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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 ...

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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 *

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 speciali ...

(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 –

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 201 ...

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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 pu ...

(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 (Johannes Klais Orgelbau GmbH & Co. KG) –

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 (1663–1731) *

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 Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in E ...

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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 te ...

, 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 ...

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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

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 ...

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 inst ...

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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 Confederates ...

* 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 * 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

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 ...

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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 Stanley is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is about north-east of Wakefield city centre. Stanley was an Urban District in the West Riding of Yorkshire before 1974, being made up the four elect ...

* Vincent Coggin Organ Builder (c.1980–present) –

Terrington St Clement Terrington St Clement is a village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk borough and district in Norfolk, England. It is in the drained marshlands to the south of the Wash, west of King's Lynn, Norfolk, and east of Sutton Bridge, L ...

* Cooper & Co. Organ Builders (2011–present) –

Ryde Ryde is an English seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight. The built-up area had a population of 23,999 according to the 2011 Census and an estimate of 24,847 in 2019. Its growth as a seaside resort came af ...

* Cousans Organs (1877–present) – formerly

Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...

now

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...

*Percy Daniel & Co (c.1919–present) – Clevedon * Dean Organ Builders (1970–present) (Bristol, England) * William Drake (1974–present) –

Buckfastleigh Buckfastleigh is a market town and civil parish in Devon, England situated beside the Devon Expressway ( A38) at the edge of the Dartmoor National Park. It is part of Teignbridge and, for ecclesiastical purposes, lies within the Totnes Deanery ...

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

* Duplex Pipe Organ and Blower Company (2001–present) –

Farnham Farnham ( /ˈfɑːnəm/) is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a trib ...

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

* Forth Pipe Organs Limited (2002–present) –

Rosyth Rosyth ( gd, Ros Fhìobh, "headland of Fife") is a town on the Firth of Forth, south of the centre of Dunfermline. According to the census of 2011, the town has a population of 13,440. The new town was founded as a Garden city-style suburb ...

Fife Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...

* Lance Foy Organs (?-present) –

Truro Truro (; kw, Truru) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

* Martin Goetze and Dominic Gwynn Ltd (1980–present) – formerly

Northampton Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ...

, now

Welbeck Welbeck is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, slightly to the south-west of Worksop. The village population is included in the civil parish of Holbeck. Welbeck became a coal-mining centre in 1912 and has a famous stately home, Welbeck Ab ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

* Henry Groves & Son Ltd (1957–present) –

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

* Norman Hall & Sons (c.1969–present) –

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...

, Cambridgeshire * Harrison and Harrison Ltd (1861–present) –

Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham *County Durham, an English county * Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States *Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ...

County Durham County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly �About North East E ...

* Holmes and Swift Organ Builders (c.1979–present) – Fakenham, Norfolk * Charles James Organs (2004–present) –

Ashwell, Rutland Ashwell is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 290 at the 2001 census falling to 269 at the 2011 census. It is located about north of Oakham. The villag ...

* Jennings Organs (1989–present) – Cranham Chase,

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...

* E.J. Johnson & Son (Cambridge) Ltd. (c.1955–present) – Snetterton, Norfolk * Peter Jones Organ Builder (1979–present) – St John's,

Isle of Man ) , anthem = "O Land of Our Birth" , image = Isle of Man by Sentinel-2.jpg , image_map = Europe-Isle_of_Man.svg , mapsize = , map_alt = Location of the Isle of Man in Europe , map_caption = Location of the Isle of Man (green) in Europe ...

* Lammermuir Pipe Organs (1983–present) –

Oldhamstocks Oldhamstocks or Aldhamstocks ("old dwelling place") is a civil parish and small village in the east of East Lothian, Scotland, adjacent to the Scottish Borders and overlooking the North Sea . It is located south-east of Dunbar and has a popul ...

East Lothian East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the histo ...

* Jonathan Lane & Associates Ltd. (2006–present) –

Epsom Epsom is the principal town of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about south of central London. The town is first recorded as ''Ebesham'' in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. The ...

* Michael Macdonald Organ Builder (1975–present) –

Simshill Simshill is an area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is on the South Side of the city, approximately south of the city centre. Adjacent areas are Cathcart, King's Park, Croftfoot and Castlemilk. Linn Park is to the south-west of Simshill. The area h ...

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

* Midland Organ, Hele & Co. Ltd (1860–present) –

Burton Lazars Burton Lazars is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burton and Dalby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is south-east of Melton Mowbray, having a population of c.450 in 2015. It is the s ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

* T. R. Moore Ltd (2017–present) –

Nicholson & Co (Worcester) Ltd Nicholson & Co. Ltd manufactures pipe organs. It was founded in 1841 by John Nicholson. Its work encompasses the creation of new instruments as well as historical restorations, rebuilds and renovations. In 2013, the firm completed the first whol ...

(1841–present) –

Malvern Malvern or Malverne may refer to: Places Australia * Malvern, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide * Malvern, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne * City of Malvern, a former local government area near Melbourne * Electoral district of Malvern, an e ...

