List of pipe organ builders
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This is a list of notable pipe organ builders.
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[edit] Australia
[edit] Austria
[edit] Belgium
[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
[edit] Denmark
[edit] France
[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
[edit] Switzerland
[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

