List of organ builders

This is an alphabetical list of well-known organ builders who have become widely known . Builders of pipe organs are recorded , but not electronic organs or harmonica instruments . The compilation does not claim to be complete.

The years indicate the dates of life for persons, founding dates or years of activity for companies. The places denote workshop locations or the main distribution area of ​​the organs.

The list of organ builders (chronologically) includes organ builders born up to 1900.

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Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Sebastian Achamer (1623–1694), Southern Germany and Austria
• Jürgen Ahrend (* 1930), East Frisia
• Johann Georg Aichgasser (1701–1767), Upper Swabia and Hohenzollern
• Winfried Albiez (1938–1984), Lindau, Germany and overseas
• Christoph Allgäuer , Austria
• Helmut Allgäuer († 2012), Austria
• Johann Georg Allgeyer the Elder Ä. (around 1670–1724), Aalen region
• Matthias Amoor († 1769), Netherlands
• Gustaf Andersson (1797–1872), Sweden
• Jürgen Hinrichsen Angel (around 1732–1810), Flensburg
• Nicolai Hinrichsen Angel (1767–1842), Flensburg
• Andreas Arndt-Ahrend (1802–1862), from Nomborn, Westerwald, Germany
• Johann Arndt-Ahrend (1764–1829), from Nomborn, Westerwald, Germany
• John T. Austin (1869-1948), USA

B.

• Ulrich Babel , Gettorf
• Organ building institute Karl Bach , Aachen
• Michael Bach (1687–1772), Mechterstädt, Thuringia
• Bacigalupo , 20th century, Berlin-Pankow , Schönhauser Allee
• Maximilian Bader (1879–1955), Hardheim
• Wilhelm Bader junior (1875–1964), Hardheim
• Wilhelm Bader Sr. (1846-1927), Hardheim
• Günter Bahr , Weimar
• Johann Gotthilf Bärmig (1815–1899), Saxony
• Jonathan Bätz (1787–1849), The Netherlands
• Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz (1709–1770), Thuringia, later the Netherlands
• Johann Martin Baumeister (1692–1780), Eichstätt
• Martin Baur (1720–1805), Schattwald , Tyrol
• Anton Bayr (1716–1792), Southern Germany
• David Beck (before 1565 – after 1597), Halberstadt
• Johann Casper Beck (1703–1774), Thuringia, Hesse
• Michael Becker organ builder , since 1955 in Tremsbüttel -Sattenfelde, Kupfermühle
• Rudolf von Beckerath (1907–1976), Hamburg, later Munich
• François Lamathe Dom Bédos de Celles de Salelles (1709–1779), France
• Georg Beer (1816–1876), Bavaria
• Anton Behmann (1850–1932), Schwarzach, Vorarlberg
• Josef Behmann (1880–19xx), son of Anton, Schwarzach, Vorarlberg
• Jörg Bente (* 1958), Helsinghausen (near Hanover)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Berger (1862–1929), Pegau, Borna
• Joseph Bergöntzle (1754–1819), Alsace and Vorarlberg
• Blasius Bernauer (1740-1818), South Baden and Switzerland
• Xaver Bernauer (1768–1831), South Baden and Switzerland
• Johann Adam Berner (Son) (1723–1768), Northwest Germany
• Johann Adam Berner (father) (1693 – approx. 1735), Osnabrück
• Adam Karl Bernhard , (1807-1893), Hesse
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bernhard (1804–1861), Hesse
• Bernhard brothers (19th century), Hesse
• Johann Hartmann Bernhard (1773–1839), Hesse
• Jacques Besançon (around 1750), Alsace
• Christian Bethmann (1783–1833), Northern Germany
• Christian Carl David Beyer (1785–1856), master organ builder from Großzschocher near Leipzig
• Erasmus Bielfeldt (1682–1753), Northern Germany
• Martin Binder (1849–1904), Bavaria
• Bittner (organ builder) , Bavaria
• Joseph Bittner (1822–1908), Eichstätt
• Maximilian Bittner (19th century), Nuremberg, Hilpoltstein
• Wilhelm Blessing (1832–1870), Baden-Württemberg
• Karl Bockisch (1874–1952), Baden-Württemberg
• Joseph Anton Bohl (1801–1878), Augsburg
• Wilhelm Boden , Halberstadt (19th century)
• Gerhard Böhm (1926–2016), Gotha, Thuringia
• Hugo Böhm (1862–1935), Gotha, Thuringia
• Rudolf Böhm (1895–1966), Gotha, Thuringia
• Johann Jakob Bommer (1697–1775), Thurgau, St. Gallen etc.
• Carl Börger (1846–1917), Mecklenburg
• Christian Börger (1883–1955), Mecklenburg
• Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Böttcher (1820–1883), Magdeburg
• Jordi Bosch i Bernat , (1739–1800), Mallorca and Spain
• Werner Bosch organ builder , Kassel
• Jacob Philipp Bouthellier (1710–1781), Dinkelsbühl
• Brandt, Magdeburg , company taken over in 1953 by A. Schuster & Sohn (Zittau)
• Johann Adam Brandenstein (1657–1726), Lower Franconia
• Johann Konrad Brandenstein (1695–1757), Bavaria
• Josef Brandl (organ builder) (1865–1938), Marburg / Maribor, Lower Styria, Slovenia
• Wolfgang Julius Braun , Rosenfeld -Bickelsberg
• Sigmund Friedrich Braungart (1831 – approx. 1907), Marktbreit
• Heinrich Wilhelm Breidenfeld (1794–1875), Münster and Trier
• Breil (organ builder) , Dorsten (since 1836)
• Johann Anton Breil (1821-1892), Regensburg
• Josef Breinbauer (1807–1882), Ottensheim, Austria
• Leopold Breinbauer senior (1859–1920), Ottensheim, Austria
• Leopold Breinbauer junior (1886–1920), Ottensheim, Austria
• Peter Breisiger (or Briesger; 1490 - after 1542), Koblenz
• Karl Brode , Heilbad Heiligenstadt
• 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.

