List of pipe organ builders explained

This is a list of notable pipe organ builders.

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Cuba

Czech Republic

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

France

Germany

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

The Netherlands

New Zealand

Poland

Portugal

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

Current (post-2016)

Defunct

United States

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anderson organbuilder . Ohta.org.au . 2010-08-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170301141629/http://ohta.org.au/doc/articles/Anderson.html . 2017-03-01 .
  2. Web site: Organ Historical Trust of Australia . Ohta.org.au . 2010-08-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170221165353/http://ohta.org.au/resources/austr.html . 2017-02-21 .
  3. Web site: Amateur and professional: the organ in private residences . Ohta.org.au . 2010-08-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170301065918/http://ohta.org.au/doc/articles/mmt17.html . 2017-03-01 .
  4. Encyclopedia: Dodd, Josiah Eustace (1856–1952) . Australian Dictionary of Biography Online . 1952-01-30 . 2010-08-30. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University .
  5. Web site: A Century plus of Fincham organs . Ohta.org.au . 1928-01-01 . 2010-08-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070831052950/http://ohta.org.au/doc/articles/rushwth5.html . 2007-08-31 .
  6. Web site: Alfred Fuller; his life and work . Ohta.org.au . 2010-08-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170301064209/http://ohta.org.au/doc/articles/afuller.html . 2017-03-01 .
  7. Web site: Welcome to Pipe Organs Victoria Pty. Ltd..
  8. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/karl-wilhelm-emc Karl Wilhelm, by Antoine Bouchard
  9. Web site: R. A. Denton & Son, Pipe Organ Builders . 2014-01-05 . bot: unknown . https://archive.today/20140106150120/http://members.shaw.ca/radenton . January 6, 2014 .
  10. https://www.kennethjonespipeorgans.com Kenneth Jones and Associates
  11. http://www.neilandcreane.com/company.php Neiland & Creane Organ Builders
  12. Web site: Chichi Organi: costruttori e restauratori d'organi a canne. Chichi Organi.
  13. Book: Anthony H. Galt. Town and Country in Locorotondo. 1992. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers. 978-0-03-073327-7. 64.
  14. Web site: organipinchi.com.
  15. Encyclopedia: 2001 . Rodensteen [Rottenstein-Pock]. . Oxford Music Online . Oxford University Press. Hans Klotz. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23639.
  16. Web site: Blancafort, OM..
  17. Web site: Gerhard Grenzing: Home.
  18. Web site: Orgelbau Thomas Wälti – Willkommen. pixelzauber.ch. www.orgelbau-waelti.ch.
  19. Web site: Orgelbau Kuhn: Kunsthandwerkliche Spitzenprodukte aus der Schweiz.
  20. Web site: Metzler Orgelbau AG. Metzler Orgelbau AG, CH – 8953. Dietikon. www.metzler-orgelbau.ch.
  21. Web site: Home – Mathis Orgelbau AG Bauten News Shop Restaurierungen. www.mathis-orgelbau.ch.
  22. Web site: Willkommen bei Orgelbau Goll – Orgelbau Goll Luzern. www.goll-orgel.ch.
  23. Web site: HOME.
  24. Web site: ORGELBAU GRAF AG: Orgelwerke in bester handwerklicher, technischer und klanglicher Qualität. www.graf-orgelbau.ch.
  25. Web site: Orgelbau Roman Steiner, Fehren. Niklaus. Rotzler. www.orgelbau-steiner.ch.
  26. Web site: Portrait: Orgelbau Felsberg AG. diebündner AG – Kommunikationsmacher, Zürich. www.diebuendner.ch. www.orgelbau-felsberg.ch.
  27. Web site: Manufacture d'orgues Füglister | the Füglister organ Manufacture . 2016-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161005113701/http://www.fuglister-org.ch/en/the-fglister-organ-manufacture.html . 2016-10-05 . dead .
  28. Web site: Startseite – Erni Orgelbau Nidwalden Luzern. www.erni-orgelbau.ch.
  29. Web site: Peter Meier Orgelbau. Peter Meier Orgelbau, Rheinfelden. (CH). www.petermeierorgelbau.com.
  30. Web site: Lifart Orgelbau AG, Emmen – Homepage. lifart-orgelbau@bluewin.ch. www.lifart-orgelbau.ch.
