List of pipe organ builders
This is a list of notable pipe organ builders.
Visser Pipe Organs, Magnolia, Texas, United States 713 503 6487
Australia
- William Anderson (1832–1921)[1][2]
- Australian Pipe Organs Pty Ltd[2]
- Robert Cecil Clifton (1854–1931)[2][3]
- William Davidson[2]
- J.E. Dodd & Sons Gunstar Organ Works[2][4]
- Fincham & Hobday[2]
- Geo. Fincham & Son[2][5]
- Alfred Fuller (1845–1923)[2][3][6]
- Hargraves Pipe Organs Pty Ltd
- Peter D.G. Jewkes Pty Ltd[2]
- Johnson & Kinloch[2]
- Samuel Joscelyne[3]
- Carl Krüger (1802–1871)[2]
- Ernst Ladegast (1853–1937)[2]
- Laurie Pipe Organs[2]
- C.W. Leggo[2][3]
- Daniel Heinrich Lemke (c. 1832–1897)[2]
- Samuel Marshall[2]
- Joseph Massey (1854–1943)[3]
- James Moyle[2]
- Pitchford & Garside[2]
- Roger Pogson[2]
- Charles Richardson (1847–1926)[2][3]
- Ronald Sharp (born 1929)[2]
- Knud Smenge[2]
- Frederick Taylor[2][3]
- William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd (Australian subsidiary)
Austria
- Matthäus Abbrederis (c. 1652 – a. 1725)
- Rieger Orgelbau
Belgium
Canada
- Casavant Frères (Joseph Casavant) – Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
- Gabriel Kney – London, Ontario
- Louis Mitchell – Quebec
- Orgues Létourneau – Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
- Laliberté-Payment – Repentigny, Québec
- Karl Wilhelm – Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec[7]
- Hellmuth Wolff, Wolff & Associés – Laval, Québec
- R. A. Denton & Son – Hamilton, Ontario[8]
- Juget-Sinclair – Montréal, Québec
Czech Republic
Cuba
- Hermanos Cuayo (Fábricantes de Órganos, Holguin)
Denmark
- Poul-Gerhard Andersen (1904–1980)[9]
- Frobenius Orgelbyggeri
- Marcussen & Søn
France
Germany
- Jürgen Ahrend[11] – Leer, Lower Saxony
- Michael Becker Orgelbau[12]
- Rudolf von Beckerath (1907–1976)[12]
- Peter Breisiger (1516–1542)
- Zacharias Hildebrandt (1688–1757)
- Hofbauer – Göttingen
- Elias Hößler (1663–1746)
- Stephan Kaschendorf (c. 1425–c. 1499)
- Orgelbau Klais (Johannes Klais Orgelbau GmbH & Co. KG) – Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Friedrich Krebs (?–1493)
- Friedrich Ladegast (1818–1905) – Weissenfels
- Orgelbau Mebold, Siegen
- Johann Josua Mosengel (1663–1731)
- Arp Schnitger (1648–1719)
- Gottfried Silbermann (1683–1753)
- Christian Gottlob Steinmüller (1792–1864)
- Tobias Heinrich Gottfried Trost (c. 1679–1759)
- Heinrich Traxdorf (built organs in the mid-15th century)
- Orgelbau Vleugels (Orgelbau Vleugels GmbH) – Hardheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Walcker Orgelbau (E.F. Walcker Orgelbau) – Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg
- M. Welte & Sons – Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg
- Johann Friedrich Wender (1655–1729), Mühlhausen
- Glatter-Götz Orgelbau Pfullendorf Germany
Hungary
- Aquincum Organbuilder Company[13]
- Pécs Organ Manufactory
Ireland
- Kenneth Ludlow Jones
Italy
- Consoli Pipe Organs, Locorotondo, Bari, Apulia[14]
- Agati[15]
- Antegnati[16] - Brescia
- Bossi – Italian firm of organ builders originally from Mendrisio (Canton Ticino)
- Lorenzo Musante − Genoa
- Organi Pinchi, Trevi, Umbria[17]
- Giovanni Pradella – Sondrio
- Fratelli Ruffatti – Padua
- Tamburini − Crema, Lombardy
New Zealand
Poland
- Cepka Marek
- Drozdowicz Jan
- Kamińscy
- Mollin Zdzisław
- Nawrot Marian
- Olejnik Adam
- Truszczyński Włodzimierz (finished)
- Zych – Zakłady Organowe (the biggest Polish organbuilder)
Portugal
Slovenia
- Skrabl (Škrabl) - The biggest Slovenian organbuilder
Spain
- Lope Alberdi Ricalde (1869–1948)[11]
- Federico Acitores. Acitores Organería y Arte S.L.
