List of pipe organ builders

An alphabetical list of known organ builders who have gained extensive popularity. Are recognized builder of pipe organs, but not by electronic organs or instruments harmonica.

The years passed in persons living data, in company founding dates or years of activity here. The places denote workshop locations or the primary distribution area of the organs.

A

Sebastian Achamer (1623-1694), Southern Germany and Austria
Jürgen Ahrend ( born 1930 ), Ostfriesland
Johann Georg Aich Gasser (1701-1767), Upper Swabia and Hohenzollern
Winfried Albiez (1938-1984), Lindau, Germany and overseas
Christoph Allgäu, Austria
Helmut Allgäu († 2012), Austria
Matthias Amoor († 1769), The Netherlands
Gustaf Andersson (1797-1872), Sweden
Andreas Arndt Ahrend (1802-1862), from Nomborn, Westerwald, Germany
Johann Arndt Ahrend (1764-1829), from Nomborn, Westerwald, Germany
John T. Austin (1869-1948), United States

B

Michael Bach (1687-1772), Mechterstädt, Thuringia
Johann Gotthilf Bärmig (1815-1899), Saxony
Jonathan Bätz (1787-1849), Netherlands
Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz (1707-1770), Thuringia, later Netherlands
Anton Bayr (1716-1792), Southern Germany
David Beck (prior to 1565 by 1597), Halberstadt
Johann Casper Beck (1703-1774), Thuringia, Hesse
Michael Becker organ building since 1955 in Tremsbuttel - Rich field, copper mill
Rudolf von Beckerath (1907-1976), Hamburg, Munich later
François Bedos de Celles de Dom Lamathe Salelles (1709-1779), France
Anton Behmann (1850-1932), Schwarzach, Vorarlberg
Josef Behmann (1880-1832), Schwarzach, Vorarlberg
Jörg Bente (* 1958), Helsinghausen ( near Hannover )
Friedrich Wilhelm Berger (1862-1929), Pegau, Borna
Johann Adam Berner ( son ) ( 1723-1768 ), North West Germany
Johann Adam Berner ( Father ) ( 1693 -ca. 1735), Osnabrück
Adam Karl Bernhard, (1807-1893), Hesse
Brothers Bernard (19th century), Hesse
Johann Bernhard Hartmann (1773-1839), Hesse
Christian Bethmann (1783-1833), Northern Germany
Christian Carl David Beyer (1785-1856), organ builder from Großzschocher in Leipzig
Erasmus Biel Feldt (1682-1753), Northern Germany
Maximilian Bittner (19th century), Nuremberg, Hilpoltstein
Karl Bockisch (1874-1952), Baden- Württemberg
Wilhelm floor, Halberstadt (19th Century )
Hugo Böhm (1862-1935), Thuringia
Rudolf Boehm ( organ builder ) ( 20th century), Gotha, Thuringia
Carl Börger (1846-1917), Mecklenburg
Christian Boerger (1883-1955), Mecklenburg
Werner Bosch organ building, Kassel
Johann Konrad Brandenstein (1695-1757), Bavaria
Josef Brandl (1865-1938), Marburg / Maribor, Lower Styria, Slovenia
Wolfgang Julius Brown, Rosenfeld - Bickel Mountain
Heinrich Wilhelm Breidenfeld (1794-1875), Münster and Trier
Breil ( Organ Builders ), Dorsten (since 1836)
Josef Breinbauer (1807-1882), Ottenheim, Austria
Leopold Breinbauer senior (1859-1920), Ottenheim, Austria
Leopold Breinbauer junior (1886-1920), Ottenheim, Austria
Ignaz Bruder (1780-1845), Southern Germany
Tobias Brunner, Lunden
Gerhard Brunzema (1927-1992), East Frisia and Canada
Carl August Buchholz, Berlin
Carl Friedrich Buchholz, Berlin
Johann Simon Buchholz, Berlin
Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Buckow (1801-1864), Northern Germany, Saxony, Austria
Johann Conrad Bürgy (1721-1792), Central Hesse
Johann Georg Bürgy (1771-1841), Central Hesse
Philipp Heinrich Bürgy (1759-1824), Central Hesse
Mathias Burkard (1838-1922), Heidelberg
Johann Daniel Busch (1735-1787), Northern Germany, son of Johann Dietrich Busch
Johann Dietrich Busch (1700-1753), Northern Germany
Friedemann Buschbeck, Dresden, from 1998, Florida USA
Andreas Butz (sp. 1580/90-1657 ), Württemberg, Bavaria, Tyrol, Salzburg

C

Casavant Frères (since 1879), St- Hyacinthe, Canada
Adam Gottlob Casparini (1715-1788), Breslau and Konigsberg
Adam Horatio Casparini (1674-1745), Wroclaw
Eugenio Casparini (1623-1706), Italy
Aristide Cavaillé -Coll (1811-1899), Paris, France
Christoph Franz Xaver ( 1733-1793 to ) Vienna, Lower Austria
Robert Clicquot (1645-1719), Northern France
Esaias Compenius the Elder (1572-1617), Wolfenbüttel
Heinrich Compenius the Elder (1525-1611), Eisleben
Heinrich Compenius the Younger ( 1565-1631 to ), Halle
Compenius Ludwig (1603-1671), Central Germany
Timothy Compenius († 1607 ), Season 's Stone ( Upper Franconia )
Johann Friedrich Constable (1690-1762), Ostfriesland
Heinrich Andreas Contius (1708-1792 or 1795), the Baltic States
Jacob Courtain (around 1760-1825 ), North West Germany
John Creutzburg (1686-1738), calibration field
Christoph Cuntzius (also Contius, Cuncius ) ( 1676-1722 ), Central Germany

