...

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Karl Schuke Berliner Orgelbauwerkstatt Karl Ludwig Alexander Schuke (6 November 1906 – 7 May 1987) was a German organ builder. The son of the organ builder Alexander Schuke, he continued, together with his brother Hans-Joachim Schuke, to run their father's company in Potsdam until ...

Gottfried Silbermann Gottfried Silbermann (January 14, 1683 – August 4, 1753) was a German builder of keyboard instruments. He built harpsichords, clavichords, organs, and fortepianos; his modern reputation rests mainly on the latter two. Life Very little is know ...

(1683–1753) * Christian Gottlob Steinmüller (1792–1864) * Georg Christoph Stertzing (c. 1650–1717) * Tobias Heinrich Gottfried Trost (c. 1679–1759) *

Heinrich Traxdorf Heinrich Traxdorf (''Drassdorf'', ''Drossdorf'') (dates of birth and death unknown) was an early German organ builder. He was born in Mainz, probably in the beginning of the 15th century. During the 1440s he built three organs in Nuremberg (the la ...

(built organs in the mid-15th century) * Orgelbau Vleugels (Orgelbau Vleugels GmbH) –

Hardheim Hardheim is a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The town is twinned with Müntschemier in Switzerland and Suippes Suippes () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. ...

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Walcker Orgelbau Walcker Orgelbau (also known as E. F. Walcker & Cie.) of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is a builder of pipe organs. It was founded in Cannstatt, a suburb of Stuttgart in 1780 by . His son Eberhard Friedrich Walcker moved the business t ...

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Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg (; Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg district with about 88,000 inhabitants. It is ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

* M. Welte & Sons –

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

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Johann Friedrich Wender Johann Friedrich Wender (baptized 6 December 1655 – 13 June 1729) was a German organ builder who had his workshop in Mühlhausen. Born in Dörna, Thuringia, Wender collaborated with Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July ...

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Mühlhausen Mühlhausen () is a city in the north-west of Thuringia, Germany, north of Niederdorla, the country's geographical centre, north-west of Erfurt, east of Kassel and south-east of Göttingen. Mühlhausen was first mentioned in 967 and bec ...

* Glatter-Götz Orgelbau – Pfullendorf Germany * Wolkenstayn Orgelbau – Kötz, Germany

Hungary

* Aquincum Organbuilder Company * Pécs Organ Manufactory

Ireland

* Trevor Crowe * Kenneth Jones and Associates (1979–present) –

Kilcoole Kilcoole () is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is three kilometres (2 miles) south of Greystones, 14 kilometres (9 miles) north of Wicklow, and about 28 kilometres (17 miles) south of Dublin. It was used as the set for the Irish tel ...

, Co Wicklow * Neiland & Creane Organ Builders (1990–present) –

Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 N ...

Italy

* Agati * Antegnati –

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

* Bossi – Italian firm of organ builders originally from

Mendrisio Mendrisio (; lmo, label= Ticinese, Mendris ) is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Mendrisio is the seat of the Accademia di Architettura of the university of Italian-speaking Switzerland (U ...

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Canton Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

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Firenze Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

* Consoli Pipe Organs,

Locorotondo Locorotondo ( Barese: ) is a town and municipality of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy, with a population of about 14,000. It is situated between Martina Franca and Alberobello in the Valle d'Itria, a green stretch of countr ...

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

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Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

* Mascioni - Cuvio (Varese) * Organi Pinchi,

Trevi, Umbria Trevi () (Latin: Trebiae) is an ancient town and ''comune ''in Umbria, Italy, on the lower flank of Monte Serano overlooking the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is 10 km (6 mi) SSE of Foligno and 20 km (12 mi) north ...

* Giovanni Pradella –

Sondrio Sondrio (; lmo, Sùndri; rm, Sunder; archaic german: Sünders or ; la, Sundrium) is an Italian city and ''comune'' and Provincial Capital located in the heart of the Valtellina. , Sondrio counts approximately 21,876 inhabitants (2015) and it is ...

Fratelli Ruffatti Famiglia Artigiana Fratelli Ruffatti (''Ruffatti Brothers, Family of Artisans'') is a manufacturer of pipe organs based in Padua, Italy. History In 1940, Antonio Ruffatti and his two brothers founded the firm of Famiglia Artigiana Fratelli Ruffa ...

