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^{[ citation needed ]}
• William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd (Australian subsidiary)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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 ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Ronald Sharp (1929–2021) ^[2]
• Knud Smenge ^[2]
• Frederick Taylor ^{[2] [3]}
• Wakeley Pipe Organs Pty Ltd^{[ citation needed ]}

Austria

• Matthäus Abbrederis (1652 – c. 1725)
• Orgelbau Pieringer
• Rieger Orgelbau

Belgium

• Georges Cloetens (1871–1949)
• Forceville – Antwerp
• Johannes Thomas Forceville (1696–1750)
• Matthijs Langhedul (?–1636)
• Mortier – Antwerp
• Jan Lapon – Diksmuide ^{[ citation needed ]}

Canada

• Casavant Frères (Joseph Casavant) – Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
• Legge Organ Co. Ltd – Toronto, Ontario ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Gabriel Kney – London, Ontario
• Guilbault-Thérien  [ fr ] – Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
• Louis Mitchell – Quebec
• Orgues Létourneau – Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
• Laliberté-Payment – Repentigny, Québec ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Karl Wilhelm – Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec ^[8]
• Hellmuth Wolff, Wolff & Associés – Laval, Québec
• R. A. Denton & Son – Hamilton, Ontario ^[9]
• Juget-Sinclair – Montréal, Québec ^{[ citation needed ]}

Cuba

• Hermanos Cuayo (Fábricantes de Órganos, Holguin)^{[ citation needed ]}

Czech Republic

• Rieger-Kloss

Czechoslovakia

• Rieger-Kloss

Denmark

• Poul-Gerhard Andersen (1904–1980) ^[10]
• Frobenius Orgelbyggeri
• Marcussen & Søn

France

• Alexandre ^[10]
• Charles S. Barker
• Quentin Blumenroeder
• Daublaine & Callinet^{[ citation needed ]}
• Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
• Joseph Merklin^{[ citation needed ]}
• Charles Mutin^{[ citation needed ]}
• Puget Family^{[ citation needed ]}
• Dom Bédos de Celles (1709–1779) ^[11]
• François-Henri Clicquot
• Robert Clicquot
• Charles Lefebvre (1670–1737)
• Clément Lefebvre (1630–1709)
• Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Lefebvre (1705–1784)
• Louis-Charles Lefebvre (1708–1754)
• Koenig
• Claude Parisot
• Georges Danion
• Victor Gonzalez
• Jean-Loup and Robert Boisseau^{[ citation needed ]}
• Bertrand Cattiaux^{[ citation needed ]}
• Pascal Quoirin^{[ citation needed ]}

Germany

• Jürgen Ahrend ^[12] – Leer, Lower Saxony
• Michael Becker Orgelbau ^[13]
• Rudolf von Beckerath (1907–1976) ^[13]
• Peter Breisiger (1516–1542)
• Hayl family of organ builders, 16th and 17th century family of pipe organ builders
• Zacharias Hildebrandt (1688–1757)
• Albertus Antonius Hinsz (1704–1785)
• Hofbauer – Göttingen
• Elias Hößler (1663–1746)
• Stephan Kaschendorf (c. 1425–c. 1499)
• Emanuel Kemper, Lübeck ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Orgelbau Klais (Johannes Klais Orgelbau GmbH & Co. KG) – Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Friedrich Krebs (?–1493)
• Friedrich Ladegast (1818–1905) – Weissenfels
• Orgelbau Mebold, Siegen
• Johann Josua Mosengel (1663–1731)
• Arp Schnitger (1648–1719)
• Schuke family, three generations, two workshops, one in Potsdam (1884), Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau, one in Berlin (1953), Karl Schuke Berliner Orgelbauwerkstatt
• Gottfried Silbermann (1683–1753)
• Christian Gottlob Steinmüller (1792–1864)
• Georg Christoph Stertzing (c. 1650–1717)
• Tobias Heinrich Gottfried Trost (c. 1679–1759)
• Heinrich Traxdorf (built organs in the mid-15th century)
• Orgelbau Vleugels (Orgelbau Vleugels GmbH) – Hardheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Walcker Orgelbau (E. F. Walcker Orgelbau) – Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg
• M. Welte & Sons – Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg
• Johann Friedrich Wender (1655–1729) – Mühlhausen
• Glatter-Götz Orgelbau – Pfullendorf Germany^{[ citation needed ]}
• Wolkenstayn Orgelbau – Kötz, Germany^{[ citation needed ]}

