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

Belgium

Canada

Cuba

  • Hermanos Cuayo (Fábricantes de Órganos, Holguin)

Czech Republic

Denmark

France

Germany

Hungary

Ireland

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

Italy

The Netherlands

New Zealand

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

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

Turkey

United Kingdom

Current (post-2016)

Defunct

United States

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