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Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

Tamburini Tamburini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adrian Tamburini, Australian bass-baritone singer with Zelman Symphony * Antonio Tamburini (baritone) (1800–1876), Italian operatic baritone * Antonio Tamburini (racin ...

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Crema Crema or Cremas may refer to: Crema * Crema, Lombardy, a ''comune'' in the northern Italian province of Cremona * Crema (coffee), a thin layer of foam at the top of a cup of espresso * Crema (dairy product) Crema is the Spanish word for cream. I ...

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

The Netherlands

* Bätz, Utrecht (1709–1770) *De Gebroeders Adema, Hillegom *Duyschot, Holland *

Flentrop Flentrop is a Dutch company based in Zaandam that builds and restores organs. History It was established in 1903 by Hendrik Wicher Flentrop (1866 -1950) from Koog aan de Zaan. Hendrik, originally a house painter by trade, was an organist at the We ...

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Hendrik Niehoff Hendrik Niehoff ( – December 1560) was a Dutch pipe organ builder. Life Niehoff was born in Leeuwarden and served as an apprentice to pipe organ builder Jan van Covelen (). After Van Covelen's death, Niehoff established his shop in 's-H ...

(1495–1561) * J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw, Dordrecht *

Rodensteen family The Rodensteen family (also given as Raphaëlis, Rottstein, and Rottenstein-Pock) were a Dutch family of organ builders active during the 16th century. Documents from the family's work, particularly those made by Hermann Rodensteen (died 9 July 15 ...

(also given as Raphaëlis, Rottstein, and Rottenstein-Pock), 15th century Dutch family of organ builders *Pels & van Leeuwen, Rosmalen *Reil, Heerde *Van Dam, Leeuwarden *Van Deventer, Gendt *Van Vulpen, Utrecht *Witte, Utrecht

New Zealand

South Island Organ Company The South Island Organ Company is a manufacturer of pipe organs in Timaru, New Zealand. The company, in business since 1968, has manufactured and restored over 300 pipe organs throughout New Zealand, Australia and Oceania. Founders South Island O ...

Poland

*Cepka Marek *Drozdowicz Jan *Jakubowski Mirosław *Kamińscy *Mollin Zdzisław *Nawrot Marian *Olejnik Adam *Śliwiński Jan (finished) *Truszczyński Włodzimierz (finished) *Zych – Zakłady Organowe (the biggest Polish organbuilder)

Portugal

António Xavier Machado e Cerveira António Xavier Machado e Cerveira (, Anadia, 1 September 1756- Caxias, 14 September 1828) was a Portuguese organ builder. He is considered one of the most remarkable Portuguese Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, ...

Slovenia

* Skrabl (Škrabl) – http://skrabl.com/ * Orglarstvo Mocnik (Močnik) – http://orglarstvo-mocnik.si/

South Africa

* R Muller – Potchestroom * van Schalkwyk Organ Builders - Cape Town & Surrounding areas * SAOB (South African Organ Builders / Suid Afrikaanse Orrel Bouers) – Pretoria (Now Defunct) * Cooper Gill & Tomkins – Cape Town * * Pekelharing Organ Building – Port Elizabeth * Protea Orrelbouers – Brandfort * Jan Zielman Orrelbouers – Pretoria * Pyporrels (Werner Hurter) – Pretoria

Spain

* Blancafort, OM. * Gerhard Grenzing * Lope Alberdi Ricalde (1869–1948) * Federico Acitores, Acitores Organería y Arte S.L. * Jordi Bosch

Switzerland

* Orgelbau Thomas Wälti – Gümligen * Orgelbau Kuhn AG –

Männedorf Männedorf (High Alemannic: ''Mänidoorf'') is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Like in all other villages along the lake of Zürich, archeological findings indicate settlements in the st ...

Metzler Orgelbau Metzler Orgelbau, a firm of organ builders founded in 1890 and based since 1933 in Dietikon, near Zurich in Switzerland, is one of the most important makers of the European classical organ revival and has built many important and respected instru ...

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Dietikon Dietikon is the fifth biggest city of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, after Zürich, Winterthur, Uster and Dübendorf. It is the capital of the same-named district of Dietikon and part of the Zürich metropolitan area. Geography The ind ...