Hungary

• Aquincum Organbuilder Company ^[14]
• Pécs Organ Manufactory

Ireland

• Trevor Crowe^{[ citation needed ]}
• Kenneth Jones and Associates (1979–present) – Kilcoole, County Wicklow ^[15]
• Neiland & Creane Organ Builders (1990–present) – Wexford ^[16]

Italy

• Agati ^[17]
• Antegnati ^[18] – Brescia
• Bossi – Italian firm of organ builders originally from Mendrisio (Canton Ticino)
• CHICHI Organi ^[19] – Firenze
• Consoli Pipe Organs, Locorotondo, Bari, Apulia ^[20]
• Lorenzo Musante − Genoa
• Mascioni – Cuvio (Varese)
• Organi Pinchi, Trevi, Umbria ^[21]
• Giovanni Pradella – Sondrio
• Fratelli Ruffatti – Padua
• Tamburini − Crema, Lombardy

The Netherlands

• Andries van Bolder, Arnhem (died 1763)
• Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, Utrecht (1709–1770)
• De Gebroeders Adema, Hillegom
• Duyschot, Holland ^[22]
• Flentrop, Zaandam
• Hendrik Niehoff (1495–1561)
• J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw, Dordrecht
• Rodensteen family (also given as Raphaëlis, Rottstein, and Rottenstein-Pock), 15th century Dutch family of organ builders ^[23]
• Pels & van Leeuwen, Rosmalen
• Reil, Heerde
• Van Dam, Leeuwarden
• Van Deventer, Gendt
• Van Vulpen, Utrecht
• Witte, Utrecht

New Zealand

• South Island Organ Company

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

• António Xavier Machado e Cerveira

Slovenia

• Skrabl (Škrabl) – ^[24]
• Orglarstvo Mocnik (Močnik) – ^[25]

South Africa

• 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
• AA Tod Organ Builders Cc ( Johannesburg)

Spain

• Blancafort, OM. ^[26]
• Gerhard Grenzing ^[27]
• Lope Alberdi Ricalde (1869–1948) ^[12]
• Federico Acitores, Acitores Organería y Arte S.L.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jordi Bosch^{[ citation needed ]}

Sweden

Here are a few of the organ builders in Sweden. See the category "Swedish pipe organ builders" for more.

• Åkerman & Lund Orgelbyggeri  [ sv ]
• Johan Niclas Cahman  [ sv ]
• Grönlunds Orgelbyggeri  [ sv ]
• Hammarbergs Orgelbyggeri  [ sv ]
• A. Magnusson Orgelbyggeri AB  [ sv ]
• Sven and Erik Nordström
• Setterquist & Son Orgelbyggeri  [ sv ]
• Walter Thür Organbuilders

Switzerland

• Friedrich Haas
• Orgelbau Thomas Wälti ^[28] – Gümligen
• Orgelbau Kuhn AG ^[29] – Männedorf
• Metzler Orgelbau ^[30] – Dietikon
• Mathis Orgelbau ^[31] – Näfels
• Orgelbau Goll ^[32] – Luzern
• Späth Orgelbau ^[33] – Rüti, Zürich
• Orgelbau Graf ^[34] – Oberkirch
• Orgelbau Roman Steiner ^[35] – Fehren
• Orgelbau Felsberg ^[36] – Felsberg
• Manufacture d'Orgues Füglister ^[37] – Grimisuat
• Erni Orgelbau ^[38] – Stans
• Peter Meier Orgelbau ^[39] – Rheinfelden
• Lifart Orgelbau AG ^[40] – Emmen
• Flayer Manufacture d'Orgues ^[41] – Ursy
• Arno Caluori Orgelbau ^[42] – Seewis
• Armin Hauser Orgelbau ^[43] – Kleindöttingen
• Orgelbau Stemmer ^[44] – Zumikon
• Manufacture d'orgues St. Martin S.A. ^[45] Chézard-Saint-Martin

Turkey

• Istanbul Pipe Organ Team (?-present) – Istanbul ^[46]

United Kingdom

Current (post-2016)