South Africa
- R Muller - Potchestroom
- 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
- Werner Hurter Orrelbouers - Pretoria
Switzerland
- Orgelbau Thomas Wälti[18] – Gümligen
- Orgelbau Kuhn[19] – Männedorf
- Metzler Orgelbau[20] – Dietikon
- Mathis Orgelbau[21] – Näfels
- Orgelbau Goll[22] – Luzern
- Späth Orgelbau[23] – Rüti, Zürich
- Orgelbau Graf[24] – Oberkirch
- Orgelbau Roman Steiner[25] – Fehren
- Orgelbau Felsberg[26] – Felsberg
- Manufacture d'Orgues Füglister[27] – Grimisuat
- Erni Orgelbau[28] – Stans
- Peter Meier Orgelbau[29] – Rheinfelden
- Lifart Orgelbau AG[30] – Emmen
- Flayer Manufacture d'Orgues[31] – Ursy
- Arno Caluori Orgelbau[32] – Seewis
- Armin Hauser Orgelbau[33] – Kleindöttingen
- Orgelbau Stemmer[34] – Zumikon
- Orgelbau St-Martin,[35] Schweiz
The Netherlands
- De Gebroeders Adema[36]
- Flentrop, Zaandam
- Hendrik Niehoff (1495–1561)
- J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw
United Kingdom
Current (2016)
- Bishop & Sons (1795–present ) – London and Ipswich[37]
- Bower & Company (1972–present) – Wroxham, Norfolk[38]
- F. H. Browne & Sons (1870–present) – Canterbury, Kent[39]
- Cousans Organs (1877–present) – formerly Lincoln now Leicester[40]
- Martin Goetze and Dominic Gwynn Ltd (1980–present) – formerly Northampton now Welbeck, Nottinghamshire[41]
- William Drake (1974–present) – Buckfastleigh, Devon
- Forth Pipe Organs Limited (2002–present) – Rosyth, Fife[42]
- Harrison and Harrison Ltd (1861–present) – Durham, County Durham
- E.J. Johnson & Son (Cambridge) Ltd. (c.1955-present) — Snetterton, Norfolk[43]
- Mander Organs Ltd (1936–present) – London
- Nicholson & Co (Worcester) Ltd (1841–present) – Malvern, Worcestershire
- Gary Owens Organ Builders (2001-present) - Pontypool[44]
- Principal Pipe Organs (1983–present) – York, North Yorkshire
- J. M. Spink (c.1970-present) - Leeds, West Yorkshire[45]
- J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd (1828–present) – Brandon, Suffolk
- David Wells Organ Builders Ltd (1981–present) – Liverpool[46]
- Peter Wells Organ Builders (1974-present)
- Henry Willis & Sons Ltd; (1845–present) – variously, London, Petersfield and Liverpool.
- Wood Pipe Organ Builders (1966–present) – Huddersfield[47]
Defunct
- John Abbey (1783–1859)[48]
- G. Bedwell & Son (1871-1946) - Cambridge[49]
- Henry Bevington (1794–?) – London
- James Jepson Binns – Leeds, Yorkshire
- Richard Bridge (?–before 1766) – London
- Brindley & Foster (1871–1939) – Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Cambridge Organ Company (?-?)[50]
- A. J. Claypole (1914-1936) - Peterborough[51]
- Peter Collins (1964–2017) – Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
- John Compton (1865–1957)
- Degens & Rippin Ltd (1960–64) – London[52]
- East Midlands Organ Company (?-?)[53]
- Thomas Elliott (1790–1825) – London
- Elliott and Hill (1825–32) – London
- Forster and Andrews (1896–1956) – variously Hull, London, York
- S. E. Gilks (?1950-?1976) - Peterborough[54]
- Gray & Davison (1841–1973) – London
- Grant, Degens & Rippin (1964–66) – London[52]
- Grant, Degens & Bradbeer (1967–1981) – London, then Northampton[52]
- Renatus Harris (son of Thomas Harris and father of John Harris) (c. 1652–1724)
- William Hill & Sons Ltd (1832–1916) – London
- William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd. (1916–98) – London
- Robert Hope-Jones (1851–1914)
- Henry Cephas Lincoln (fl.1810–55) – London[55]
- John Lincoln (fl.1789–1820) – London[55]
- Lewis & Co (1860–1919)- Brixton, London Borough of Lambeth
- Charles Lloyd (organ builder) – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- C.F. Lloyd (organ builder) (son of Charles Lloyd) – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- John Loosemore (1616–1681)
- Norman and Beard Ltd (1870–1916) – London
- Rushworth and Dreaper – Liverpool, Merseyside
- Bernard Schmidt ("Father Smith") (c. 1630–1708)
- John Snetzler (fl.1741–1781) – London
- Thomas Swarbrick (fl.1705/6-c.1753) – London then Warwick[56]
- H S Vincent & Co. - Sunderland
- E. Wragg & Son (1894–1969) – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- J Halmshaw & Sons (1850-1913) - Birmingham, Warwickshire.
