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]
• Hargraves Pipe Organs Pty Ltd
• William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd (Australian subsidiary)
• Peter D.G. Jewkes Pty Ltd[2]
• Johnson & Kinloch[2]
• Samuel Joscelyne[3]
• Carl Krüger (1802–1871)[2]
• Ernst Ladegast (1853–1937)[2]
• F.J. Larner & Co.
• 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]
• William Leopold Roberts (died 1971), built "Memorial Organ" (1924–1961) for St Andrew's Church, Brighton
• Ronald Sharp (born 1929)[2]
• Knud Smenge[2]
• Frederick Taylor[2][3]

Austria

• Matthäus Abbrederis (c. 1652 – a. 1725)
• Orgelbau Pieringer
• Rieger Orgelbau

Belgium

• Mortier – Antwerp
• Jan Lapon – Diksmuide

Canada

• Casavant Frères (Joseph Casavant) – Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
• Legge Organ Co. Ltd – Toronto, Ontario
• 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

Cuba

• Hermanos Cuayo (Fábricantes de Órganos, Holguin)

Czech Republic

• Rieger-Kloss

Denmark

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

France

• Alexandre[9]
• Charles S. Barker
• Daublaine & Callinet
• Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
• Joseph Merklin
• Charles Mutin
• Puget Family
• Dom Bédos de Celles (1709–1779)[10]
• François-Henri Clicquot
• Robert Clicquot
• Charles Lefebvre (1670-1737)
• Clément Lefebvre (1630-1709)
• Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Lefebvre (1705-1784)
• Louis-Charles Lefebvre (1708-1754)
• Koenig
• Claude Parisot
• Georges Danion
• Victor Gonzalez
• Jean-Loup and Robert Boisseau
• Bertrand Cattiaux
• Pascal Quoirin

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)
• Albertus Antoni Hinsz (1704-1785)
• Hofbauer – Göttingen
• Elias Hößler (1663–1746)
• Stephan Kaschendorf (c. 1425–c. 1499)
• Emanuel Kemper, Lübeck
• 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
• Wolkenstayn Orgelbau – Kötz, Germany

Hungary

• Aquincum Organbuilder Company[13]
• Pécs Organ Manufactory

Ireland

• Trevor Crowe
• Kenneth Jones and Associates (1979–present) – Kilcoole, Co Wicklow[14]
• Neiland & Creane Organ Builders (1990–present) – Wexford[15]

Italy

• Agati[16]
• Antegnati[17] – Brescia
• Bossi – Italian firm of organ builders originally from Mendrisio (Canton Ticino)
• Consoli Pipe Organs, Locorotondo, Bari, Apulia[18]
• Lorenzo Musante − Genoa
• Mascioni - Cuvio (Varese)
• Organi Pinchi, Trevi, Umbria[19]
• Giovanni Pradella – Sondrio
• Fratelli Ruffatti – Padua
• Tamburini − Crema, Lombardy

The Netherlands

• Bätz, Utrecht (1709-1770)
• De Gebroeders Adema, Hillegom
• Duyschot, Holland[20]
• Flentrop, Zaandam
• Hendrik Niehoff (1495–1561)
• J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw, Dordrecht
• Pels & van Leeuwen, Rosmalen
• Reil, Heerde
• Van Dam, Leeuwarden
• Van Deventer, Gendt
• Van Vulpen, Utrecht
• Witte, Utrecht

New Zealand

• South Island Organ Company

Poland

• Cepka Marek
• Drozdowicz Jan
• Jakubowski Mirosław
• Kamińscy
• Mollin Zdzisław
• Nawrot Marian
• Olejnik Adam
• Śliwiński Jan (finished)
• Truszczyński Włodzimierz (finished)
• Zych – Zakłady Organowe (the biggest Polish organbuilder)

Portugal

• António Xavier Machado e Cerveira

Slovenia

• Skrabl (Škrabl) – the biggest Slovenian organbuilder

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

Spain

• Lope Alberdi Ricalde (1869–1948)[11]
• Federico Acitores, Acitores Organería y Arte S.L.
• Jordi Bosch