• Balfour-Rowley Ltd. Organ Builders (2016–present) – Worksop ^[47]
• Benson George Bristol 1881- 1911 built Organs in primitive methodist churches around the city - mainly demolished. Appears in Arrowsmith Directory of Bristol 1906.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Bishop & Sons (1795–present ) – London and Ipswich ^[48]
• W & A Boggis (1932–present) – Roydon, South Norfolk ^[49]
• F. Booth & Son Ltd. (1951–present) – Stanningley, West Yorkshire ^[50]
• Bower & Company (1972–present) – Wroxham, Norfolk ^[51]
• F. H. Browne & Sons (1870–present) – Canterbury, Kent. ^[52]
  • From 1 October 2020 the company trades under the name of Mander Organs. ^[53]
• A. J. Carter Organ Builder Ltd. (1984–present) – Stanley, West Yorkshire ^[54]
• Clevedon Organ group (Clevedon Organs (UK) Ltd & Clevedon Pipe Organ Services, incorporating Daniel & Co Ltd (Clevedon) and Cawston Organs Ltd.) ^[55]
• Vincent Coggin Organ Builder (c.1980–present) – Terrington St Clement, Norfolk ^[56]
• Cooper & Co. Organ Builders (2011–present) – Ryde ^[57]
• Cousans Organs (1877–present) – formerly Lincoln now Leicester ^[58]
• Percy Daniel & Co (c.1919–present) – Clevedon ^{[59] [60]}
• Dean Organ Builders (1970–present) (Bristol, England) ^[61]
• William Drake (1974–present) – Buckfastleigh, Devon
• Duplex Pipe Organ and Blower Company (2001–present) – Farnham, Surrey ^[62]
• Forth Pipe Organs Limited (2002–present) – Rosyth, Fife ^[63]
• Lance Foy Organs (?-present) – Truro, Cornwall ^[64]
• Martin Goetze and Dominic Gwynn Ltd (1980–present) – formerly Northampton, now Welbeck, Nottinghamshire ^[65]
• Henry Groves & Son Ltd (1957–present) – Nottingham ^[66]
• Norman Hall & Sons (c.1969–present) – Cambridge, Cambridgeshire ^[67]
• Harrison and Harrison Ltd (1861–present) – Durham, County Durham
• Holmes and Swift Organ Builders (c.1979–present) – Fakenham, Norfolk ^[68]
• Charles James Organs (2004–present) – Ashwell, Rutland ^[69]
• Jardine Organ Builders, (1846-present) – Stretford, Manchester^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jennings Organs (1989–present) – Cranham Chase, Dorset ^[70]
• E. J. Johnson & Son (Cambridge) Ltd. (c.1955–present) – Snetterton, Norfolk ^[71]
• Peter Jones Organ Builder (1979–present) – St John's, Isle of Man ^[72]
• Lammermuir Pipe Organs (1983–present) – Oldhamstocks, East Lothian ^[73]
• Jonathan Lane & Associates Ltd. (2006–present) – Epsom, Surrey ^[74]
• Michael Macdonald Organ Builder (1975–present) – Simshill, Glasgow ^[75]
• Midland Organ, Hele & Co. Ltd (1860–present) – Burton Lazars, Leicestershire ^[76]
• T. R. Moore Ltd (2017–present) – Nottingham ^[77]
• Nicholson & Co (Worcester) Ltd (1841–present) – Malvern, Worcestershire
• Gary Owens Organ Builders (2001–present) – Pontypool ^[78]
• Pennine Organ Services (?-present) – Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ^[79]
• Pipe Organ Preservation Co. (1999–present) – Belfast ^[80]
• Pipe Organ Services Ltd. (c.1985–present)- formerly Salisbury, and since 1996 Saxby, Melton Mowbray. ^[81]
• Positive Organ Company Ltd (2020–present) – Brackley, Northamptonshire ^[82]
• Principal Pipe Organs (1983–present) – York, North Yorkshire ^[83]
• D. Roberts Organ Builders Ltd (2003–present) – Seaham Harbour, Durham ^[84]
• Sheppard & Cross Pipe Organ Services Ltd (2017–present) – Uckfield, Sussex ^[85]
• B. C. Shepherd & Sons Organ Builders (1927–present) – Edgware ^[86]
• David Shuker | At the Sign of the Pipe (2009–present) – Birling, Kent ^[87]
• George Sixsmith & Son Ltd. (1955–present) – Mossley, Greater Manchester ^[88]
• Soundcraft Pipe Organ Company (2016–present) – Northampton, Northamptonshire ^[89]
• Peter Spencer Ltd (1997–present) – Bubbenhall, Warwickshire ^[90]
• J. M. Spink (c.1970–present) – Leeds, West Yorkshire ^[91]
• The Village Workshop (c.1994–present) – Finchingfield ^[92]
• J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd (1828–present) – Brandon, Suffolk
• David Wells Organ Builders Ltd (1981–present) – Liverpool ^[93]
• Wells-Kennedy Partnership (1966–present) – Lisburn ^[94]
• Henry Willis & Sons Ltd; (1845–present) – variously, London, Petersfield and Liverpool
• Wood Pipe Organ Builders (1966–present) – Huddersfield ^[95]

