Koenig (organ builder)

Kœnig facteurs d'orgues
Founded 1945
Headquarters Sarre-Union, France
Key people

Yves Kœnig (President)

Huguette Kœnig (General Manager)
Products pipe organs
Services building, restoring and maintenance
Website www.orgues-koenig.com

Kœnig pipe organ builders, as known as manufacture d'orgues Kœnig, is a French firm that designs, builds and restores pipe organs. This organ building family owned manufacture is based in Sarre-Union, Alsace, since 1945.[1]

Achievements

Kœnig is specifically renowned for being the first contemporary organ builder to have performed in 1967 the recreation of a pipe organ, complying with the precepts found in 1778 book L'Art du facteur d'orgues by Dom Bédos. This masterpiece can been seen in Saint-Georges' Church[2] of Bouquenom in Sarre-Union.

The workshop regularly contributes to the restoration of historical listed organs.

History

Jean-Georges Kœnig, born on May 16, 1920 in Strasbourg and deceased on November 26, 1992, bought the business to the widow of the organ builder Henry Vondrasek, in order to revive the factory that had been created in 1930.

Yves Kœnig, born on May 16, 1950, began working with his father in the 1970s and fully took over the business [3] in 1982.

He is assisted since 2008 by Julien Marchal, born on Octobre 29, 1990 who he gradually prepares to his succession.[4]

References

as checked on the corresponding article in the French Wikipedia.

  1. , history section on official website (browsed on February 7, 2015).
  2. , official notice on the French heritage list "Mérimée" (browsed on February 7, 2015).
  3. , official notice on the French business registrar "societes.com" (browsed on February 7, 2015).
  4. A. - L. N (June 2014). "Un vent nouveau souffle sur la manufacture d’orgues" (PDF). Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace: 8.

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