• François Callinet (around 1800), Alsace
• Arno Caluori organ building , Seewis im Prättigau , Switzerland
• Casavant Frères (since 1879), St-Hyacinthe, Canada
• Adam Gottlob Casparini (1715–1788), Breslau and Königsberg
• Adam Horatio Casparini (1676–1745), Breslau
• Eugenio Casparini (1623–1706), Italy
• Georg Sigismund Caspari (1693–1741), Koenigsberg
• Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811–1899), Paris, France
• Franz Xaver Christoph (around 1733–1793), Vienna, Lower Austria
• Robert Clicquot (1645-1719), Northern France
• Patrick Collon (* 1942), Belgium
• Esaias Compenius the Elder (1572–1617), Wolfenbüttel
• Heinrich Compenius the Elder (1525–1611), Eisleben
• Heinrich Compenius the Younger (around 1565–1631), Halle
• Ludwig Compenius (1603–1671), Central Germany
• Timotheus Compenius († around 1607), Staffelstein (Upper Franconia)
• Johann Friedrich Constabel (1690–1762), East Frisia
• Heinrich Andreas Contius (1708–1795), Baltic States
• Jacob Courtain (around 1760–1825), Northwest Germany
• Johannes Creutzburg (1686–1738), Eichsfeld
• Stephan Cuntz (around 1565 – after 1629), Nuremberg
• Christoph Cuntzius (also Contius, Cuncius) (1676–1722), Central Germany

D.

• Johann Jakob Dahm (1659–1727), Mainz
• Johann Christian Dauphin (1682–1730), Central Germany
• Johann Eberhard Dauphin (around 1670–1731), Hesse
• Deininger & Renner , Bavaria
• Hermann Peter Dibelius (1700–1774), Kassel
• Wilhelm Dibelius († 1748), Kassel
• Peter Dickel (1819-1896), Hesse
• Johann Diepenbrock (1854–1901), East Frisia
• Ferdinand Dinse (1811–1889), Berlin
• Burkhard Dinstlinger (around 1450 – after 1516), South Tyrol, Austria, Lower Bavaria, Saxony,
• Johann Ernst Döring , (1704–1784), Ostheim before the Rhön
• Cesare Donadoni (1849–1905), Berlin
• Christoph Donat (1625–1706), Leipzig
• Friedrich Wilhelm Dornheim (19th century), Eichfeld near Rudolstadt
• Ignaz Dörr (1829-1886), Hardheim
• Johann Christian Dotzauer (1696–1773), Thuringia
• Joseph Anton Dreher (1794–1849), Upper Swabia
• Max Dreher (1886–1967), Baden-Württemberg, Salzburg
• Meinrad Dreher (1763–1838), Upper Swabia
• Johann Tobias Dressel (1687–1758), Saxony
• Tobias Dressel (1635–1717), Saxony
• Dreuth (organ builder) (18th century), Hesse
• Bernhard Dreymann (1788-1857), Mainz
• Hermann Dreymann (1824–1862), Mainz
• Matthias Dropa (1650–1732), Northern Germany
• Louis Dubois (around 1750), Alsace
• Johann Dummel (sp. 1803–1873), Radolfzell on Lake Constance, Salzburg
• Nicolas Dupont (1714–1781), Lorraine
• Bodo Durczok , Deggendorf

E.