Defunct

• Abbott and Smith (1869–1964) – Leeds
• Arnold Moseley (1856 -1939) Wolverhampton. Mainly Congregational Chapels in the area.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Cedric Arnold (1927-1961) - Chelmsford then Thaxted ^[96]
• Cedric Arnold, Williamson & Hyatt (1961-1973) - Thaxted ^[97]
• Theodore Charles Bates and Sons (c. 1812–c. 1864) – Ludgate Hill, London ^{[98] [99]}
• G. Bedwell & Son (1871–1946) – Cambridge ^[100]
• Henry Bevington (1794–?) – London
• James Jepson Binns – Leeds, Yorkshire
• Bishop & Starr - London ^[101]
• Blackett & Howden (c.1890-1970)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Richard Bridge (?–before 1766) – London
• Brindley & Foster (1871–1939) – Sheffield, Yorkshire
• Cambridge Organ Company (?–?) ^[100]
• Kenneth Canter (Thurston, Suffolk) ^[102]
• Messrs Casey & Cairney (?–c.1971?) – Glasgow ^[103]
• Casson's Patent Organ Co Ltd. (1887–95), thereafter trading as Mitchell and Thynne.- Denbigh and London. ^[104]
• Nigel Church Organs Ltd. (1971–1997) – Stamfordham, Northumberland ^[105]
• A. J. Claypole (1914–1936) – located on Narrow St. Peterborough ^[100]
• James Cole [a.k.a. James Cole & Son, Cole & Duckworth, Jas. Y. Duckworth (Late Cole & Son)] (fl.1855–88) – Manchester ^[106]
• Peter Collins (1964–2017) – Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
• John Compton (1865–1957)
• Conacher and Co. (1854–1986) – Huddersfield
• David Coram (?–2019) – Fordingbridge, Hampshire
• Martin Cross Organ Builder (1969–2017) – Stifford, near Grays, Essex ^[107]
• Thomas Dallam (159? - 167?) and his sons, Robert, Ralph and George - London.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Degens & Rippin Ltd (1960–64) – London ^[108]
• Driver & Haigh (1882 -1969) – Bradford^{[ citation needed ]}
• East Midlands Organ Company (?–?) ^[100]
• Thomas Elliott (1790–1825) – London
• Elliott and Hill (1825–32) – London^{[ citation needed ]}
• Forster and Andrews (1845–1956) – variously Hull, London, York
• August Gern (1866–1938) – London ^[109]
• S. E. Gilks (?1950–?1976) – Peterborough ^[100]
• Gray & Davison (1841–1973) – London
• Grant, Degens & Rippin (1964–66) – London ^[108]
• Grant, Degens & Bradbeer (1967–1981) – London, then Northampton ^[108]
• J Halmshaw & Sons (1842–1913) – Dewsbury, Yorkshire (to 1849), Birmingham, Warwickshire (1849-1913). Merged with Ebrall in 1913, when Joseph William Halmshaw (1868-1941) was listed as Manager. He was listed as Retired Organ Builder in the 1939 registration. ^[110]
• Renatus Harris (son of Thomas Harris and father of John Harris) (c. 1652–1724)
• William Hedgeland (1851-c.1891; merged with Bishop & Sons) – Paddington, London ^[111]
• Hele & Co (1865–2017) – Truro, then Plymouth