D

Johann Jacob Dahm, Mainz
Johann Christian Dauphin (1682-1730), Central Germany
Johann Eberhard Dauphin (around 1670-1731 ), Hesse
Johann Diepenbrock (1854-1901), Ostfriesland
Dinse Ferdinand (1811-1889), Berlin
Johann Ernst Doering, (1704-1784), Ostheim vor der Rhön
Cesare Donadoni (1849-1905), Berlin
Christopher Donat (1625-1707), Leipzig
Ignaz Dorr (1829-1886), Hard Home
Joseph Anton Dreher (1794-1849), Upper Swabia
Meinrad Dreher (1763-1838), Upper Swabia
Johann Tobias Dressel (1687-1759), Saxony
Tobias Dressel (1635-1717), Saxony
Dreuth ( organ builder ) (18th century), Hesse
Bernhard Dreymann (1788-1857), Mainz
Dreymann Hermann (1824-1862), Mainz
Matthias Dropa (1650-1732), Northern Germany
Johann Dummel (sp. 1803-1873 ), Radolfzell on Lake Constance, Salzburg
Nicolas Dupont (1714-1781), Lorraine
Bodo Durczok, Deggendorf

E

Eberswalde organ building Harry Sander & Andreas Mähnert (since 1851), Eberswalde, Brandenburg
Heinrich Wilhelm Eckmann (1712-1777), Northwestern Germany
Bernhardt Edskes (* 1940), Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland
Levinus Eekmans, Westphalia
Christoph Egedacher (1641-1706), Southern Germany and Salzburg
Johann Christoph Egedacher (1666-1747), Salzburg
Johann Ignaz Egedacher (1675-1744), Southern Germany
Johann Rochus Egedacher (1714-1785), Salzburg
Rochus Franz Ignaz Egedacher (1749-1824), Salzburg
Franz Eggert (1849-1911), Paderborn
(Johann) Georg Ehinger († 1744 in Aitrang ) Aitrang
Marx ( Markus ) Ehinger ( * before 1652; † around 1706), Aitrang
Johann Adam Ehrlich (1703-1784), Baden- Württemberg
Johann Ehrlich (1819-1860), Lower Bavaria
Thomas gauge fields, Bamberg
Adam Eifert ( 19-20. Century), Stadtilm ( Thuringia)
Organ building Eisenbarth GmbH (1945 ), Bavaria
Johann Andreas Engelhardt (1804-1866), resin
Hermann Eule ( 19-20. Century), Bautzen
Balthasar Conrad Euler (1791-1874), Gottsbüren
Friedrich Wilhelm Euler (1827-1893), Gottsbüren
Brothers Euler ( 19th century), Gottsbüren
Heinrich Euler (1837-1906), Gottsbüren
Johann Friedrich Euler ( † 1795), Gottsbüren
Edo Evers ( 17th century ), Emden and Jever

F

Johann Hinrich Dyer (1820-1888), Tonning / North Frisia
Faber & Greve, Salzhemmendorf
Hubert chamfers, Oberbettingen, Eifel
Paul Faust (1872-1953), Barmen and Schwelm
Anton Feith (1872-1929), Paderborn
Johann Georg Fincke (1680-1749), Saalfeld
Johann Georg Fischer (1769-1850), Lower Austria
Friedrich Fleiter, Münster
Dirk Andries Flentrop (1910-2003), Zaandam / The Netherlands
Flentrop Orgelbouw, Zaandam / The Netherlands
Bartolomeo Formentelli, (also Bathélémy Formentelli, Barthelemy Formentelli ), ( * 1939 in Courquetaine, France ), lives and works in Italy
Christian Förner, Wettin
Johann Georg Förster (1818-1902), Hesse
Förster & Nicolaus, Hesse
Balthasar Freiwiß (also Freiwis, Freywis or free Weis ) ( 1710-1783 ), Southern Germany
Reinhold Friedrich ( * 1951), Southern Germany
Erich Frey, Lucerne
Herman Eberhard Freytag (19th century), Holland and East Friesland
Heinrich Hermann Freytag (1759-1811), Netherlands
Friedrich Friese I Parchim
Friedrich Friese II, Schwerin
Friedrich Friese III, Schwerin
Matthias Friese, Kummerow (at the lake )
Gottfried Fritzsche (1578-1638), Northern Germany
Hans Christoph Fritzsche, Northern Germany, son of Gottfried Fritzsche
Frobenius Orgelbyggeri, Denmark (founded in 1909 )
Alfred leader (1905-1974), Northwestern Germany
Johannes leader ( b. 1959 ), Bavaria
Organ building family Funtsch (18th century), Amberg / Oberpfalz
P. Furtwängler & Hammer (1883-1937), Hannover
Philipp Furtwängler (1800-1867), Elze at Hildesheim
Johann Georg Fux (1651-1738), Southern Germany