* Mathis Orgelbau –

Näfels Näfels is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Näfels is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord. History Näfels is first mentioned in 1240 as ''Nevels''. In 1388, the Swiss Confederate ...

* Orgelbau Goll –

Luzern , neighboring_municipalities= Adligenswil, Ebikon, Emmen, Horw, Kriens, Malters, Meggen, Neuenkirch Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a ...

* Späth Orgelbau –

Rüti, Zürich Rüti (sometimes written as ''Rüti ZH'' in order to distinguish it from other "Rütis") is a Swiss town and a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich. The river Jona flows through the town. History In 807, Rüti's ...

* Orgelbau Graf – Oberkirch * Orgelbau Roman Steiner –

Fehren Fehren is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Fehren is first mentioned in 1371 as ''der Hofe in Ferren''. Geography Fehren has an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.7% is used for a ...

* Orgelbau Felsberg –

Felsberg Felsberg (german: rock hill, link=no) may refer to: * Felsberg, Hessen, a town in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany * , a part of Überherrn, Landkreis Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany * Felsberg (Odenwald), a mountain in the Odenwald hills, Landk ...

* Manufacture d'Orgues Füglister –

Grimisuat Grimisuat is a municipality in the district of Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Grimisuat is first mentioned around 1001-1100 as ''Grimisoch''. The municipality was formerly known by its unknown name ''Grimslen'', however, t ...

* Erni Orgelbau –

Stans Stans () is the capital of the canton of Nidwalden (Nidwald) in Switzerland. The official language of Stans is German (spoken there in the variety of Swiss Standard German), but the main language is the local variant of Alemannic Swiss German. ...

* Peter Meier Orgelbau – Rheinfelden * Lifart Orgelbau AG – Emmen * Flayer Manufacture d'Orgues – Ursy * Arno Caluori Orgelbau – Seewis * Armin Hauser Orgelbau – Kleindöttingen * Orgelbau Stemmer –

Zumikon Zumikon is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is located in the Pfannenstiel region.Chézard-Saint-Martin Chézard-Saint-Martin is a former municipality in the district of Val-de-Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. The municipalities of Boudevilliers, Cernier, Chézard-Saint-Martin, Coffrane, Dombresson, Engollon, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Fo ...

Turkey

* Istanbul Pipe Organ Team (?-present) –

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

United Kingdom

Current (post-2016)

* Balfour-Rowley Ltd. Organ Builders (2016–present) –

Worksop Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east-south-east of Sheffield, close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, on the River Ryton and not far from the nor ...

* Benson George Bristol 1881- 1911 built Organs in primitive methodist churches around the city - mainly demolished. Appears in Arrowsmith Directory of Bristol 1906. * Bishop & Sons (1795–present ) –

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

and

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...

* W & A Boggis (1932–present) –

Roydon, South Norfolk Roydon is a small village, parish and electoral ward in the county of Norfolk, England, about a mile west of Diss. It covers an area of and had a population of 2,358 in 981 households at the 2001 census, the population of both parish and war ...

* F. Booth & Son Ltd. (1951–present) –

Stanningley Stanningley is a district of Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Leeds city centre on the A647 road, the original main road from Leeds to Bradford. The appropriate Leeds Metropolitan Ward is Bramley, Leeds, Bra ...

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

* Bower & Company (1972–present) –

Wroxham Wroxham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Wroxham has an area of 6.21 square kilometres, and in 2001, had a population of 1,532 in 666 households. A reduced population of 1,502 in 653 households ...

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

* F. H. Browne & Sons (1870–present) –

Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour. ...

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

. ** From 1 October 2020 the company trades under the name of Mander Organs.Notice on the home-page of the Mander Organs website
accessed 29 August 2020. * A. J. Carter Organ Builder Ltd. (1984–present) – Stanley, West Yorkshire * Vincent Coggin Organ Builder (c.1980–present) – Terrington St Clement,