Switzerland

• Orgelbau Thomas Wälti[21] – Gümligen
• Orgelbau Kuhn AG[22] – Männedorf
• Metzler Orgelbau[23] – Dietikon
• Mathis Orgelbau[24] – Näfels
• Orgelbau Goll[25] – Luzern
• Späth Orgelbau[26] – Rüti, Zürich
• Orgelbau Graf[27] – Oberkirch
• Orgelbau Roman Steiner[28] – Fehren
• Orgelbau Felsberg[29] – Felsberg
• Manufacture d'Orgues Füglister[30] – Grimisuat
• Erni Orgelbau[31] – Stans
• Peter Meier Orgelbau[32] – Rheinfelden
• Lifart Orgelbau AG[33] – Emmen
• Flayer Manufacture d'Orgues[34] – Ursy
• Arno Caluori Orgelbau[35] – Seewis
• Armin Hauser Orgelbau[36] – Kleindöttingen
• Orgelbau Stemmer[37] – Zumikon
• Manufacture d'orgues St. Martin S.A.[38] Chézard-Saint-Martin

Turkey

• Istanbul Pipe Organ Team (?-present) - Istanbul[39]

United Kingdom

Current (post-2016)

• Balfour-Rowley Ltd. Organ Builders (2016–present) – Worksop[40]
• Bishop & Sons (1795–present ) – London and Ipswich[41]
• W & A Boggis (1932–present) – Roydon, South Norfolk[42]
• F. Booth & Son Ltd. (1951–present) – Stanningley, West Yorkshire[43]
• Bower & Company (1972–present) – Wroxham, Norfolk[44]
• F. H. Browne & Sons (1870–present) – Canterbury, Kent.[45]
  • From 1 October 2020 the company trades under the name of Mander Organs.[46]
• A. J. Carter Organ Builder Ltd. (1984–present) – Stanley, West Yorkshire[47]
• Vincent Coggin Organ Builder (c.1980–present) – Terrington St Clement, Norfolk[48]
• Cousans Organs (1877–present) – formerly Lincoln now Leicester[49]
• Dean Organ Builders (1970–present) (Bristol, England) [50]
• William Drake (1974–present) – Buckfastleigh, Devon
• Duplex Pipe Organ and Blower Company (2001–present) – Farnham, Surrey[51]
• Forth Pipe Organs Limited (2002–present) – Rosyth, Fife[52]
• Lance Foy Organs (?-present) – Truro, Cornwall[53]
• Martin Goetze and Dominic Gwynn Ltd (1980–present) – formerly Northampton, now Welbeck, Nottinghamshire[54]
• Henry Groves & Son Ltd (1957–present) – Nottingham[55]
• Norman Hall & Sons (c.1969–present) - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire[56]
• Harrison and Harrison Ltd (1861–present) – Durham, County Durham
• Holmes and Swift Organ Builders (c.1979–present) - Fakenham, Norfolk[57]
• Charles James Organs (2004–present) – Ashwell, Rutland[58]
• Jennings Organs (1989–present) – Cranham Chase, Dorset[59]
• E.J. Johnson & Son (Cambridge) Ltd. (c.1955–present) – Snetterton, Norfolk[60]
• Peter Jones Organ Builder (1979–present) – St John's, Isle of Man[61]
• Lammermuir Pipe Organs (1983–present) – Oldhamstocks, East Lothian[62]
• Jonathan Lane & Associates Ltd. (2006–present) – Epsom, Surrey[63]
• Michael Macdonald Organ Builder (1975–present) – Simshill, Glasgow[64]
• Mander Organs Ltd (1936–present) – London.
  • In July 2020 the company went into liquidation.[65] The company name and intellectual property were acquired by F. H. Browne and Sons Ltd (of Canterbury) with that firm trading as Mander Organs from 1 October 2020.[46]
• Midland Organ, Hele & Co. Ltd (1860–present) – Burton Lazars, Leicestershire[66]
• T. R. Moore Ltd (2017–present) – Nottingham[67]
• Nicholson & Co (Worcester) Ltd (1841–present) – Malvern, Worcestershire
• Gary Owens Organ Builders (2001–present) – Pontypool[68]
• Pennine Organ Services (?-present) - Barnsley, South Yorkshire.[69]
• Pipe Organ Preservation Co. (1999–present) – Belfast[70]
• Pipe Organ Services Ltd. (c.1985–present)- formerly Salisbury, and since 1996 Saxby, Melton Mowbray.[71]
• Positive Organ Company Ltd (2020–present) - Brackley, Northamptonshire[72]
• Principal Pipe Organs (1983–present) – York, North Yorkshire[73]
• D. Roberts Organ Builders Ltd (?–present) – Seaham Harbour, Durham[74]
• Sheppard & Cross Pipe Organ Services Ltd (2017–present) – Uckfield, Sussex[75]
• B. C. Shepherd & Sons Organ Builders (1927–present) – Edgware[76]
• David Shuker | At the Sign of the Pipe (2009–present) – Birling, Kent[77]
• George Sixsmith & Son Ltd. (1955–present) – Mossley, Greater Manchester[78]
• Soundcraft Pipe Organ Company (2016–present) – Northampton, Northamptonshire[79]
• Peter Spencer Ltd (1997–present) – Bubbenhall, Warwickshire[80]
• J. M. Spink (c.1970–present) – Leeds, West Yorkshire[81]
• The Village Workshop (c1994-present) - Finchingfield[82]
• J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd (1828–present) – Brandon, Suffolk
• David Wells Organ Builders Ltd (1981–present) – Liverpool[83]
• Wells-Kennedy Partnership (1966–present) – Lisburn[84]
• Henry Willis & Sons Ltd; (1845–present) – variously, London, Petersfield and Liverpool
• Wood Pipe Organ Builders (1966–present) – Huddersfield[85]