G

Joseph Gabler (1700-1771), Upper Swabia
Thomas R. Gaida ( 20-21. Century) Wemmetsweiler, Saarland
Rudolf Garrels (1675-1750), East Friesland, Netherlands
Johann George Guest (1755 - after 1821), Bahro, 1805 Fürstenberg (Oder)
Gatto ( organ builder ) ( 18th/19th c.), Austria
Manfred Gaulke ( born 1932 ), Lower Saxony
Johann Georg Geib (1739-1818), Pfalz
Conrad Geissler (1825-1897), Eilenburg
Johann ( Hans ) Geissler ( Geissler and also Geisler ) (17th century), Salzburg, Lucerne ( Hofkirche )
Gerhard, east Thuringian organ building family in the 18th and 19th centuries
Carl Eduard Gesell (1845-1894), Potsdam, means Mark, later Buenos Aires, Konstantin Opel
Carl Ludwig Gesell (1809-1867), Potsdam, agent Mark
Carl Giesecke (1812-1888), Göttingen
Caspar Glatter- Götz in Owingen (since 1993, see Rieger organ building )
Christoph Gloger (1665-1773), Halberstadt
Dietrich Christoph Gloger (1704/1708-1773), Lower Saxony
Gottfried Heinrich Gloger (1710-1779), active in Norway
Johann Heinrich Gloger (c. 1670/1675-1732 ), Lower Saxony
Johann Wilhelm Gloger (1702-1760), Lower Saxony
Friedrich Goll, Lucerne, Switzerland
Herbert Gollini, Vienna, Austria
Christian Friedrich Göthel (1804-1873), Saxony
Gerhard Grenzing (* 1942), El Papiol, Spain
Valentin Ulrich Grotian (1663-1741), Ostfriesland
Johann Georg Gröber (1775-1849), Innsbruck
August Wilhelm Green Mountain († 1837)
Karl Theodor Barnim Green Mountain (1828-1907), Stettin, Pomerania
Felix Green Mountain, Pomerania
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Green Mountain (1751-1808), Brandenburg
Adam Green Fields (1861-1934), Ochsenfurt am Main ( Bavaria ), Salzburg
Johann Georg Gruol († 1833) Bissingen an der Teck, Baden- Württemberg
Johann Viktor Gruol the Elder (1766-1836) Bissingen an der Teck, Baden- Württemberg
Johann Viktor Gruol the Younger ( † 1871) Bissingen an der Teck / Reutlingen, Baden- Württemberg

B

Friedrich Haas, Switzerland
Haerpfer & Erman, Boulay, Ostlothringen
Johann Matthias Hagelstein, Lüneburg
Emil Hammer organ building, Arnum at Hanover ( off)
Johann Justus Hansen, Hardegsen, Südniedersachsen
Hans Hantelmann, Lübeck
Johann Christoph Hartmann (1641-1719), Ostheim vor der Rhön
Erich Hartenthaler (* 1931), Southern Germany
Johann Michael Hartung (1708-1763), Bad Durkheim
Martin ter Haseborg (* 1965 ), North West Germany
Haueis J. C. Hofmann and J. A., and before 1800, Coburg
Martin Haspelmath (1935-1996), Walsrode
Georg Haupt, Lintgen ( Luxembourg )
Carl Hauptmann (1810-1898), Ostercappeln
Rudolf Main (1842-1913), Ostercappeln
Wilhelm main ( 1802-1862/63 ), Ostercappeln
Johann Stephan Heeren (1729-1804), Gottsbüren
Wilhelm Heerwagen (1826-1875), Klosterhäseler
Emil Heerwagen (1857-1935), Klosterhäseler, Bad Kösen, Weimar
Friedrich Heftner, Lower Austria
Rainer Hehl, Murr
Matthew Heilmann (1744-1817), Mainz
Johann Andreas Heinemann (1717-1798), Upper Hesse
Georges Heintz, Schiltach
Friedrich Gustav Ernst Heinze, (1874-1949), Orgelbauanstalt Sorau
Franz Heinze, (1931-2011) organ builder, Nuremberg
Gottlieb Heise (1785-1847), Potsdam, agent Mark
Johann Balthasar Hero ( † 1709), Lüneburg and Szczecin
Stephan Helmich (c. 1734-1812 ), Vienna and Lower Austria
Andreas Hemmerlein, Cadolzburg
Johann Hencke (1697-1766), Vienna
William Hepp (1764-1832), Amberg / Oberpfalz
Christian Gottfried Herbrig (1772-1850), pigeons home / Spree, Old Town, Stolpen, Saxony
Wilhelm Leberecht Herbrig (* 1810), pigeons home / Spree, emigrated to America in 1871 (Minnesota) and died soon after arrival
Heinrich Gottlieb Herbst ( 1689 - after 1732), Magdeburg
Heinrich Herbst, Magdeburg (father or son to 1670-1740 )
Holger Hercher (*?), Co-founder of the organ workshop Rösel & Hercher organ building in Saalfeld / Saale
Peter Herold (? -1700 ), Apolda
Daniel Herz (1618-1678), Tirol
Carl Hesse (1808-1882), Austria
Johann Andreas Hesse (1763-1835), Lunzenau
Johann Michael Hesse (1734-1810), progenitor of the organ building family from Hesse Dachwig: Ernst Ludwig Hesse (1768-1823), son of Johann Michael
Georg Andreas Hesse ( * 1784), son of Johann Michael
Ernst Siegfried Hesse ( * 1789), nephew of Georg Andreas
Julius Hesse ( * 1830), son of Ernst Siegfried

I

Richard Ibach (1813-1889), Barmen
Bartelt Always ( * 1956 ), Ostfriesland

J

Andreas Jäger (1704-1773), Swabia, Austria
Jäger & Brommer, Waldkirch, Breisgau
Hans Henny Jahnn (1894-1959), Hamburg
Rudolf Janke ( b. 1930 ), Northern Germany
Georg Jann (* 1934), Southern Germany
Thomas Jann, Laberweinting, Southern Germany
Gerd Janssen Seven (1802-1899), Ostfriesland
January jargon (1928-1995), Poland
Jehmlich organ building Dresden, Dresden
Christian Joachim, Hall
Gottfried yoke (18th century), an organ builder in Weißenfelser country
Michael Jocher, Peiting / Upper Bavaria
Johann Jacob John (1665-1707), Westphalia
Christopher Young (1644-1687), Central Germany