• William Hill & Sons Ltd (1832–1916) – London
• William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd. (1916–98) – London
• Robert Hope-Jones (1851–1914)
• A. Hunter & Son (1856–1937) – Clapham ^{[112] [113]}
• R. Huntingford (?- early c20) – location unknown^{[ citation needed ]}
• Kenneth James and Sons Ltd (c.1970–90) – location unknown. ^[114]
• T. S. Jones (?-?) – London^{[ citation needed ]}
• Ernest Lifford & Co. (1914–1940) – Yeovil ^[115]
• Henry Cephas Lincoln (fl. 1810–55) – London ^[116]
• John Lincoln (fl.1789–1820) – London ^[116]
• Lewis & Co (1860–1919) – Brixton, London Borough of Lambeth
• Charles Lloyd – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
• C. F. Lloyd (son of Charles Lloyd) – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
• Longstaff & Jones (c.1970-c.2009) – Telford, West Midlands. ^[117]
• John Loosemore (1616–1681) – Devon
• W.C. Mack (fl. 1854-99) – Great Yarmouth.
• Mander Organs Ltd (1936–2020) – London.
  • In July 2020 the company went into liquidation. ^[118] The company name and intellectual property were acquired by F. H. Browne and Sons Ltd (of Canterbury) with that firm trading as Mander Organs from 1 October 2020. ^[53]
• J. E. Minns (1879–1895) – Taunton. ^[119] Company purchased by George Osmond.
• Norman and Beard Ltd (1870–1916) – London
• Geo. Osmond & Co. (1895–1988) – Taunton. Succeeded J. E. Minns and traded under that name until 1908.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Albert E. Pease (1890–1909) – Stoke Newington, London ^[120]
• The Positive Organ Company Ltd. (1898–1941) – London. ^[121]
• Roger Pulham (fl. 1970–2010) – Woodbridge, Suffolk. ^[122]
• Rushworth and Dreaper – Liverpool, Merseyside
• Bernard Schmidt ("Father Smith") (c. 1630–1708)
• George Sherborne (c.1800–1862) – Bath^{[ citation needed ]}
• John Snetzler (fl. 1741–1781) – London
• A.E. & F. A. Still (?-?) – location? ^[105]
• Thomas Swarbrick (fl. 1705/6-c.1753) – London then Warwick ^[123]
• William Sweetland (fl. 1849–c.1900) – Bath, Somerset; thereafter Sweetland Organ Building Co. Ltd. ^[124]
• Kenneth Tickell & Company (1982–2020) – Wellingborough. ^[125]
• Trevor Tipple (fl. 1978–2015) – Worcester. ^[126]
• H. S. Vincent & Co. – Sunderland^{[ citation needed ]}
• W. G. Vowles (1856–1958) – Bristol
• Andrew Watt & Son (?-1965) – Glasgow ^[103]
• Peter Wells Organ Builders (1974–2015) – Cranbrook, Kent ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Williamson & Hyatt (1950-1961) - Trunch ^[127]
• Samuel Wort (fl. 1916–38) – 1/. Holloway, 2/. Camden Town, London. ^[128]
• E. Wragg & Son (1894–1969) – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
• Alexander Young & Sons (1872–1927) – Manchester ^[129]