* Cooper & Co. Organ Builders (2011–present) – Ryde * Cousans Organs (1877–present) – formerly Lincoln, England, Lincoln now Leicester *Percy Daniel & Co (c.1919–present) – Clevedon * Dean Organ Builders (1970–present) (Bristol, England) * William Drake, Organ Builder, William Drake (1974–present) – Buckfastleigh, Devon * Duplex Pipe Organ and Blower Company (2001–present) – Farnham, Surrey * Forth Pipe Organs Limited (2002–present) – Rosyth, Fife * Lance Foy Organs (?-present) – Truro, Cornwall * Martin Goetze and Dominic Gwynn Ltd (1980–present) – formerly Northampton, now Welbeck, Nottinghamshire * Henry Groves & Son Ltd (1957–present) – Nottingham * Norman Hall & Sons (c.1969–present) – Cambridge, Cambridgeshire * Harrison & Harrison, Harrison and Harrison Ltd (1861–present) – Durham, England, Durham, County Durham * Holmes and Swift Organ Builders (c.1979–present) – Fakenham , Fakenham, Norfolk * Charles James Organs (2004–present) – Ashwell, Rutland * Jennings Organs (1989–present) – Cranham Chase, Dorset * E.J. Johnson & Son (Cambridge) Ltd. (c.1955–present) – Snetterton, Norfolk * Peter Jones Organ Builder (1979–present) – St John's, Isle of Man, St John's, Isle of Man * Lammermuir Pipe Organs (1983–present) – Oldhamstocks, East Lothian * Jonathan Lane & Associates Ltd. (2006–present) – Epsom, Surrey * Michael Macdonald Organ Builder (1975–present) – Simshill, Glasgow * Midland Organ, Hele & Co. Ltd (1860–present) – Burton Lazars, Leicestershire * T. R. Moore Ltd (2017–present) – Nottingham * Nicholson & Co (Worcester) Ltd (1841–present) – Malvern, Worcestershire, Malvern, Worcestershire * Gary Owens Organ Builders (2001–present) – Pontypool * Pennine Organ Services (?-present) – Barnsley, South Yorkshire. * Pipe Organ Preservation Co. (1999–present) – Belfast * Pipe Organ Services Ltd. (c.1985–present)- formerly Salisbury, and since 1996 Freeby#Saxby, Saxby, Melton Mowbray. * Positive Organ Company, Positive Organ Company Ltd (2020–present) – Brackley, Northamptonshire * Principal Pipe Organs (1983–present) – York, North Yorkshire * D. Roberts Organ Builders Ltd (2003–present) – Seaham Harbour, County Durham, Durham * Sheppard & Cross Pipe Organ Services Ltd (2017–present) – Uckfield, Sussex * B. C. Shepherd & Sons Organ Builders (1927–present) – Edgware * David Shuker , At the Sign of the Pipe (2009–present) – Birling, Kent, Birling,

* George Sixsmith & Son Ltd. (1955–present) – Mossley, Greater Manchester * Soundcraft Pipe Organ Company (2016–present) – Northampton, Northamptonshire * Peter Spencer Ltd (1997–present) – Bubbenhall, Warwickshire * J. M. Spink (c.1970–present) – Leeds,

* The Village Workshop (c.1994–present) – Finchingfield * J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd (1828–present) – Brandon, Suffolk, Brandon, Suffolk * David Wells Organ Builders Ltd (1981–present) – Liverpool * Wells-Kennedy Partnership (1966–present) – Lisburn * Henry Willis & Sons Ltd; (1845–present) – variously, London, Petersfield and Liverpool * Wood Pipe Organ Builders (1966–present) – Huddersfield

Defunct

* Abbott and Smith (1869–1964) – Leeds * Theodore Charles Bates and Sons (–) – Ludgate Hill,

* G. Bedwell & Son (1871–1946) – CambridgeAcquired b
J. M. Spink Organ Builders
company website, accessed 15 July 2018 * Henry Bevington (1794–?) – London * James Jepson Binns – Leeds, Yorkshire * Richard Bridge (?–before 1766) – London * Brindley & Foster (1871–1939) – Sheffield, Yorkshire * Cambridge Organ Company (?–?) * Messrs Casey & Cairney (?–c.1971?) – GlasgowInformation from 'About us' on the webpage o
Michael Macdonald Organ Builders
accessed 1 January 2019 * Positive Organ Company, Casson's Patent Organ Co Ltd. (1887–95), thereafter trading as Mitchell and Thynne.- Denbigh and