K

Siblings Kalscheuer (1849-1882), Noervenich
Andreas Kaltenbrunner ( Organ Builders ), since 1983, Bad Wimsbach, Austria
Christopher Cape, Munich
Karl, Aichstetten
Lambert Daniel Kastens (Schleswig -Holstein and Denmark)
John M. Kauffmann (1910-1965), Vienna
Oswald Kaufmann ( Organ Builders ), South Tyrol, Italy
Andreas Kayser (1699-1768), Pulsnitz
Joachim Kayser († 1720), East Frisia and Jever Country
Johann Christian Kayser (1750-1813), Dresden
Albert Keates (1862-1950), Northern England (Sheffield )
Emanuel Kemper, Lübeck
Alfred Kern & fils, Strasbourg
Peter Kessler, Kisselbach
Franz Anton Kiene, Lake Constance region
Christian Erdmann Kindten (1752-1803), Stralsund
Gerhard Kirchner (1907-1975), Weimar
John Kircher, 20th Century, Heidelberg
John Wendel Kirchner (1628-1709), Kiedrich
Harm dihedral Kirschner, Weener / Stapelmoor
Klais (since 1882), Bonn
Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer (1690-1757), Gluckstadt
Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer (1724-1792), Oldenburg
Klass Meier, Kirchheide in Lemgo
Christian Klausing (1687-1764), Middle Weser, north-west Germany
Johann Berenhard Klausing († 1762), North West Germany
Hinrich Klausing ( 1642/43-1720 ), North West Germany
John Klein ( Organ Builders ), Oelde / Westphalia
Detlef Kleuker, Bielefeld ( off)
Josef Klingler ( Organ Builders ) ( 1805-1878 ), Ennetach
Vitus Klingler (1810-1877), Ennetach
Benedict Klingler (1808-1877), Rorschacherberg
Ernst Knauf (1869-1904), Bleicherode
Friedrich Christian knob (1802-1883), Tabarz / Thüringer Wald
Gottlieb knob (1810-1872), Bleicherode
Guido knob, Tabarz
Johann Valentin Knob (1762-1847), Tabarz
Robert Knauf (1839-1900), Bleicherode
Ignaz Kober (* before 1800 )
David coals (1640-1737), Gottsbüren
Leopold carbon ( 19C ), Leipzig, later Bautzen, predecessor of Hermann Eule organ building Bautzen
Joachim coals (1598-1676), Gottsbüren
Stephan coals (1687-1758), Gottsbüren
Eilert Köhler, Northern Germany
Johann Christian Köhler (1714-1761), Frankfurt am Main
King Balthasar (1684-1756), Eifel
King Caspar (1675-1765), Bavaria
Christian Ludwig King (1717-1787), Cologne
Johann König (1639-1691), Bavaria
Jürgen Kopp, Emden, Aurich
Wilhelm Korfmacher (1787-1860), Aachen
H. Koulen & Son (1871-1921), Alsace and Southern Germany
Organ building Kreienbrink, Osnabrück / Georgsmarienhütte
Gebr Krell, Duderstadt
Louis Krell (1832-1919), Duderstadt
Eobanus Krebaum Friedrich (1786-1845), Eschwege
Urban Kreutz creek, Borna
Henning Kröger, Northern Germany
Hermann Kröger, Oldenburg
Johann Gottfried pitcher, Merseburg
Rudolf Kubak (1927-2008), Augsburg
Carl Georg Kuhlmann (1805-1868), Gottsbüren
Johann Dietrich Kuhlmann (1775-1846), Gottsbüren
Gerhard Kuhn, Esthal / Pfalz
Johann Nepomuk Kuhn, Männedorf, Switzerland
Theodor Kuhn, Männedorf, Switzerland
Johann Georg Kummer ( 1800 ), Dachwig in Thuringia

L

Johann Lachmayr (1850-1915), Austria
Friedrich Ladegast (1818-1905), White Rock
Oskar Ladegast (early 20th century), son of Frederick (?)
William Long (1794-1858), Berlin
Johann (Hans? ) Lange ( 1543-1616 ), Hamburg, then Kamenz, a student of Hans Scherer the elder, teacher of Gottfried Fritzsche
Aug. Laukhuff, Weikersheim
Ehrenfried Leichel (1828-1905), Duisburg, then Arnhem, NL
Friedrich Gerhard Leichel (1824-1890), Dusseldorf, since 1886 Lochem, NL
Hermann Friedrich Carl Leichel ( son ), Lochem, NL
Gerhard Lenter and Markus Lenter, Saxony Home
Brothers link Giengen / Brenz
G. Christian Lobback, Neuendeich in Hamburg
Carl Delete (late 19th century), Rudolstadt
Dirk Lohmann (1730-1814), Emden
Johan Lorentz (around 1580-1650 ), Northern Germany and Denmark
Friedrich Hermann Lütkemüller (1815-1897), Wittstock
Lutz, wet cheeks