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...

* Gary Owens Organ Builders (2001–present) –

Pontypool Pontypool ( cy, Pont-y-pŵl ) is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. It has a population of 28,970. Location It is situated on the Afon Lwyd ri ...

* Pennine Organ Services (?-present) –

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of Doncaster and Sheffield as well as the boroughs of Barnsley and Rotherham. In N ...

. * Pipe Organ Preservation Co. (1999–present) –

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

* Pipe Organ Services Ltd. (c.1985–present)- formerly

Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...

, and since 1996 Saxby,

Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes promo ...

. * Positive Organ Company Ltd (2020–present) –

Brackley Brackley is a market town and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, bordering Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, from Oxford and from Northampton. Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the inters ...

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

* Principal Pipe Organs (1983–present) –

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

* D. Roberts Organ Builders Ltd (2003–present) –

Seaham Harbour Seaham is a seaside town in County Durham, England. Located on the Durham Coast, Seaham is situated south of Sunderland and east of Durham. The town grew from the late 19th century onwards as a result of investments in its harbour and co ...

* Sheppard & Cross Pipe Organ Services Ltd (2017–present) –

Uckfield Uckfield () is a town in the Wealden District of East Sussex in South East England. The town is on the River Uck, one of the tributaries of the River Ouse, on the southern edge of the Weald. Etymology 'Uckfield', first recorded in writing as ...

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

* B. C. Shepherd & Sons Organ Builders (1927–present) –

Edgware Edgware () is a suburban town in northern Greater London, mostly in the London Borough of Barnet but with small parts falling in the London Borough of Harrow and in the London Borough of Brent. Edgware is centred north-northwest of Charing Cros ...

* David Shuker , At the Sign of the Pipe (2009–present) – Birling,

* George Sixsmith & Son Ltd. (1955–present) –

Mossley Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, southeast of Oldham and east of Manchester. The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire ...

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford ...

* Soundcraft Pipe Organ Company (2016–present) –

* Peter Spencer Ltd (1997–present) –

Bubbenhall Bubbenhall is a village and civil parish in the Warwick district of Warwickshire, England. The village lies off the A445 road, about southeast of Coventry, and north-northeast of Leamington Spa. According to the 2001 Census it had a popula ...

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...

* J. M. Spink (c.1970–present) –

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

* The Village Workshop (c.1994–present) –

Finchingfield Finchingfield is a village in the Braintree district in north-west Essex, England, a primarily rural area. It is approximately from Thaxted, farther from the larger towns of Saffron Walden and Braintree. Nearby villages include Great Bardfield ...

* J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd (1828–present) –

Brandon Brandon may refer to: Names and people *Brandon (given name), a male given name *Brandon (surname), a surname with several different origins Places Australia *Brandon, a farm and 19th century homestead in Seaham, New South Wales *Brandon, Q ...

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

* David Wells Organ Builders Ltd (1981–present) –

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

* Wells-Kennedy Partnership (1966–present) –

Lisburn Lisburn (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland. It is southwest of Belfast city centre, on the River Lagan, which forms the boundary between County Antrim and County Down. First laid out in the 17th century by English and Welsh settlers, with ...

Henry Willis & Sons Henry Willis & Sons is a British firm of pipe organ builders founded in 1845. Although most of their installations have been in the UK, examples can be found in other countries. Five generations of the Willis family served as principals of th ...

Ltd; (1845–present) – variously, London,

Petersfield Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth a ...

and

* Wood Pipe Organ Builders (1966–present) –

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

Defunct

Abbott and Smith Abbott and Smith were a firm of organ builders based in Leeds, England from 1869 to 1964. History Isaac Abbott established the firm in Leeds in 1869. He had worked for William Hill in London for 20 years. Another Hill employee, William Stanwix ...

(1869–1964) – Leeds * Theodore Charles Bates and Sons (–) –

Ludgate Hill Ludgate Hill is a street and surrounding area, on a small hill in the City of London. The street passes through the former site of Ludgate, a city gate that was demolished – along with a gaol attached to it – in 1760. The area include ...

* G. Bedwell & Son (1871–1946) –

Acquired b
J. M. Spink Organ Builders
company website, accessed 15 July 2018 *

Henry Bevington Henry Bevington (26 July 1777''England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837'' – 8 November 1850)''London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003'' was a prolific English organ builder, active in Lon ...

(1794–?) – London *

James Jepson Binns James Jepson Binns (c. 1855–11 March 1928) was a pipe organ builder based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Organs Pipe organs at the following locations were either built or rebuilt by James Jepson Binns or his JJ Binns company. A number of ...

–

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

Richard Bridge Richard Bridge or Bridges (died 1758) was a leading English organ-builder of the eighteenth century. In 1748 (according to the ''Morning Advertiser'' of 20 February) he was living in Hand Court, Holborn, London. Works His first recorded organ is ...