  31. Web site: orgues. orgues.
  32. Web site: Arno Caluori Orgelbau. www.caluori.ch.
  33. Web site: Startseite – Orgelbau Hauser – orgelbauhauser.ch.
  34. Web site: Orgelbau Ferdinand Stemmer .
  35. Web site: Manufacture de St-Martin – Pages individuelles – Facteurs d'orgues – FR – orgues-et-vitraux. www.orgues-et-vitraux.ch.
  36. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCO5HKD2rxoLrvmsPwyEk7ag#menu Company’YouTube’ channel
  37. http://balfour-rowley.co.uk/index.html Balfour-Rowley Ltd. Organ Builders
  38. http://www.bishopandsonpipeorgans.co.uk/ Bishop and Sons
  39. http://www.waboggis.co.uk/index.htm W & A Boggis Organ Builders
  40. http://organpipes.co.uk F. Booth & Son (Voicers) Ltd.
  41. http://www.bowerorgans.co.uk/ Bower& Company
  42. http://fhbrowneandsons.co.uk/ F. H. Browne & Sons
  43. https://mander-organs.com Notice on the home-page of the Mander Organs website
  44. http://www.ajcarterorganbuilder.co.uk/ A. J. Carter Organ Builder Ltd.
  45. http://www.pipe-organ.co.uk/contact.html Vincent Coggin Organ Buildet
  46. http://cooperorgans.co.uk Cooper and Co. Organ Builders
  47. http://www.cousansorgans.co.uk/ Cousins Organs
  48. Web site: The National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR. 2021-04-09. www.npor.org.uk.
  49. Web site: Dean Organ Builders., company website, accessed 13 November 2019
  50. http://www.duplexpipeorganandblowerco.co.uk Duplex Pipe Organ and Blower Company
  51. Web site: Forth Pipe Organs. Forth Pipe Organs.
  52. https://en-gb.facebook.com/lancefoyorgans/ Lance Foy Organs
  53. http://www.goetzegwynn.co.uk/ Martin Goetze and Dominic Gwunne Lrd.
  54. https://www.henrygroves.co.uk/ Henry Groves & Son Ltd
  55. https://www.ibo.co.uk/register/detail.php?ID=114 Institute of British Organ Builders
  56. http://www.organrestoration.co.uk/ Holmes and Swift Organ Builders
  57. http://www.charlesjamesorgans.co.uk/ Charles James Organs
  58. http://jennings-organs.co.uk Jennings Organs
  59. http://www.johnsonpipeorgans.co.uk E. J. Johnson & Son (Cambridge) Ltd
  60. https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Local-Business/Peter-Jones-Organ-Builder-296192200758390/ Peter Jones Organ Builder
  61. http://www.lammermuirpipeorgans.co.uk Lammermuir Pipe Organs
  62. http://www.organ-builder.co.uk/ Jonathan Lane & Associates Ltd.
  63. http://www.macdonaldorgans.co.uk Michael Macdonald Organ Builders
  64. http://www.midlandorgan.co.uk/index.html Midland Organ, Hele & Co. Ltd.
  65. https://www.trmooreltd.org T. R. Moore Ltd
  66. https://www.go-organbuilders.org.uk Gary Owens Organ Builders
  67. https://m.facebook.com/Pennine-Organ-Services-138814249809105/ Pennine Organ Services
  68. http://amccartney.org.uk/popco Pipe Organ Preservation Co.
  69. http://www.pipeorganservices.co.uk/default.html Pipe Organ Services Ltd.
  70. http://www.thepositiveorgancompany.com The Positive Oragn Company Ltd.
  71. Principal Pipe Organs, The Raylor Centre, James Street, York YO10 3DW. No online presence found, 10 February 2019
  72. https://www.facebook.com/daverobertsleathering/ D. Roberts Organ Builders Ltd
  73. http://sandcorgans.co.uk Sheppard & Cross Pipe Organ Services Ltd
  74. https://organistsonline.org/b.c.shepherd/home.html#home B. C. Shepherd & Sons Organ Builders
  75. http://www.signofthepipe.com/index.html David Shuker | At the Sign of the Pipe
  76. http://www.georgesixsmithandsonltd.co.uk/ George Sixsmith & Son Ltd.
  77. https://soundcraft-organs.com/ Soundcraft Pipe Organ Company
  78. https://www.peterspencerpipeorgans.co.uk Peter Spencer Ltd
  79. http://www.jmspinkorganbuilders.co.uk/ J. M. Spink Organ Builders
  80. There is currently no company website. A full list of works can be found using the 'Search by builder' facility on the National Pipe Organ Register.
  81. http://www2.dwob.org/ David Wells Organ Builders Ltd
  82. http://www.wellskennedy.co.uk Wells-Kennedy Partnership
  83. http://www.woodofhuddersfield.com/ Wood Pipe Organ Builders