M

Michaël Maarschalkerweerd (1838-1915), Utrecht
Franz Borgias Maerz (1848-1910), Southern Germany
Max March (1812-1879), Southern Germany
Johann Gottfried Malleck (1733-1798), Vienna, Hungary
Noel Percy Mander (1912-2005), England
Werner man from Germany
Pierre Marchand ( 1600), France
Marcussen & Son, Aabenraa
Andreas de Mare (16th century), Groningen and Bremen
Marten de Mare ( † 1612 ), Groningen and Bremen
Organ workshop Maribor (since 1989 ), Slovenia
Markert ( organ building family ) ( 1804-1944 ), Ostheim vor der Rhön
Joseph Martin ( circa 1740 - before 1807), Hayingen, student of Joseph Gabler
Mathias Martin (1760-1825), Southern Germany
Ernst Julius Marx (1728-1799), East Germany
Friedrich Emanuel Marx (1767-1826)
Matz & Luge, Rheinmünster
Michael Mauch, Leonberg
Johann Gottlieb Wall
Organ building family Mauracher, Austria
Franz mouse (1861-1905), Eger
Brothers Mayer (since 1872), Feldkirch- Old City
Hugo Mayer organ building ( since 1952), Heusweiler
Hans Peter Mebold (1942-2001), Siegen
Friedrich Albert Mehmel (1827-1888), Stralsund and Wismar
Johann Christoph Meinel († 1772), Merseburg
Johann Gottlob Mende (1787-1850), Saxony
Joseph Merklin (1819-1905), Germany, Belgium and France
Friedrich Mertelsmann, Salzburg, Austria
Siegfried Merten, Remagen, Rhineland
Leonhard Mertz ( 1430 - 1498 ), Frankfurt am Main
Eduard Meyer (1806-1889), Hannover
Ernst Wilhelm Meyer (1779-1868), Hannover
Johann Peter Migendt (1703-1767), East Germany
John Millensis (17th century), Berne
Joseph Mitterer († 1844), Tirol
Johann Christoph Mocker († 1755)
Adam Molau (18th century)
August Möller ( * 1865), Rotenburg A.D. Fulda
Johann Patroclus Möller (1698-1772), Westphalia
Monk, Überlingen
Joseph Aloys Mooser (1770-1839), Switzerland
Joseph Mooser (1794-1876), Switzerland
Ludwig Mooser (1807-1881), Austria, Hungary
Moritz Mooser (1816-1850), Switzerland
Peter Anton Mooser (1773-1823), Switzerland, Austria
Johann Joshua Mosengel (1663-1731), Hannover, Prussia
Mühleisen, Leonberg
Manufacture d' Orgues Muhleisen, Strasbourg
Christian Müller (1690-1763), Netherlands
Gebrüder Müller ( ~ 1803-1913 ), Reifferscheid ( Eifel) ( successor Josef Weimbs, qv)
Johann Müller, (1817-1875) Viersen
Johann Friedrich Müller, (ca 1730) Heidelberg
Hinrich Just Müller (1740-1811), Ostfriesland
Nicolaus Müller (1775-1834)
Rainer Müller, Merxheim (formerly Or Home )
Daniel cap (1683-1741)

N

Johann Matthias Naumann ( † 1727), Hildesheim
Guido Nenninger (1918-2003), Bavaria
Hendrik Niehoff (around 1495-1560 ), the Netherlands and Northern Germany
Nicolaas Niehoff (around 1525-1604 ), Netherlands
Fritz Noack, Georgetown, United States
Dieter Noeske (* 1936), Rotenburg ad Fulda / Hessen
Johann Valentin Noessler († 1767), Ohrdruf
Jean Nollet (1681-1735), Luxembourg
Johann Bernhard Nollet (1748-1802), Trier
Roman Benedict Nollet (1710-1779), Trier
Wolfgang Nußbücker (* 1936), Mecklenburg, Plau am See

O

Gebr Oberlinger (since 1869), Windesheim
Oberlinger GmbH (formerly Gebr Oberlinger )
Wolfgang Oberlinger (* 1943), Windesheim
Peter van Oeckelen (1792-1878), Netherlands
Jacob Oertel († 1762), Saxony
Onimus ( organ building family ) (18th century), Hesse
Christoph Opitz (1818-1885), Brandenburg
Organ building Oppel, Schmallenberg - Gellinghausen, Sauerland
Willi Osterhammer, Prien - Prutdorf, Southern Germany
Paul Ott (1903-1991), Göttingen
Eppo Rynko Otte (1941 ), Appingedam (Netherlands)

P

Palandt Ernst (1907-1979), Hildesheim
Claude Parisot (1704-1784), Northern France
John Pauly (17th century), Oldersum
Willi Peter (1907-1978), Cologne
Friedrich Erdmann parsley, ( 1900), Bad Langensalza
G. Pan Mountain (fl. 1889-1901 ), Köthen (Anhalt)
Pfannmüller Friedrich (1490-1562), active in Amberg, Eger, Prague, Vienna
Jean -Baptiste Le Picard (18th century), Liege ( built organs, inter alia, in Liège, Tongeren, Gronsfeld, Maastricht, Roermond, The Monastery Gräfinthal )
Organ building Pirchner (since 1825), Steinach am Brenner, Tyrol, Austria
Anton Pfliegler (1736-1805), Vienna
Pflüger organ building (since 1979), Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria
Poppe ( organ builder ), organ building family from East Thuringia Carl Ernst Poppe (1807-1881), Altenburg ( Thuringia)