United States

See Organ Historical Society's Pipe Organ Database for nearly complete list, current and historical. ^[130]

• Abbott and Sieker, Los Angeles, California ^[131]
• Aeolian Company, Garwood, New Jersey ^[132] (organ production 1887-1932, after which it merged with the Skinner Organ Company)
• Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Boston, Massachusetts (1932–1972) ^[133]
• A. L. White Manufacturing Company
• Joseph Alley, Newburyport, Massachusetts (1804–1880) ^[133]
• Andover Organ Company, Lawrence, Massachusetts ^[134]
• Alvinza Andrews, Waterville, New York (1834-1854); Sangerville, New York (1854–1862) ^{[135] [136]}
• Thomas Appleton, Reading, Massachusetts (1785–1872) ^[18]
• Austin Organs, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut
• Balcom and Vaughan, Seattle, Washington
• Barton Organ Company, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
• Bedient Pipe Organ Company, Lincoln, Nebraska ^[137]
• Berghaus Pipe Organs, Bellwood, Illinois ^[138]
• Bigelow & Company, American Fork, Utah ^[139]
• Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Champaign, Illinois (1985–) ^[140]
• GM Buck Pipe Organs, Lowell, Michigan
• John Brombaugh & Associates, Eugene, Oregon
• Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Lake City, Iowa
• E. and G. G. Hook & Hastings, Boston, Massachusetts
• Henry Erben, New York, NY (1800–1884)
• Estey Organ, Brattleboro, Vermont
• Fabry Inc. Pipe Organ Builders, Antioch, Illinois (1955– ) ^[141]
• Felgemaker Organ Company, Erie, Pennsylvania
• C. B. Fisk, Inc., Gloucester, Massachusetts
• Charles Brenton Fisk, C. B. Fisk, Inc.'s founder (1925–1983)
• Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Tacoma, Washington
• Geneva Organ Company, Geneva, Illinois
• William M. Goodrich, Boston, Massachusetts (1777–1833) ^[142]
• Goulding and Wood, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana ^[143] (1980- )
• G. Donald Harrison (1889–1956)
• Hendrickson Organ Company, St. Peter, Minnesota
• Hillgreen, Lane & Company, Alliance, Ohio
• Hinners Organ Company (1879–1942)
• Otto Hofmann (1918–2001), Austin, Texas
• Robert Hope-Jones, Elmira, New York
• Holtkamp Organ Company, Cleveland, Ohio
• Johnson Organs, Westfield, Massachusetts – first William A. Johnson Organ Company, then Johnson & Son Organ Company (c. 1871-1898)
• Thomas Johnston, Boston, Massachusetts
• Kegg Pipe Organ Builders, (Hartville, Ohio)
• Kilgen, St. Louis, Missouri
• W. W. Kimball Piano and Organ, Chicago, Illinois
• Leek Pipe Organ Company, Oberlin, Ohio (1976-2014), then Berea, Ohio (2014- ) ^[144]
• Levsen Organ Company, Buffalo, Iowa (1954- )
• Link Piano and Organ Company
• Los Angeles Art Organ Company, Los Angeles, California
• Charles McManis, Kansas City, Kansas (1913–2004)
• Marr and Colton, Warsaw, New York (1915–1932)
• Midmer-Losh Organ Company,Merrick, New York
• McNeely Organ Company, Waterford, Connecticut ^[145]
• M.P. Moller Pipe Organ Company, Hagerstown, Maryland
• David A. Moore, North Pomfret, Vermont ^[146]
• Robert Morton Organ Company, Van Nuys, California (1920s–1931)
• Muller Pipe Organ Company, Toledo, Ohio & Croton, Ohio (1919- )
• Noack Organ Company, Georgetown, Massachusetts
• Olympic Organ Builders, Seattle, Washington
• J.H. & C.S. Odell, New York City
• Organ Supply Industries, Erie, Pennsylvania
• Page Organ Company, Lima, Ohio
• Parkey OrganBuilders, Braselton, Georgia ^[147]
• Parsons Pipe Organ Builders, Canandaigua, New York ^[148] (1921– )
• Pasi Organ Builders, Roy, Washington
• Peragallo Pipe Organ Company, Paterson, New Jersey
• Henry Pilcher (1798–1880), Pilcher Brothers, H. Pilcher's Sons, Newark, St. Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, Louisville (to 1944) ^[149]
• H. Ronald Poll & Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah (1979–2020)
• Quimby Pipe Organs, Warrensburg, Missouri
• Reuter Organ Company, Lawrence, Kansas
• Richards, Fowkes & Co., Ooltewah, Tennessee
• Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, Ohio
• A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company, Lithonia, Georgia
• Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, California
• Schuelke Organ Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Ernest M. Skinner (1866–1960)
• Robert L. Sipe, Garland, Texas
• David Tannenberg (1728–1824), Lititz, Pennsylvania
• Taylor & Boody Organbuilders, Staunton, Virginia ^[150]
• Tellers Organ Company, Erie, Pennsylvania
• Wanamaker Organ Shop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ^[151]
• Wangerin Organ Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• M. Welte & Sons, Inc., New York City (1832–1932)
• Wicks Organ Company, Highland, Illinois
• Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, North Tonawanda, New York (1856–1988)
• Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders, Denver, North Carolina (1992- ) ^[152]

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