List of pipe organ builders
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This is a list of notable pipe organ builders.
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]
- 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]
Austria
- Matthäus Abbrederis (c. 1652 - a. 1725)
- Rieger Orgelbau
Belgium
Canada
- Casavant Frères (Joseph Casavant) – Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
- Gabriel Kney – London, Ontario
- 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]
Czech Republic
Croatia
Denmark
- Poul-Gerhard Andersen (1904–1980)[9]
- Frobenius Orgelbyggeri
- Marcussen & Søn
- Andersen Og Bruhn
France
- Alexandre[9]
- Charles S. Barker
- Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
- Dom Bédos de Celles (1709–1779)[10]
- François-Henri Clicquot
- Robert Clicquot
- Koenig (organ builder)
- Claude Parisot
- Georges Danion
Germany
- Jürgen Ahrend[11] – Leer, Lower Saxony
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- 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
- Johann Josua Mosengel (1663–1731)
- Arp Schnitger (1648–1719)
- Gottfried Silbermann (1683–1753)
- Christian Gottlob Steinmüller (1792-1864)
- de (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
Hungary
Italy
- Agati[14]
- Antegnati[15] - Brescia
- Bossi - Renowned Italian firm of organ builders originally from Mendrisio (Canton Ticino)
- Lorenzo Musante − Genoa
- Giovanni Pradella – Sondrio
- Fratelli Ruffatti – Padua
- Andrea Zeni - Tesero
- Vincenzo Mascioni − Cuvio
- Tamburini − Crema
New Zealand
Portugal
- António Xavier Machado e Cerveira
- Francisco António Solha
- Joaquim António Peres Fontanes
- Joaquim Silvestre Serrão
Slovenia
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- Anton Dernič
- Franc Ksaver Dev
- Leonhard Ebner
- Johann Georg Eisl
- Johann Faller
- Marko Göbl
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- Franc Grafenauer
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- Johann Gottfried Kunath
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- Simon Otoničer
- Peter Rumpel
- Anton Škrabl
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Spain
- Lope Alberdi Ricalde (1869–1948)[11]
Switzerland
- Metzler Orgelbau – Dietikon
- Emmenegger Orgelbau and Harmoniumrestaurationen – Nenzlingen
- Hans Tugi (c. 1460–1519)
The Netherlands
- De Gebroeders Adema[16]
- Flentrop, Zaandam
- Hendrik Niehoff (1495-1561)
- J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw
United Kingdom
- John Abbey (1783–1859)[17]
- Henry Bevington, worked from 1794 in London
- James Jepson Binns – Leeds, Yorkshire
- Bishop and Son - London
- Richard Bridge (?–before 1766)
- Brindley & Foster – Sheffield, Yorkshire
- John Byfield
- Peter Collins – Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
- John Compton (1865–1957)
- William Drake – Buckfastleigh, Devon
- Thomas Elliott
- Forster and Andrews
- Gray & Davison – London
- Daniel Davies - Wellington, Shropshire
- Dean Organ Builders - (Whitchurch, Bristol.) (Mechanical Organ Builders.)
- John Harris (son of Renatus Harris) (?–1743)
- Renatus Harris (son of Thomas Harris and father of John Harris) (c. 1652–1724)
- Thomas Harris (father of Renatus Harris) (?–c. 1684)
- Harrison & Harrison Ltd – Durham, County Durham
- Robert Hope-Jones (1851–1914)
- Abraham Jordan
- Lewis & Co - 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)
- Mander Organs Ltd – London
- Longstaff & Jones - Telford, Shropshire
- Nicholson & Co (Worcester) Ltd – Malvern, Worcestershire
- Rushworth and Dreaper – Liverpool, Merseyside
- Keith Scudamore 1953-1996 [Bristol/Bournemouth]
- Bernard Schmidt ("Father Smith") (c. 1630–1708)
- John Snetzler (1710–1785)
- Thomas Swarbrick
- Peter Trueman - 2 Arridge Road, Chaddesden, Derby
- J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd – Brandon, Suffolk
- Henry Willis & Sons Ltd (inventor of the radiating & concave pedalboard and the tubular pneumatic action) – Liverpool, Merseyside
- E. Wragg & Son – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
United States
- Abbott and Sieker[17]
- Æolian Company[18] (See also Æolian-Skinner Organ Company below.)