R

Daniel Raßmann (1790-1864), Hesse
Gustav Raßmann (19th century), Weilmunster - Möttau
Henry Swift (1794-1874), Rostock
August Ratzmann (1812-1880), Gelnhausen
Georg Franz Ratzmann (1771-1846), Ohrdruf
Jean Ratzmann (* 1842), Hesse
Ratzmann Wilhelm (1846-1911), Gelnhausen
Johann Rätze ( 17-18 c.), Zittau
Orgelmakerij Reil, Heerde / Netherlands
Andreas Reinecke († 1727), Northern Hesse, East Westphalia
Hans Henrich Reinking (17th century), Bielefeld
Wilhelm Remler (1824-1896), Mark Brandenburg Country Organ Builders
Richard Rensch ( 20th century), Lauffen, Southern Germany
Adolf Reubke Magdeburg region, Hausneindorf
Joachim Richborn, Hamburg and East Frisia
Otto Diedrich Richborn (1674-1729)
Gottfried Richter, 16th Century, Saxony
Bruno Riedl ( born 1937 ), Austria
Franz Rieger (1812-1885), Jägerndorf, founder of the Rieger Organ Building
Günter Riegner (1951-1995), Southern Germany
Karl Joseph Riepp (1710-1775), Southern Germany and France
Rupert Riepp ( 1711 to 1750 ), France
Johann Christian Rindt (1672-1744), Hesse
Johann Nikolaus Ritter (1702-1782), Germany
Johann Michael Röder (2nd half of 18th century ), Berlin and Silesia
Andreas Roesel (*?), Co-founder of the organ workshop Rösel & Hercher organ building in Saalfeld / Saale
Christian Roetzel, Westphalia
John Rohlf (* 1936), Neubulach, Southern Germany
Gebr Rohlfing, Osnabrück
Arnold Rohlfs (1808-1882), Ostfriesland
Johann Gottfried Rohlfs (1759-1847), Esen
Leopold Rotenburg (1568-1653), Salzburg
Mathias Rotenburg (1600-1668), Salzburg
Paul Rotenburg (1598-1661), Salzburg
Carl Johann Heinrich Rover (1851-1929), Stade
Röver Ernst (1857-1923), Stade
Johann Hinrich Rover (1812-1895), Stade
Fratelli Ruffatti (1940 )
Christoph Rühle (* 1980), Moritzburg, Saxony
Wieland Rühle (1938-2010), Moritzburg, Saxony
Wilhelm Rühle (1906-1993), Moritzburg, Saxony
Rühlmann Friedrich (1812-1878), Zoerbig, Saxony -Anhalt
Wilhelm Rühlmann sen. (1842-1922), Zoerbig, Saxony -Anhalt
Samuel Ruff (1820-1890), Grosselfingen / village Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern
Theodor Ruff (1859-1920), Grosselfingen / Sigmaringendorf Hohenzollern
Johann Heinrich Runge (1811-1885), Hagenow
Marcus Runge (1865-1945), Hagenow
Rüttermann Wilhelm (1812-1887)