• Eberswalde organ builder Harry Sander & Andreas Mähnert (since 1851), Eberswalde , Brandenburg
• Heinrich Wilhelm Eckmann (1712–1777), Northwest Germany
• Ludwig Edenhofer (1828–1895), Upper Palatinate
• Ludwig Edenhofer junior (1861–1940), Deggendorf
• Eder organ building , Bavaria
• Bernhardt Edskes (* 1940), Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland
• Levinus Eekmans , Westphalia
• Christoph Egedacher the Elder († 1661), southern Germany
• 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
• Eggert Organ Building Institute (1840–2015), Paderborn
• Franz Eggert (1849–1911), Paderborn
• Johann Husband (before 1638–1670), Upper Swabia
• (Johann) Georg Ehinger († 1744 in Aitrang), Aitrang
• Marx (Markus) Ehinger (* before 1652, † around 1706), Aitrang
• Anton Ehrlich (1814–1881), Lower Bavaria
• Johann Adam Ehrlich (1703–1784), Baden-Württemberg
• Johann Ehrlich (1819–1860), Lower Bavaria
• Thomas Eichfelder , Bamberg
• Johann Wolfgang Eichmüller (1759–1847), Heilsbronn Monastery
• Eifert (organ building) (19th / 20th century), Stadtilm (Thuringia), Hesse
• Orgelbau Eisenbarth GmbH (1945), Bavaria
• Ludwig Eisenschmid (1879–1959), Erling
• Johann Andreas Engelhardt (1804–1866), Harz
• Christoph Enzenhofer (* 1949), Austria
• Philipp Eppel (1907–1987), Austria
• Erni Orgelbau , Stans , Switzerland
• Hermann Eule (19th / 20th century), Bautzen
• Balthasar Conrad Euler (1791–1874), Gottsbüren
• Friedrich Wilhelm Euler (1827–1893), Gottsbüren
• Heinrich Ludwig Euler (1837–1906), Gottsbüren
• Johann Friedrich Euler († 1795), Gottsbüren
• Edo Evers (17th century), Emden and Jever

F.

• Edmund Fabritius (1838–1914), Grevenbroich and Kaiserswerth
• Albert Fabritius , Grevenbroich and Kaiserswerth, son of Edmund Fabritius, ran the company from 1914 to 1929
• Ulrich Fahlberg (* 1939), Eberswalde, then taken over by Harry Sander and Andreas Mähnert and continued
• Johann Hinrich Färber (1820–1888), Tönning / North Friesland
• Faber & Greve (1870–1945), Salzhemmendorf
• Hubert Fasen , Oberbettingen, Eifel
• Johann Franz Faßmann (1697 - after 1760 Prague), Elbogen / Karlsbad
• Paul Faust (1872–1953), Barmen and Schwelm
• Anton Feith (1872–1929), Paderborn
• Orgelbau Felsberg AG , Felsberg GR , Switzerland * Sebastian Fichslin (18th century), Sulzburg
• Feopentow organ building , Wienhausen
• Johann Georg Fincke (1680–1749), Saalfeld
• Johann Georg Fischer (1697–1780), Freiburg i. Br.
• Johann Georg Fischer (1769–1850), Lower Austria
• Lukas Fischer (* 1934), Rommerskirchen-Nettesheim
• Friedrich Fleiter (1836–1924), Münster
• Johann Christian Friedrich Flemming (1745–1811), Saxony
• Dirk Andries Flentrop (1910–2003), Zaandam / Netherlands
• Flentrop Orgelbouw , Zaandam / Netherlands
• Flayer Manufacture d'Orgues , Ursy , Switzerland
• Bartolomeo Formentelli , (also Bathelémy Formentelli, Barthelemy Formentelli) (* 1939 in Courquetaine, France), Italy
• Christian Förner (1609–1678), Wettin
• Johann Georg Förster (1818–1902), Hesse
• Förster & Nicolaus , Hesse
• Adalbert Förtsch (1826 – around 1899), Thuringia
• Manufacture d'Orgues Füglister , Grimisuat
• Balthasar Freiwiß (also Freiwis, Freywis or Freiweis) (1710–1783), Southern Germany
• Frenger & Eder (1990-2015), Bavaria
• Reinhold Friedrich (* 1951), southern Germany
• Erich Frey , Lucerne
• Herman Eberhard Freytag (19th century), Netherlands and East Frisia
• Heinrich Hermann Freytag (1759–1811), Netherlands
• Friedrich Friese I , Parchim
• Friedrich Friese II , Schwerin
• Friedrich Friese III , Schwerin
• Matthias Friese (1739–1786), Kummerow (by the lake)
• Gottfried Fritzsche (1578–1638), Northern Germany
• Hans Christoph Fritzsche , Northern Germany, son of Gottfried Fritzsche
• Frobenius Orgelbyggeri , Denmark (founded in 1909)
• Alfred Führer (1905–1974), Northwest Germany
• Johannes Führer (* 1959), Bavaria
• Organ builder family Funtsch (18th century), Amberg / Upper Palatinate
• P. Furtwängler & Hammer (1883–1937), Hanover
• Philipp Furtwängler (1800–1867), Elze near Hildesheim
• Johann Georg Fux (1651–1738), Southern Germany
• Johann Andreas Fux (born December 4, 1712 in Donauwörth ; † May 4, 1772 ibid), southern Germany

