List of pipe organ builders

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This is a list of notable pipe organ builders.

Australia

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  • 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]
  • Pierce Pipe Organs[2]
  • Pipe Organs Victoria Pty. Ltd.[7]
  • 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 (1929–2021)[2]
  • Knud Smenge[2]
  • Frederick Taylor[2][3]
  • Wakeley Pipe Organs Pty Ltd

Austria

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Belgium

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Canada

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Cuba

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  • Hermanos Cuayo (Fábricantes de Órganos, Holguin)

Czech Republic

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Czechoslovakia

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Denmark

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France

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Germany

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Hungary

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Ireland

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Italy

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The Netherlands

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New Zealand

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Poland

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  • 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

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Slovenia

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South Africa

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  • R Muller – Potchestroom
  • van Schalkwyk Organ Builders – Cape Town & Surrounding areas
  • 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
  • Pyporrels (Werner Hurter) – Pretoria

Spain

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  • Blancafort, OM.[24]
  • Gerhard Grenzing[25]
  • Lope Alberdi Ricalde (1869–1948)[12]
  • Federico Acitores, Acitores Organería y Arte S.L.
  • Jordi Bosch

Switzerland

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Turkey

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United Kingdom

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Current (post-2016)

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Defunct

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United States

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References

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