S

Organ building Sandtner, Dillingen an der Donau, Southern Germany
Wilhelm Sauer (1831-1916), Frankfurt ( Oder)
Johann Nikolaus Schaefer (1671-1744), Hesse
Johann Friedrich Schaffer (* after 1685 ), Hesse
Jost Friedrich Schaffer ( † after 1706), Hesse
August Schaper (1840-1920), Hildesheim
Heinrich Schaper (1802-1884), Hildesheim
Organ Builders Sharp, Bert Fried and Gilbert Sharp, Bünzwangen, Baden- Württemberg
Jacob Schedlich (1591-1669), Bohemia, Saxony
Johann disc (c. 1675-1748 ), Saxony
Fritz Scherer (early 17th century ), Hamburg
Hans Scherer the Elder ( 1525-1611 to ), Northern Germany
Hans Scherer the Younger ( 1570/80-nach 1631), Northern Germany
Jacob Scherer ( † around 1574 ), Northern Germany
Klaus Scherpf Speyer
Schiedmayer organ, piano and harmonium peasant family
Dieter Schingnitz (* 1940), Bavaria
Schlag & Sons (1832-1923) Silesia
Johann Caspar Schlimbach (1777-1861), organ and instrument makers in Bad Königshofen
Ernst Schlimbach Balthasar (1807-1896), Würzburg
Josef Schlimbach, (1841-1914), Würzburg
John Schlottmann (1726-1795), Bad Hersfeld, Friedewald (Hessen)
Georg Friedrich Schmahl (1700-1773), Ulm, Swabia
Paul Schmeisser, Rochlitz inventory of organs in Saxony
Johann Wilhelm Schmerbach the Elder (1726-1789), Frieda, North Hesse, calibration field, Thuringia
Johann Wilhelm Schmerbach the Middle (1765-1831), Frieda, North Hesse, calibration field, Thuringia
Johann Wilhelm Schmerbach the Younger (1795-1872), Frieda, North Hesse, Thuringia
Gerhard Janssen Schmid (1770-1845), East Frisia and Oldenburg region
Gunnar Schmid ( * 1967 ), Kaufbeuren
Magnus Schmid (1889-1964), Pemmering ( Isen )
Johann Martin Schmid (1847-1923), the Oldenburg region
Siegfried Schmid ( * 1961), Knottenried, Immenstadt
William Eilert Schmid (1791-1856), Ostfriesland
Johann Evangelist Schmidt 1757-1804, Germany ( Wangen im Allgäu), Austria (Salzburg)
Schmidt & Berger (1903), Borna
Arp Schnitger (1648-1719), Northern Germany and the Netherlands
Franz Caspar Schnitger (1693-1729), son of Arp Schnitger
Johann Wilhelm Scholer (1723-1793), Bad Ems
Gottlieb Scholtze (1713-1783), East Germany
Schoenach Alois (1811-1899)
Schönefeld, Stadtilm, Thuringia
Franz Joseph Schorn (1834-1905) from Kuchenheim, Eifel
Johann Matthias Schreiber (1709-1771), Gluckstadt
Nicolaus Schrickel (1820-1893) lived in a hurry, Saxony
Johann Georg Schröter (1683-1747), Thuringia
Carl Eduard Schubert (1830-1900), Ore
Schuke Alexander (1870-1933)
Hans -Joachim Schuke (1908-1979)
Karl Schuke (1906-1987), Berlin
Matthias Schuke (1955 ), Potsdam and Berlin area
Organ building Schulte (1955), Kurten; Founder Siegfried Schulte
Johann Friedrich Schulze, Paulinzella
A. Schuster & Son (1869-1994), Zittau; current owner is Benjamin Welde
William Black & Son ( around 1890-1960 ), Überlingen, Lake Constance / Black Forest / Ortenau
Andreas Schweimb (1654-1701), Einbeck, Lower Saxony
Johann Emanuel Pork (1720-1771), Saxony
Eduard Sebald (1905-1952), Trier
Nicolaus Seeber (1680-1739), Römhild
Ernst Seifert, Cologne, Kevelaer
Johann Philipp seuffert (1693-1780)
Jodokus ( Jost ) Sieburg (17th century), Göttingen
Willibald Siemann (1864-1932), Bavaria
Josef Silberbauer ( † 1805), Znojmo (South Moravia), Lower Austria
Andreas Silbermann (1678-1734), Alsace and Switzerland
Gottfried Silbermann (1683-1753), Freiberg / Saxony
Johann Andreas Silbermann (1712-1783), Alsace
Augustin Simnacher (1688-1757), Southern Germany and Austria
Organ Builders Simon (from 20th century), Westphalia
Ernest Martin Skinner (1866-1960), United States
Frans Casper Snitger (1724-1799), Netherlands
Gottfried Sonnholz (1695-1781), Vienna
Gebr Spaeth organ building (1894-1971), Ennetach, Southern Germany, Pfalz, Rhineland, eastern Hesse, Thuringia, Silesia
Hartwig and Tilmann Späth (since 1964), Hugstetten, Southern Germany, Berlin, Germany
Friedrich Specht (1808-1865), Amberg / Oberpfalz
Bernhard Speith (1822-1905), Rietberg, see Speith - organ building
Norbert Sperschneider ( Operation: 1979-2002 )
Jerome mirror (1699-1779), Fridingen an der Donau, Rottenburg am Neckar, West Germany
Leopold Mirror (1680-1730), Prague, Bohemia
Georg Stahl Huth, Aachen
Anton Staller (1923-2008), Southern Germany
Regina Stegemann ( * 1951 ), North West Germany
Gebr Stehle ( 1894 - ), Haigerloch - Bittelbronn, Germany
Johann Georg Stein the Elder (1712-1785), Uelzen, Lüneburg
Georg Markus Stein (1738-1794), Durlach ( now part of Karlsruhe)
Johann Andreas Stein (1728-1792)
Gustav Steinmann organ building, Vlotho, West Germany
Steinmeyer ( Organ Builders ), Oettingen, Bayern
Christian Gottlob Steinmueller, Saxony
Friedrich Stellwagen (around 1600-1660 ), Northern Germany
Ferdinand Stemmer, Zumikon, Switzerland
Georg Christoph Stertzing (1660-1717), Thuringia
Stieffel Ferdinand (1737-1818), Baden
Michael Stiehr (1750-1829), Alsace and the Palatinate
Bernhard Stockmann and Theodor Stockmann Stockmann brothers, Werl
August Stöber (1897-1956), Hard Home
Stöberl Wilhelm (1929 ), Munich, Bavaria
Karl Traugott Stoeckel (1804-1881), Freiberg, Dippoldiswalde
John Strebel (1832-1909), Nuremberg, inter alia,
Julius Strobel (1814-1884), Frankenhausen
Gregorius Struve ( † before 1737), Oldenburg and Bremen
Stumm, Hunsrücker organ building family, murmur / Sulzbach near Idar -Oberstein ( 1714-1906/1920 )
Johann Michael Stumm (1683-1747), Sulzbach near Idar -Oberstein, Hunsrück
Kaspar Sturm ( 1540 - after 1590), Bavaria, Austria
Johann Friedrich Syer (1701-1787), Hesse

T

Giovanni Tamburini ( Crema, Northern Italy )
August Terkmann (1885-1940), Estonia
Jacob Engelbert Teschemacher (1711-1782), Wuppertal -Elberfeld
Johann Christoph Thielmann (1682-1755), Arnstädter Hoforgelmacher
Wilhelmus Johannes Timpe (1770-1837), Netherlands
Family Trampeli ( 18-19. Century), Adorf im Vogtland
Heinrich Traxdorf (15th century), Mainz
Heinrich Nicolaus trebs (1678-1748), Thuringia
Tilman Trefz (Stuttgart)
Matthias Tretzscher (1626-1686), Kulmbach
Christoph Treutmann (around 1673-1757 ), Magdeburg
William George Trice (Genova, Italy)
August Troch (1817-1890), Neuhaldensleben
Tobias Heinrich Gottfried Trost ( 18th century ), Thuringia
Johann Friedrich Turley (19th century), Treuenbrietzen
Johann Tobias Turley (19th century), Treuenbrietzen