United States
- Aadland Pipe Organ Co., founded 1971, Established in Valley Springs, SD in 1972
- Abbott and Sieker[48]
- Æolian Company[57] (See also Æolian-Skinner Organ Company below.)
- Æolian-Skinner Organ Company (1932–1972)[58]
- Austin Organs, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut
- Balcom and Vaughan, Seattle
- Barton Organ Company, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- Bosman Pipe Organ Design, Build, Repair and Restoration by Frans Bosman, Hood River, Oregon. (541) 980-0764
- C. B. Fisk, Inc., Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Charles McManis (1913–2004)
- David Tannenberg (1728–1824), Lititz, Pennsylvania
- Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Lake City, Iowa
- E. and G.G. Hook & Hastings, Boston, Massachusetts
- Ernest M. Skinner (1866–1960)
- Estey Organ, Brattleboro, Vermont
- Fabry Inc. Pipe Organ Builders, Antioch, Illinois
- Felgemaker Organ Company
- G. Donald Harrison (1889–1956)
- Geneva Organ Company
- George Ashdown Audsley (1838–1925)
- GM Buck Pipe Organs,[59] Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Goulding and Wood, Inc.,[60] Indianapolis, Indiana (founded 1980)
- Hendrickson Organ Company, St. Peter, Minnesota
- Hillgreen-Lane
- Hinners Organ Company (1879–1942)
- Holtkamp Organ Company, Cleveland, Ohio
- J. H. & C. S. Odell, New York City
- Jeremy Adams Instruments, Danvers, Massachusetts
- John Brombaugh & Associates, Eugene, Oregon
- Thomas Johnston
- Johnson Organs – Wm. A. Johnson, later Johnson & Son
- Kegg Pipe Organ Builders (Hartville, Ohio)
- Kilgen, St. Louis
- W. W. Kimball Piano and Organ
- Leek Pipe Organ Company,[61] Berea, Ohio (since 2014), formerly Oberlin, Ohio, (from 1976)
- Levsen Organ Company (from 1954) around Buffalo, Iowa
- Link Piano and Organ Company
- M.P. Moller Pipe Organ Company, Hagerstown, Maryland
- Marr and Colton, Warsaw, New York (1915–1932)
- Midmer-Losh Organ Company, Merrick, New York
- Niemann Organ Company, Baltimore, Maryland
- Noack Organ Company, Georgetown, Massachusetts
- Olympic Organ Builders, Seattle
- Organ Supply Industries, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Otto Hofmann (1918–2001), Austin, Texas
- Page Organ Company, Lima, Ohio
- Parsons Organ Builders, Canandaigua, New York
- Pasi Organ Builders, Roy, Washington
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Tacoma, Washington
- Peragallo Pipe Organ Company, Paterson, New Jersey
- Quimby Pipe Organs, Warrensburg, Missouri
- Reuter Organ Company, Lawrence, Kansas
- Richards, Fowkes & Co., Ooltewah, Tennessee
- Robert Hope-Jones
- Robert Morton Organ Company, Van Nuys, California (1920s-1931)
- Rosales Organ Builders, Los Angeles, CA
- Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, Ohio
- Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, California
- Swain & Kates, Inc., San Francisco, California
- Schuelke Organ Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Tellers Organ Company, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Wangerin Organ Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- M. Welte & Sons, Inc., New York (1832–1932)
- Wicks Organ Company, Highland, Illinois
- William M. Goodrich (1777–1833)[62]
- Wissinger Organs, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Cincinnati, Ohio (1856–1988)
- Alvinza Andrews (1800–1862)[63]
- Andover Organ Company[64]
- Bedient Pipe Organ Company[65]
- Bigelow & Company, American Fork, Utah[66]
- David A. Moore, North Pomfret, Vermont[67]
- Henry Pilcher (1798–1880), Pilcher Brothers, H. Pilcher's Sons, Newark, St. Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, Louisville (to 1944)[68]
- Joseph Alley (1804–1880)[58]
- Parkey Organs,[69][70] Atlanta, GA
- Schlicker Organ Company, Buffalo, New York
- Taylor & Boody Organ Company[71]
- Thomas Appleton (1785–1872)[16]
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