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This is a list of notable pipe organ builders.

Australia

• Ronald Sharp – Sydney
• George Fincham & Sons - Melbourne

Austria

• Allgäuer^{[citation needed]}
• Bodem^{[citation needed]}
• Kögler^{[citation needed]}
• Pflüger^{[citation needed]}
• Pirchner^{[citation needed]}
• Rieger Orgelbau
• Vonbank^{[citation needed]}

Belgium

• Mortier – Antwerp

Canada

• Casavant Frères (Joseph Casavant) – Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
• Gabriel Kney – London, Ontario
• Orgues Létourneau – Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
• Karl Wilhelm – Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec^[1]
• Wolff & Associés – Laval, Québec

Czech Republic

• Rieger-Kloss

Denmark

• Frobenius Orgelbyggeri
• Marcussen & Søn
• Carsten Lund

France

• Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
• Dom Bédos de Celles
• François-Henri Clicquot
• Robert Clicquot
• Gavioli et Cie.^{[citation needed]}
• Charles Marenghi et Cie.^{[citation needed]}
• Limonaire Freres^{[citation needed]}
• Gaudin et Cie.^{[citation needed]}

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

Italy

• Giovanni Pradella – Sondrio, Italy
• Fratelli Ruffatti – Padua, Italy

The Netherlands

• Hendrik Niehoff
• Flentrop
• J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw

Slovenia

• Orglarska delavnica Maribor^{[citation needed]}
• Orglarstvo Kolar^{[citation needed]}
• Orglarstvo Močnik^{[citation needed]}
• Orglarstvo Škrabl^{[citation needed]}

Switzerland

• Felsberg^{[citation needed]}
• Goll^{[citation needed]}
• Kuhn^{[citation needed]}
• Mathis^{[citation needed]}
• Metzler Orgelbau – Zürich
• Hans Tugi

United Kingdom

• James Jepson Binns - Leeds
• Brindley & Foster – Sheffield
• Peter Collins – Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
• John Compton
• William Drake – Buckfastleigh, Devon.
• Thomas Elliott
• Gray & Davison, London
• Renatus Harris
• Harrison & Harrison – Durham
• Robert Hope-Jones
• Lewis & Co - Brixton
• 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

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
• Charles McManis – Kansas City, Kansas
• 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
• Parsons Pipe Organ Builders - Canandaigua, New York^{[citation needed]}
• 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

See also

List of electronic organ makers

References

1. ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003699 Karl Wilhelm, by Antoine Bouchard, in The Canadian Encyclopedia