. * Nigel Church Organs Ltd. (1971–1997) – Stamfordham, Stamfordham, NorthumberlandAcquired b
B. C. Shepherd & Sons Organ Builders
company website, accessed 1 January 2019 * A. J. Claypole (1914–1936) – Peterborough * James Cole [a.k.a. James Cole & Son, Cole & Duckworth, Jas. Y. Duckworth (Late Cole & Son)] (''fl''.1855–88) – Manchester * Peter Collins (organ builder), Peter Collins (1964–2017) – Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire * John Compton (organ builder), John Compton (1865–1957) * David Coram (?–2019) – Fordingbridge, Hampshire * Martin Cross Organ Builder (1969–2017) – Stifford, near Grays, Essex, Grays, Essex * Degens & Rippin Ltd (1960–64) – LondonMaurice Forsyth-Grant (1987) ''Twenty-one Years of Organ Building: the history of Degens & Rippin Ltd, Grant, Degens & Rippin Ltd., and Grant, Degens & Bradbeer Ltd.'' (Oxford: Positif Press) * East Midlands Organ Company (?–?) *Driver & Haigh (1882 -1969) – Bradford * Thomas Elliot (organ builder), Thomas Elliott (1790–1825) – London * Elliott and Hill (1825–32) – London * Forster and Andrews (1845–1956) – variously Kingston upon Hull, Hull, London, York * August Gern (1866–1938) – London * S. E. Gilks (?1950–?1976) – Peterborough * Gray & Davison (1841–1973) – London * Grant, Degens & Rippin (1964–66) – London * Grant, Degens & Bradbeer (1967–1981) – London, then Northampton * J Halmshaw & Sons (1850–1913) – Birmingham, Warwickshire * Renatus Harris (son of Thomas Harris and father of John Harris) (c. 1652–1724) * William Hedgeland (1851-c.1891; merged with Bishop & Sons) – Paddington, London * Hele & Co (1865–2017) – Truro, then Plymouth * William Hill & Sons Ltd (1832–1916) – London * William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd. (1916–98) – London * Robert Hope-Jones (1851–1914) * A. Hunter & Son (1856–1937) – Clapham * R. Huntingford (?- early c20) – location unknown * Kenneth James and Sons Ltd (c.1970–90) – location unknown. * T. S. Jones (?-?) – London *Ernest Lifford & Co. (1914–1940) – Yeovil * Henry Cephas Lincoln (''fl.'' 1810–55) – London'Lincoln, Henry Cephas, organ builder', ''Oxford Music Online''
accessed 5 February 2017 * John Lincoln (''fl.''1789–1820) – London * Lewis & Co (1860–1919) – Brixton, London Borough of Lambeth * Charles Lloyd (organ builder), Charles Lloyd – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire * C.F. Lloyd (organ builder), C.F. Lloyd (son of Charles Lloyd (organ builder), Charles Lloyd) – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire * Longstaff & Jones (c.1970-c.2009) – Telford, West Midlands. * John Loosemore (1616–1681) – Devon * Mander Organs Ltd (1936–2020) – London. **In July 2020 the company went into liquidation. The company name and intellectual property were acquired by F. H. Browne and Sons Ltd (of Canterbury) with that firm trading as Mander Organs from 1 October 2020. *J.E. Minns (1879–1895) – Taunton. Company purchased by George Osmond. * Norman and Beard Ltd (1870–1916) – London *Geo. Osmond & Co. (1895–1988) – Taunton. Succeeded J.E. Minns and traded under that name until 1908. * Albert E. Pease (1890–1909) – Stoke Newington, London * Positive Organ Company, The Positive Organ Company Ltd. (1898–1941) – London. * Roger Pulham (''fl.'' 1970–2010) – Woodbridge, Suffolk. * Rushworth and Dreaper – Liverpool, Merseyside * Bernard Smith (organ builder), Bernard Schmidt ("Father Smith") (c. 1630–1708) *George Sherborne (c.1800–1862) – Bath * John Snetzler (''fl.'' 1741–1781) – London * A.E. & F. A. Still (?-?) – location? * Thomas Swarbrick (''fl.'' 1705/6-c.1753) – London then Warwick * Kenneth Tickell & Company (1982–2020) – Wellingborough. * Trevor Tipple (''fl''. 1978–2015) – Worcester, England, Worcester. * H S Vincent & Co. – Sunderland * W.G. Vowles (1856–1958) – Bristol * Andrew Watt & Son (?-1965) – Glasgow * Peter Wells Organ Builders (1974–2015) – Cranbrook, Kent * Samuel Wort (''fl.''1916–38) – 1/. Holloway, London, Holloway, 2/. Camden Town, London. * E. Wragg & Son (1894–1969) – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire * Alexander Young & Sons (1872–1927) – Manchester *Blackett & Howden (c.1890-1970)