G

• Joseph Gabler (1700–1771), Upper Swabia
• Thomas B. Gaida (20th / 21st century) Wemmetsweiler, Saarland
• Marc Garnier (* 1947), France
• Rudolf Garrels (1675–1750), East Frisia, Netherlands
• Anton Gartner (1721–1771), Bohemia
• Johann George Gast (1755 – after 1821), Bahro, from 1805 Fürstenberg (Oder)
• Gatto (organ builder) (18th / 19th century), Austria
• Manfred Gaulke (* 1932), Lower Saxony
• Johann Georg Geib (1739-1818), Palatinate
• Johann Peter Geissel (* 1636), Worms
• Conrad Geißler (1825–1897), Eilenburg
• Johann (also Hans) Geißler (also Geissler and Geisler) (17th century), Salzburg, Lucerne ( court church )
• Gerhard , organ builder family from East Thuringia in the 18th and 19th centuries
• Christian Gerhardt , organ builder workshop in Boppard founded in 1888
• Carl Eduard Gesell (1845–1894), Potsdam, Mittelmark, later Buenos Aires, Constantinople
• Carl Ludwig Gesell (1809–1867), Potsdam, Mittelmark
• Carl Giesecke (1812–1888), Göttingen
• Caspar Glatter-Götz in Owingen (since 1993, see Rieger Orgelbau )
• Christoph Gloger (1665–1773), Halberstadt
• Dietrich Christoph Gloger (1704 / 1708–1773), Lower Saxony
• Gottfried Heinrich Gloger (1710–1779), active in Norway
• Johann Heinrich Gloger (* around 1670 / 1675–1732), Lower Saxony
• Johann Wilhelm Gloger (1702–1760), Lower Saxony
• Bruno Goebel (1860–1944), Koenigsberg
• Christoph Ludwig Goll (1824–1897), Kirchheim unter Teck
• Friedrich Goll (1839–1911), Lucerne, Switzerland
• Johann Andreas Goll (1751–1823), Kirchheim unter Teck
• Ludwig Friedrich Goll (1785-1853), Kirchheim unter Teck
• Orgelbau Goll AG , Lucerne , Switzerland
• Herbert Gollini , Vienna, Austria
• Victor Gonzalez (1877–1956), France
• Christian Friedrich Göthel (1804–1873), Saxony
• Orgelbau Graf AG , Oberkirch LU , Switzerland
• Gerhard Grenzing (* 1942), El Papiol, Spain
• Valentin Ulrich Grotian (1663–1741), East Frisia
• Johann Georg Gröber (1775–1849), Innsbruck
• Franz Grollmann (1911–1999), Hamburg
• August Wilhelm Grüneberg (1787–1837)
• Karl Barnim Theodor Grüneberg (1828–1907), Stettin, Pomerania
• Felix Grüneberg , Pomerania
• Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Grüneberg (1751–1808), Brandenburg
• Adam Grünsfelder (1861–1934), Ochsenfurt am Main (Bavaria), Salzburg
• Gruol & Blessing (19th century), Bissingen an der Teck
• 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
• Marx Günzer (around 1579–1628), Augsburg