U

Franz Ullmann, Vienna -Josefstadt
Josef Ullmann (1872-1945), Vienna -Josefstadt

V

Johann Michael Voit ( organ builder ) ( 1744-1819 ), master of the carpenters ' guild, son of Johann Rudolf Voit, Schweinfurt
Carl Friedrich Voit (1774-1854), son of Johann Michael Voit, Schweinfurt
Johann Rudolf Voit (1695-1786), Schweinfurt
Johann Volkmar Voit (1772-1806), son of Johann Rudolf Voit, Schweinfurt later Durlach ( now part of Karlsruhe)
Christian father (1679-1756), Northern Germany
Peter Four, Home Fries, Southern Germany
Hendrik Jan Vierdag (1918-1971), Enschede, The Netherlands
Organ building Vleugels (since 1967), Hard Home
Christian Friedrich Völkner (1831-1905), Dünnow, Pomerania
Paul Völkner, Dünnow and Bromberg
Johann Conrad Vogel (1656-1721), Amberg
Means German organ building A. Voigt (1855-1905), bathroom Liebenswerda
Christian Friedrich Voigt (1803-1868), Wiesbaden
Heinrich Voigt (1845-1906), Wiesbaden
Louis Voit (1802-1883), Durlach, son of Johann Volkmar Voit, mother marries again a organ building journeyman Louis formed again.
Heinrich Voit & Sons, Durlach ( now part of Karlsruhe), grandson of Johann Volkmar Voit
Franciscus Volckland (1696-1779), Thuringia
Walter Vonbank, engines, Styria, Austria
Caspar Melchior Vorenweg, Westphalia
Vincent Vorhauer, Germany

W

Eduard Wagenbach organ building, Limburg ( until the end of 20th century)
Georg Wagner ( 1700 ), Hesse
Joachim Wagner (1690-1749), Berlin, Brandenburg
Johann Michael Wagner (1723-1801), Thuringia
Johann Eberhard Walcker (1756-1843), Cannstatt
Eberhard Friedrich Walcker (1794-1872), Ludwigsburg
Friedrich Wäldner, Halle ( Saale)
Waldkirch Organ Builders Jäger & Brommer, Waldkirch
Organ Building Walter Nordhausen GmbH
John Kaspar Wancke, Duderstadt
Andreas Weber ( organ builder ) (* 1963), Bollschweil near Freiburg
Hermann Weber ( organ builder ) (* 1955), Leutkirch im Allgäu
Carl Leopold Wegenstein, Timisoara, Transylvania
Johann Ernst Benedikt Wegmann (1765-1828), Frankfurt am Main
Johann (Hans) Conrad Wegmann ( 1699-1738 ) Switzerland, Darmstadt, Frankfurt am Main
( Philipp ) Ernst Wegmann ( 1734-1778 ), Frankfurt am Main
Kristian Wegscheider (since 1989)
Carl Gottlieb Weigle (1810-1882), Southern Germany
Frederick Weigle (father) ( 1850-1906 )
Frederick Weigle ( son ) ( 1882-1958 )
Fritz Weigle (* 1925) Echterdingen, Southern Germany
Joachim F. Weigle (* 1960) Echterdingen, Southern Germany
Josef Weimbs organ building (since 1927)
Georg Weindt ( 17th century), Schluckenau, now the Czech Republic
Karl Ernst Ludwig Weineck (1809-1884), located in Bayreuth, northern Bavaria
Johann Peter Weise 18th century, Uhlstaedt - Kirchhasel
Organ building family white (18th century), Upper Palatinate, Silesia
Edwin Welte, Freiburg, Germany
M. Welte & Söhne
M. Welte & Sons
Johann Friedrich Wender (1655-1729), Thuringia
Christian Wendt (ca. 1830-1900 ), Aachen
Wenthin Joachim (1778-1857), Emsland and Tecklenburg
Johann Friedrich Wenthin (1746-1805), East Friesland and the Netherlands
Johann Friedrich Wenthin (1802-1873), Netherlands
August von Werder (1819-1882), Göttingen and Northeim
West Rowan ( b. 1953 ), Ahrweiler
George West fields, Lintgen, Luxembourg
Westphalian organbuilding S. Sauer, Hoexter - Ottbergen
Weyland- organ building, Leverkusen
Heinz Wilbrand organ building, Ubach- Palenberg
Anthony Wilde ( before 1575-1618 ), Elbe -Weser Triangle
Georg Wilhelm Wilhelmi (1748-1806), Stade
Johann Georg Wilhelm Wilhelmy (1781-1858), Stade
Henry Willis (1821-1901), London
Organ Building Willisau AG ( Switzerland, off)
Frederick William Winzer (1811-1886)
Brond de Grave winter (1824-1892), Ostfriesland
Claudius Winterhalter ( * 1953 ), Oberharmersbach, Southern Germany
Franz Joseph Wirth (1760-1819), Southern Germany
Gerald Woehl (* 1940), Marburg
Konrad Wolf ( 15th century ), Fribourg
Ignaz Franz Wörle, (1710-1778), Bolzano
Organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter, Zoerbig / Dresden
Georg Wünning, Großolbersdorf

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Adolf Zuber Beer (1776-1856)
David Zuber beer, Bernburg
Johann Andreas Zuber beer ( Rinteln ), ( 1725-1785 )
Johann Christoph Zuber beer (fl. 1747-55 ), Dessau
Johann Friedrich Leberecht making beer

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