(?–before 1766) – London *

Brindley & Foster Brindley & Foster was a pipe organ builder based in Sheffield who flourished between 1854 and 1939. Background The business was established by Charles Brindley in 1854. He was joined by Albert Healey Foster in 1871 and the company acquired the ...

(1871–1939) –

Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...

, Yorkshire * Cambridge Organ Company (?–?) * Messrs Casey & Cairney (?–c.1971?) –

Information from 'About us' on the webpage o
Michael Macdonald Organ Builders
accessed 1 January 2019 * Casson's Patent Organ Co Ltd. (1887–95), thereafter trading as Mitchell and Thynne.-

Denbigh Denbigh (; cy, Dinbych; ) is a market town and a community in Denbighshire, Wales. Formerly, the county town, the Welsh name translates to "Little Fortress"; a reference to its historic castle. Denbigh lies near the Clwydian Hills. History ...

and

. *

Nigel Church Nigel B. Church is a British organ builder who was based in Stamfordham, Northumberland from 1971 to 1998. Career He started building organs as Church and Company in Stamfordham in 1971 and concentrated on new build organs with mechanical action ...

Organs Ltd. (1971–1997) –

Stamfordham, Northumberland Stamfordham is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 1,047, rising to 1,185 at the 2011 Census. The place-name ''Stamfordham'' is first attested in the Pipe Rolls for ...

Acquired b
B. C. Shepherd & Sons Organ Builders
company website, accessed 1 January 2019 * A. J. Claypole (1914–1936) –

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

* James Cole .k.a. James Cole & Son, Cole & Duckworth, Jas. Y. Duckworth (Late Cole & Son)(''fl''.1855–88) –

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

* Peter Collins (1964–2017) –

John Compton Sir John George Melvin Compton, (29 April 1925 – 7 September 2007) was a Saint Lucian politician who became the first Prime Minister upon independence in February 1979. Having led Saint Lucia under British rule from 1964 to 1979, Compton ser ...

(1865–1957) * David Coram (?–2019) –

Fordingbridge Fordingbridge is a town and broader civil parish with a population of 6,000 on the River Avon in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England, near the Dorset and Wiltshire borders and on the edge of the New Forest, famed for its late medieva ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

* Martin Cross Organ Builder (1969–2017) –

Stifford Stifford is an area and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock, Essex, England. The traditional parish of Stifford is divided by the A13 trunk road into two communities known respectively as North and South Stifford. In 1931 t ...

, near Grays,

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

* 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 Elliott (1790–1825) – London * Elliott and Hill (1825–32) – London *

Forster and Andrews Forster and Andrews was a British organ building company between 1843 and 1924. The company was formed by James Alderson Forster (1818–1886) and Joseph King Andrews (1820–1896), who had been employees of the London organ builder J. C. Bisho ...

(1845–1956) – variously Hull, London,

* August Gern (1866–1938) – London * S. E. Gilks (?1950–?1976) –

Gray & Davison Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...

(1841–1973) – London * Grant, Degens & Rippin (1964–66) – London * Grant, Degens & Bradbeer (1967–1981) – London, then

* J Halmshaw & Sons (1850–1913) – Birmingham, Warwickshire *

Renatus Harris Renatus Harris (c. 1652 - 1724) was an English master organ maker in England in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. During the period of the Commonwealth, in the mid-seventeenth century, Puritans controlled the country and o ...

(son of Thomas Harris and father of John Harris) (c. 1652–1724) * William Hedgeland (1851-c.1891; merged with Bishop & Sons) –

Paddington Paddington is an area within the City of Westminster, in Central London. First a medieval parish then a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Three important landmarks of the district are Paddi ...

, London *

Hele & Co Hele & Co (also known as Hele & Sons) were the main organ builders in the south west of England from 1865 to 2007.''The Freeman-Edmonds Directory of British Organ Builders''; by Andrew Freeman & Bernard Edmonds. 2002 History The company was fo ...

(1865–2017) –

, then

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ...

William Hill & Sons William Hill & Son was one of the main organ builders in England during the 19th century. The founder William Hill was born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire in 1789. He married Mary, the daughter of organ-builder Thomas Elliot, on 30 October 1818 i ...

Ltd (1832–1916) – London * William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd. (1916–98) – London *

Robert Hope-Jones Robert Hope-Jones (9 February 1859 – 13 September 1914) was an English musician who is considered to be the inventor of the theatre organ in the early 20th century. He thought that a pipe organ should be able to imitate the instruments of ...

(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 –

, Nottinghamshire * C.F. Lloyd (organ builder), C.F. Lloyd (son of Charles Lloyd (organ builder), Charles Lloyd) –

, Nottinghamshire * Longstaff & Jones (c.1970-c.2009) – Telford, West Midlands. * John Loosemore (1616–1681) –

* 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 –

, 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) –

* 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) –

, Nottinghamshire * Alexander Young & Sons (1872–1927) –

*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 *

, 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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