  84. Web site: Biographical Dictionary of the Organ: Cedric Arnold. 1 January 2023.
  85. Web site: National Pipe Organ Register: Arnold, Williamson & Hyatt. 8 January 2023.
  86. Web site: T. C. Bates (c. 1812–64) . Reed Organs in England . The Seraphine . 19 November 2019 .
  87. Web site: St John's Anglican Church . Organ Historical Trust of Australia . 19 November 2019 .
  88. Acquired by J. M. Spink Organ Builders, company website, accessed 15 July 2018
  89. Information from 'About us' on the webpage of Michael Macdonald Organ Builders, accessed 1 January 2019
  90. https://www.npor.org.uk/ National Pipe Organ Register 'Organ Builder' search
  91. Acquired by B. C. Shepherd & Sons Organ Builders, company website, accessed 1 January 2019
  92. ‘Database of Organ Builders: ref. 3718’, National Pipe Organ Register. Online resource, accessed 12 February 2020.
  93. Information taken from the successor company webpage, specifically: Sheppard & Cross Pipe Organ Services Ltd, company website, accessed 1 January 2019
  94. Maurice 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)
  95. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.41409 Paul Joslin Gern, August Friedrich Hermann
  96. https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_Music_and_Musicians/Hedgeland,_William 'Hedgeland, William'
  97. https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/yoursay/letters/letters_to_the_editor/1147212.local-piece-of-history-for-those-interested/ 'Letters: Local piece of history for those interested'
  98. Acquired by Henry Willis & Sons Ltd.
  99. Date-range of the company's existence based on a By builder search of the National Pipe Organ Register, online resource, accessed 16 July 2019.
  100. Web site: The National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR. 2021-04-09. www.npor.org.uk.
  101. http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.43777 'Lincoln, Henry Cephas, organ builder', Oxford Music Online
  102. Based on a ‘Builder search’ of the National Pipe Organ Register. Web resource, accessed 30 May 2020.
  103. https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/choir_organ/mander-organs-ceases-trading/ "Mander organs ceases trading"
  104. Web site: The National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR. 2021-04-09. www.npor.org.uk.
  105. http://www.tomccparishes.org.uk/colden-common-organs/ The Benefice of Twyford, Owslebury, Morestead and Colden Common
  106. Based on a ‘Builder search’ of the National Pipe Organ Register. Web resource, accessed 3 September 2020.
  107. Based on a ‘Builder search’ of the National Pipe Organ Register. Web resource, accessed 10 June 2020.
  108. Richard Kassell 'Swarbrick, Thomas' in The Organ: An Encyclopediaby Douglas Earl Bush and Richard Kassel (London: Routledge, 2006) pp.547–8
  109. https://www.tickell-organs.co.uk Kenneth Tickell & Company
  110. Organ Builders search)’, National Pipe Organ Register. Online resource, accessed 29 July 2020
  111. Web site: National Pipe Organ Register: Williamson & Hyatt. 9 January 2023.
  112. Organ Builders (DBOB)’, National Pipe Organ Register. Online resource, accessed 6 July 2020
  113. Organ Builders (DBOB)’, National Pipe Organ Register. Online resource, accessed 14 January 2020
  114. Web site: Bigelow & Co: Tracker Pipe Organ Builders, American Fork, UT. Michael. Bigelow. www.bigeloworgans.com.
  115. Web site: John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders . Buzard Organs.
  116. Web site: GM Buck Pipe Organs – Musical Instrument Manufacturer in Wyoming. gmbuckpipeorgans.business.site.
  117. Web site: fabryinc > Home. www.fabryinc.com.
  118. Web site: Goulding & Wood. www.gouldingandwood.com.
  119. Web site: Home. Leek Pipe Organs.
  120. Web site: Parkey OrganBuilders – Distinguished Pipe Organs. www.parkeyorgans.com.
  121. Web site: Parsons Pipe Organ Builders . www.parsonsorgans.com.
  122. Web site: Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders: A Tradition of Excellence .