- Æolian-Skinner Organ Company (1932-1972)[19]
- Joseph Alley (1804–1880)[19]
- Andover Organ Company[20]
- Alvinza Andrews (1800–1862)[21]
- Thomas Appleton (1785–1872)[15]
- George Ashdown Audsley (1838–1925)
- Austin Organs, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut
- Balcom and Vaughan, Seattle
- Barton Organ Company, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- Bedient Pipe Organ Company[22]
- John Brombaugh & Associates, Eugene, Oregon
- Bunn-Minnick Pipe Organs, Columbus, Ohio
- Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Lake City, Iowa
- Estey Organ, Brattleboro, Vermont
- Fabry Inc. Pipe Organs, Antioch, Illinois
- Felgemaker Organ Company
- C. B. Fisk, Inc., Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Tacoma, Washington
- Ebenezer Goodrich, brother of William M. Goodrich
- William M. Goodrich (1777–1833)[23]
- Geneva Organ Company
- G. Donald Harrison (1889–1956)
- Hendrickson Organ Company, St. Peter, Minnesota
- Hillgreen-Lane
- Otto Hofmann (1918-2001), Austin, Texas
- Holtkamp Organ Company, Cleveland, Ohio
- E. and G.G. Hook & Hastings, Boston, Massachusetts
- Robert Hope-Jones
- S.L. Huntington & Co., Stonington, Connecticut
- Jaeckel Organs, Duluth, Minnesota
- Johnson Organs – Wm. A. Johnson, later Johnson & Son
- Kegg Pipe Organ Builders (Hartville, Ohio)
- Kilgen, St. Louis
- W. W. Kimball Piano and Organ
- Levsen Organ Company (from 1954) around Buffalo, Iowa
- Link Piano and Organ Company
- Marr and Colton, Warsaw, New York (1915-1932)
- Charles McManis (1913–2004)
- Midmer-Losh Organ Company, Merrick, New York
- M.P. Moller Pipe Organ Company, Hagerstown, Maryland
- David A. Moore, North Pomfret, Vermont[24]
- Robert Morton Organ Company, Van Nuys, California (1920s-1931)
- Noack Organ Company, Georgetown, Massachusetts
- J. H. & C. S. Odell, New York City
- Parkey Organs,[25] Atlanta, GA
- Page Organ Company, Lima, Ohio
- Organ Supply Industries, Erie, Pennsylvania
- 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)[26]
- Quimby Pipe Organs, Warrensburg, Missouri
- Reuter Organ Company, Lawrence, Kansas
- Richards, Fowkes & Co., Ooltewah, Tennessee
- Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, Ohio
- A.E.Schlueter Pipe Organ Company, Lithonia, Georgia
- McNeely Organ Company
- Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, California
- Schuelke Organ Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Ernest M. Skinner (1866-1960)
- David Tannenberg (1728-1824), Lititz, Pennsylvania
- Taylor & Boody Organ Company[27]
- Tellers Organ Company, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Wangerin Organ Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- M. Welte & Sons, Inc., New York (1832-1932)
- Wicks Organ Company, Highland, Illinois
- Wissinger Organs, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Cincinnati, Ohio (1856-1988)
- Bigelow & Company, American Fork, Utah[28]
References
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- ↑ Karl Wilhelm, by Antoine Bouchard, in The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ↑ R. A. Denton & Son, Pipe Organ Builders at the Wayback Machine (archived January 6, 2014)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Bush & Kassel 2006, p. 24.
- ↑ Bush & Kassel 2006, pp. 61-62.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Bush & Kassel 2006, p. 23.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Bush & Kassel 2006, p. 59.
- ↑ Bush & Kassel 2006, p. 34.
- ↑ Bush & Kassel 2006, p. 21.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Bush & Kassel 2006, p. 33.
- ↑ Bush & Kassel 2006, p. 14.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Bush & Kassel 2006, p. 1.
- ↑ Bush & Kassel 2006, p. 16.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Bush & Kassel 2006, pp. 17-21.
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- ↑ Bush & Kassel 2006, pp. 60-61.
- ↑ Buckingham 1834, p. 25.
- ↑ Bush & Kassel 2006, p. 357.
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- ↑ Bush & Kassel 2006, pp. 560-561.
- ↑ http://www.bigeloworgans.com
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