Defunct

• Theodore Charles Bates and Sons (c. 1812–c. 1864) – Ludgate Hill, London[86][87]
• G. Bedwell & Son (1871–1946) – Cambridge[88]
• Henry Bevington (1794–?) – London
• James Jepson Binns – Leeds, Yorkshire
• Richard Bridge (?–before 1766) – London
• Brindley & Foster (1871–1939) – Sheffield, Yorkshire
• Cambridge Organ Company (?–?)[88]
• Messrs Casey & Cairney (?–c1971?) – Glasgow[89]
• Casson's Patent Organ Co Ltd. (1887–95), thereafter trading as Mitchell and Thynne.- Denbeigh and London.[90]
• Nigel Church Organs Ltd. (1971–1997) – Stamfordham, Northumberland[91]
• A. J. Claypole (1914-1936) – Peterborough[88]
• James Cole [a.k.a. James Cole & Son, Cole & Duckworth, Jas. Y. Duckworth (Late Cole & Son)] (fl.1855-88) - Manchester[92]
• Peter Collins (1964–2017) – Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
• John Compton (1865–1957)
• David Coram (?–2019) – Fordingbridge, Hampshire
• Martin Cross Organ Builder (1969–2017) – Stifford, near Grays, Essex[93]
• Degens & Rippin Ltd (1960–64) – London[94]
• East Midlands Organ Company (?–?)[88]
• Thomas Elliott (1790–1825) – London
• Elliott and Hill (1825–32) – London
• Forster and Andrews (1845–1956) – variously Hull, London, York
• August Gern (1866–1938) – London[95]
• S. E. Gilks (?1950–?1976) – Peterborough[88]
• Gray & Davison (1841–1973) – London
• Grant, Degens & Rippin (1964–66) – London[94]
• Grant, Degens & Bradbeer (1967–1981) – London, then Northampton[94]
• J Halmshaw & Sons (1850-1913) – Birmingham, Warwickshire
• Renatus Harris (son of Thomas Harris and father of John Harris) (c. 1652–1724)
• William Hedgeland (1851-c.1891; merged with Bishop & Sons) - Paddington, London[96]
• Hele & Co (1865-2017) – Truro, then Plymouth
• William Hill & Sons Ltd (1832–1916) – London
• William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd. (1916–98) – London
• Robert Hope-Jones (1851–1914)
• A. Hunter & Son (1856-1937) – Clapham[97][98]
• R. Huntingford (?- early c20) – location unknown
• Kenneth James and Sons Ltd (c1970–90) - location unknown.[99]
• T. S. Jones (?-?) – London
• Henry Cephas Lincoln (fl. 1810–55) – London[100]
• John Lincoln (fl.1789–1820) – London[100]
• Lewis & Co (1860–1919) – Brixton, London Borough of Lambeth
• Charles Lloyd – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
• C.F. Lloyd (son of Charles Lloyd) – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
• Longstaff & Jones (c.1970-c.2009) - Telford, West Midlands.[101]
• John Loosemore (1616–1681) - Devon
• Norman and Beard Ltd (1870–1916) – London
• Albert E. Pease (1890-1909) – Stoke Newington, London[102]
• The Positive Organ Company Ltd. (1898–1941) - London.[103]
• Roger Pulham (fl. 1970-2010) - Woodbridge, Suffolk.[104]
• Rushworth and Dreaper – Liverpool, Merseyside
• Bernard Schmidt ("Father Smith") (c. 1630–1708)
• John Snetzler (fl. 1741–1781) – London
• A.E. & F. A. Still (?-?) – location?[91]
• Thomas Swarbrick (fl. 1705/6-c.1753) – London then Warwick[105]
• Kenneth Tickell & Company (1982–2020) – Wellingborough.[106]
• Trevor Tipple (fl. 1978-2015) - Worcester.[107]
• H S Vincent & Co. – Sunderland
• Andrew Watt & Son (?-1965) – Glasgow[89]
• Peter Wells Organ Builders (1974-2015) – Cranbrook, Kent
• Samuel Wort (fl.1916-38) - 1/. Holloway, 2/. Camden Town, London.[108]
• E. Wragg & Son (1894–1969) – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
• Alexander Young & Sons (1872-1927) - Manchester[109]

