List of pipe organ builders

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This is a list of notable pipe organ builders.

Contents 1 Australia 2 Austria 3 Belgium 4 Canada 5 Czech Republic 6 Denmark 7 France 8 Germany 9 Italy 10 The Netherlands 11 Switzerland 12 United Kingdom 13 United States 14 See also 15 References

[edit] Australia

• Ronald Sharp – Sydney

[edit] Austria

• Rieger Orgelbau

[edit] Belgium

• Mortier – Antwerp

[edit] Canada

• Casavant Frères (Joseph Casavant) – Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
• Gabriel Kney – London, Ontario
• Orgues Létourneau – Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
• Wolff & Associés – Laval, Québec

[edit] Czech Republic

• Rieger-Kloss

[edit] Denmark

• Frobenius Orgelbyggeri
• Marcussen & Søn
• Carsten Lund

[edit] France

• Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
• Dom Bédos de Celles
• François-Henri Clicquot
• Robert Clicquot

[edit] Germany

• Jürgen Ahrend
• Rudolf von Beckerath
• Peter Breisiger
• Zacharias Hildebrandt
• Stephan Kaschendorf
• Orgelbau Klais (Johannes Klais Orgelbau GmbH & Co. KG) – Bonn
• Friedrich Krebs
• Arp Schnitger
• Ernst Seifert - Cologne
• Gottfried Silbermann
• Heinrich Traxdorf
• Walcker Orgelbau (E.F. Walcker Orgelbau) – Ludwigsburg
• Welte-Mignon

[edit] Italy

• Giovanni Pradella – Sondrio, Italy
• Fratelli Ruffatti – Padua, Italy

[edit] The Netherlands

• Hendrik Niehoff
• Flentrop
• J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw

[edit] Switzerland

• Metzler Orgelbau – Zürich
• Hans Tugi

[edit] United Kingdom

• Brindley & Foster – Sheffield
• Peter Collins – Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
• John Compton
• William Drake – Buckfastleigh, Devon.
• Thomas Elliott
• Renatus Harris
• Harrison & Harrison – Durham
• Robert Hope-Jones
• Charles Lloyd (organ builder) Nottingham
• C.F. Lloyd (organ builder) Nottingham (son of Charles Lloyd)
• John Loosemore
• Mander Organs Ltd. – London
• Nicholson & Co (Worcester) Ltd – Malvern
• Rushworth and Dreaper – Liverpool
• John Snetzler
• J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd
• Henry Willis & Sons (inventor of the radiating & concave pedalboard and the tubular pneumatic action)
• E. Wragg & Son – Nottingham

[edit] United States

• Aeolian-Skinner – Massachusetts Formed 1932 from merger of Ernest M. Skinner and Company and the Aeolian Company
• Austin Organs, Inc. – Hartford, Connecticut
• Barton Organ Company – Oshkosh, Wisconsin
• John Brombaugh & Associates – Eugene, Oregon
• Dobson Pipe Organ Builders – Lake City, Iowa
• Felgemaker Organ Company – Erie, Pennsylvania
• Paul Fritts – Tacoma, Washington
• C. B. Fisk, Inc. – Gloucester, Massachusetts
• G. Donald Harrison]
• Hillgreen-Lane – Alliance, Ohio
• Holtkamp Organ Company – Cleveland, Ohio
• E. and G.G. Hook Organ
• Johnson Organs – Wm. A. Johnson, later Johnson & Son, Westfield, Massachusetts
• Kegg Pipe Organ Builders – Hartville, Ohio
• M.P. Moller Pipe Organ Company – founded 1875 Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; later moved to Hagerstown, Maryland; closed 1992
• Moe Pipe Organ Company – Wadena, Minnesota
• Noack Organ Company – Georgetown, Massachusetts
• J. H. & C. S. Odell – East Hampton, Connecticut
• Quimby Pipe Organs – Warrensburg, Missouri
• Reuter Organ Company – Lawrence, Kansas
• Schantz Organ Co. – Orrville, Ohio
• Schuelke Organ Company – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Pasi Organ Builders – Roy, Washington
• Ernest M. Skinner and Company, circa 1904 to 1932
• Ernest M. Skinner and Son, circa 1936 to 1943
• Tellers Organ Company – Erie, Pennsylvania
• Wangerin Organ Company – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Wicks Organ Company – Highland, Illinois
• Wissinger Organs – Portsmouth, New Hampshire
• Wurlitzer – North Tonawanda, New York
• W. W. Kimball Piano and Organ Company – 1857 Chicago, Illinois, by 1957 West Baden Springs, Indiana, extant in 2007 as Kimball International, a furniture and electronics company

[edit] See also

List of electronic organ makers

[edit] References