List of pipe organ builders

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

• Mortier – Antwerp
• Lapon – Diksmuide

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

• Rieger-Kloss

Croatia

• Heferer

Denmark

• Poul-Gerhard Andersen (1904–1980)^[9]
• Frobenius Orgelbyggeri
• Marcussen & Søn
• Andersen Og Bruhn

France

• Alexandre^[10]
• Charles S. Barker
• Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
• Dom Bédos de Celles (1709–1779)^[11]
• François-Henri Clicquot
• Robert Clicquot
• Koenig (organ builder)
• Claude Parisot
• Georges Danion

Germany

• Jürgen Ahrend^[12] – Leer, Lower Saxony
• Michael Becker Orgelbau^[13]
• Rudolf von Beckerath (1907–1976)^[14]
• 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)
• 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

Hungary

• Aquincum Organbuilder Company^[15]
• Pécsi Orgonaépítő Manufaktúra Kft.

Italy

• Agati^[16]
• Antegnati^[17] - 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

• South Island Organ Company
• The New Zealand Organ Manufactory

Portugal

• António Xavier Machado e Cerveira
• Francisco António Solha
• Joaquim António Peres Fontanes
• Joaquim Silvestre Serrão

Slovenia

• Josef Brandl
• Anton Dernič
• Franc Ksaver Dev
• Leonhard Ebner
• Johann Georg Eisl
• Johann Faller
• Marko Göbl
• Franc Goršič
• Franc Grafenauer
• Alois Hörbiger
• Ivan Kacin
• Frančišek Ksaver Križman
• Johann Gottfried Kunath
• Ivan Milavec
• Ivan Naraks
• Simon Otoničer
• Peter Rumpel
• Anton Škrabl
• Ignacij Zupan

Spain

• Lope Alberdi Ricalde (1869–1948)^[18]

Switzerland

• Metzler Orgelbau – Dietikon
• Emmenegger Orgelbau and Harmoniumrestaurationen – Nenzlingen
• Hans Tugi (c. 1460–1519)

The Netherlands

• De Gebroeders Adema^[19]
• Flentrop, Zaandam
• Hendrik Niehoff (1495-1561)
• J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw

United Kingdom

• John Abbey (1783–1859)^[20]
• 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^[21]
• Æolian Company^[22] (See also Æolian-Skinner Organ Company below.)
• Æolian-Skinner Organ Company (1932-1972)^[23]
• Joseph Alley (1804–1880)^[24]
• Andover Organ Company^[25]
• Alvinza Andrews (1800–1862)^[26]
• Thomas Appleton (1785–1872)^[27]
• George Ashdown Audsley (1838–1925)
• Austin Organs, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut
• Balcom and Vaughan, Seattle
• Barton Organ Company, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
• Bedient Pipe Organ Company^[28]
• John Brombaugh & Associates, Eugene, Oregon
• 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)^[29]
• 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^[30]
• Robert Morton Organ Company, Van Nuys, California (1920s-1931)
• Noack Organ Company, Georgetown, Massachusetts
• J. H. & C. S. Odell, New York City
• Parkey Organs,^[31] 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).^[32]
• 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
• Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, California
• Schuelke Organ Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Ernest M. Skinner (1866-1960)
• David Tannenberg (1728-1824), Lititz, Pennsylvania
• Taylor & Boody Organ Company^[33]
• 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^[34]

See also

• A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Sales and Service

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