United States

* Organ Historical Society Pipe Organ Database for nearly complete list, current and historical
Pipe Organ Database
* Abbott and Sieker * Æolian Company (see also Æolian-Skinner Organ Company) * Aeolian Skinner, Æolian-Skinner Organ Company (1932–1972) * Joseph Alley (1804–1880) * Andover Organ Company * Alvinza Andrews (1800–1862) * Thomas Appleton (1785–1872) * George Ashdown Audsley (1838–1925) * Austin Organs, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut * Balcom and Vaughan, Seattle * Barton Organ Company, Oshkosh, Wisconsin * Bedient Pipe Organ Company, Lincoln, Nebraska * Bigelow & Company, American Fork, Utah * GM Buck Pipe Organs, Grand Rapids, Michigan * John Brombaugh & Associates, Eugene, Oregon * Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Lake City, Iowa * E. and G.G. Hook & Hastings, Boston, Massachusetts * Estey Organ, Brattleboro, Vermont * Fabry Inc. Pipe Organ Builders, Antioch, IL (1955–) * Felgemaker Organ Company * C. B. Fisk, Inc., Gloucester, Massachusetts * Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Tacoma, Washington * Geneva Organ Company * William M. Goodrich (1777–1833) * Goulding and Wood, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana (founded 1980) * G. Donald Harrison (1889–1956) * Hendrickson Organ Company, St. Peter, Minnesota * Hillgreen-Lane * Hinners Organ Company (1879–1942) * Otto Jürgen Hofmann, Otto Hofmann (1918–2001), Austin, Texas * Robert Hope-Jones, Elmira, New York * Holtkamp Organ Company, Cleveland, Ohio * Johnson Organs – William Allen Johnson, Wm. A. Johnson, later Johnson & Son * Thomas Johnston (engraver), Thomas Johnston * Kegg Pipe Organ Builders (Hartville, Ohio) * Kilgen, St. Louis * Kimball International, W. W. Kimball Piano and Organ * Leek Pipe Organ Company, Berea, Ohio (since 2014), formerly Oberlin, Ohio, (from 1976) * Levsen Organ Company (from 1954) around Buffalo, Iowa * Link Piano and Organ Company * Los Angeles Art Organ Company, The * M. P. Moller, M.P. Moller Pipe Organ Company, Hagerstown, Maryland * Charles McManis (1913–2004) * Marr and Colton, Warsaw, New York (1915–1932) * Midmer-Losh Organ Company, Merrick, New York * David A. Moore, Pomfret, Vermont, North Pomfret, Vermont * Robert Morton Organ Company, Van Nuys, California (1920s–1931) * Noack Organ Company, Georgetown, Massachusetts * Olympic Organ Builders, Seattle * J. H. & C. S. Odell, New York City * Organ Supply Industries, Erie, Pennsylvania * Page Organ Company, Lima, Ohio * Parkey Organs, Atlanta, GA * Pasi Organ Builders, Roy, Washington * Peragallo Pipe Organ Company, Paterson, New Jersey * Henry Pilcher (1798–1880), Pilcher Brothers, H. Pilcher's Sons, Newark, St. Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, Louisville (to 1944) *H. Ronald Poll & Associates, Inc. SLC, Utah (1979–2020) * Quimby Pipe Organs, Warrensburg, Missouri * Reuter Organ Company, Lawrence, Kansas * Richards, Fowkes & Co., Ooltewah, Tennessee * Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, Ohio * Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, California * Schuelke Organ Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Ernest M. Skinner (1866–1960) * David Tannenberg (1728–1824), Lititz, Pennsylvania * Taylor & Boody Organ Company * Tellers Organ Company, Erie, Pennsylvania * Wangerin Organ Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Welte-Mignon, M. Welte & Sons, Inc., New York (1832–1932) * Wicks Organ Company, Highland, Illinois * Wurlitzer, Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Cincinnati, Ohio (1856–1988) * Cornel Zimmer Organ builders, Denver, NC (1992–) * Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, LLC Champaign, IL (1985–) * Parsons Pipe Organ Builders, Canandaigua, New York (1921–Present)

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