United States

• Organ Historical Society Pipe Organ Database for nearly complete list, current and historical. Pipe Organ Database
• Abbott and Sieker[110]
• Æolian Company[111] (see also Æolian-Skinner Organ Company)
• Æolian-Skinner Organ Company (1932–1972)[112]
• Joseph Alley (1804–1880)[112]
• Andover Organ Company[113]
• Alvinza Andrews (1800–1862)[114]
• Thomas Appleton (1785–1872)[17]
• George Ashdown Audsley (1838–1925)
• Austin Organs, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut
• Balcom and Vaughan, Seattle
• Barton Organ Company, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
• Bedient Pipe Organ Company, Lincoln, Nebraska[115]
• Bigelow & Company, American Fork, Utah[116]
• GM Buck Pipe Organs,[117] Grand Rapids, Michigan
• John Brombaugh & Associates, Eugene, Oregon
• Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Lake City, Iowa
• E. and G.G. Hook & Hastings, Boston, Massachusetts
• Estey Organ, Brattleboro, Vermont
• Felgemaker Organ Company
• C. B. Fisk, Inc., Gloucester, Massachusetts
• Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Tacoma, Washington
• Geneva Organ Company
• William M. Goodrich (1777–1833)[118]
• Goulding and Wood, Inc.,[119] Indianapolis, Indiana (founded 1980)
• G. Donald Harrison (1889–1956)
• Hendrickson Organ Company, St. Peter, Minnesota
• Hillgreen-Lane
• Hinners Organ Company (1879–1942)
• Otto Hofmann (1918–2001), Austin, Texas
• Robert Hope-Jones, Elmira, New York
• Holtkamp Organ Company, Cleveland, Ohio
• Johnson Organs – Wm. A. Johnson, later Johnson & Son
• Thomas Johnston
• Kegg Pipe Organ Builders (Hartville, Ohio)
• Kilgen, St. Louis
• W. W. Kimball Piano and Organ
• Leek Pipe Organ Company,[120] Berea, Ohio (since 2014), formerly Oberlin, Ohio, (from 1976)
• Levsen Organ Company (from 1954) around Buffalo, Iowa
• Link Piano and Organ Company
• Los Angeles Art Organ Company, The
• M.P. Moller Pipe Organ Company, Hagerstown, Maryland
• Charles McManis (1913–2004)
• Marr and Colton, Warsaw, New York (1915–1932)
• Midmer-Losh Organ Company, Merrick, New York
• David A. Moore, North Pomfret, Vermont[121]
• Robert Morton Organ Company, Van Nuys, California (1920s-1931)
• Noack Organ Company, Georgetown, Massachusetts
• Olympic Organ Builders, Seattle
• J. H. & C. S. Odell, New York City
• Organ Supply Industries, Erie, Pennsylvania
• Page Organ Company, Lima, Ohio
• Parkey Organs,[122][123] Atlanta, GA
• 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)[124]
• Quimby Pipe Organs, Warrensburg, Missouri
• Reuter Organ Company, Lawrence, Kansas
• Richards, Fowkes & Co., Ooltewah, Tennessee
• Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, Ohio
• Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, California
• Schuelke Organ Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Ernest M. Skinner (1866–1960)
• David Tannenberg (1728–1824), Lititz, Pennsylvania
• Taylor & Boody Organ Company[125]
• Tellers Organ Company, Erie, Pennsylvania
• Wangerin Organ Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• M. Welte & Sons, Inc., New York (1832–1932)
• Wicks Organ Company, Highland, Illinois
• Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Cincinnati, Ohio (1856–1988)
• Cornel Zimmer Organ builders, Denver, NC (1992-)[126]

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