H

• Friedrich Haas , Switzerland
• Haerpfer & Erman , Boulay , Eastern Lorraine
• Johann Matthias Hagelstein , Lueneburg
• Johann Ernst Hähnel (1697–1777), Saxony
• Hans Hammer organ building , 20th century, Berlin-Wedding
• Emil Hammer Orgelbau , Arnum near Hanover (extinguished)
• Johann Justus Hansen , Hardegsen, Southern Lower Saxony
• Hans Hantelmann , Lübeck
• Johann Christoph Hart (1641–1719), Ostheim before the Rhön
• Erich Hartenthaler (* 1931), southern Germany
• August Hartmann (organ builder) (1931–2011), Regensburg
• Johann Heinrich Hartung (1769–1835), Kölleda
• Johann Michael Hartung (1702–1777), Schlossvippach
• Johann Michael Hartung (1708–1763), Bad Dürkheim
• Martin ter Haseborg (* 1965), Northwest Germany
• Haueis JC and Hofmann JA , before and around 1800, Coburg
• Martin Haspelmath (1935–1996), Walsrode
• Georg Haupt , Lintgen (Luxembourg)
• Carl Haupt (1810–1898), Ostercappeln
• Rudolf Haupt (1842–1913), Ostercappeln
• Wilhelm Haupt (1802–1862 / 63), Ostercappeln
• Armin Hauser Orgelbau , Kleindöttingen , Switzerland
• Johann Carl Sigmund Haussdörffer (1714–1767), Calw, Esslingen and Balingen
• Daniel (I) Hayl († 1621/22), resident in Irsee
  • Daniel (II) Hayl († after 1638) from Irsee, son of Daniel (I) Hayl
  • Simon Hayl († after 1642), from Irsee, u. a. based in Rottenbuch , son of Daniel (I) Hayl
  • Hans Diepold Hayl († after 1638), from Irsee, son of Daniel (I) Hayl
• Martin Hechenberger (1836–1919), Passau and Staubing
• Max Hechenberger (* 1870), Passau
• Franz Sales Hechinger (1800-1887)
• 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
• Friedrich Heidenreich (1741–1803), Franconia
• Matthäus Heilmann (1744-1817), Mainz
• Johann Andreas Heinemann (1717–1798), Upper Hesse
• Georges Heintz , Schiltach
• Franz Heinze , (1931–2011) master organ builder, Nuremberg
• Gustav Heinze , (1874–1949), Sorau Organ Building Institute
• Lothar Heinze , Stadtilm
• Gottlieb Heise (1785–1847), Potsdam, Mittelmark
• Johann Balthasar Held († 1709), Lüneburg and Stettin
• Wiegand Helfenbein (1889–1959), Gotha, son-in-law of Albin Hickmann
• Stephan Helmich (* around 1734–1812), Vienna and Lower Austria
• Andreas Hemmerlein , Cadolzburg
• Johann Hencke (1697–1766), Vienna
• Wilhelm Hepp (1764–1832), Amberg / Upper Palatinate
• Christian Gottfried Herbrig (1772–1850), Taubenheim / Spree, old town near Stolpen, Saxony
• Wilhelm Leberecht Herbrig (* 1810–1870), Taubenheim / Spree
• Heinrich Gottlieb Herbst (1689– after 1732), Magdeburg
• Heinrich Herbst , Magdeburg (father or son, around 1670–1740)
• Holger Hercher (*?), Co-founder of the organ building workshop Rösel & Hercher organ building in Saalfeld / Saale
• Peter Herold (? –1700), Apolda
• Daniel Herz (1618–1678), Tyrol
• Carl Hesse (1808–1882), Austria
• Johann Andreas Hesse (1763-1835), Lunzenau
• Johann Michael Hesse (1734–1810), ancestor of the Hesse organ building family from Dachwig:
  • Ernst Ludwig Hesse (1768–1823), son of Johann Michael
  • Georg Andreas Hesse (* 1784), son of Johann Michael
  • Ernst Siegfried Hesse (* 1798), son of Ernst Ludwig
  • Johann Michael Hesse II (1806–1858), son of Ernst Ludwig
  • Ludwig Julius Hesse (1830–1900), son of Johann Michael II
• Otto Heuss (1953) GmbH, Central Hesse
• Wilhelm Hey (organ builder) (1840–1921), founder of the Hey Orgelbau company , Urspringen
• Carl Heyder (1821–1902), Mühlhausen / Thuringia, southern Lower Saxony
• Antonius Friedrich Gottlieb Heyneman (1751–1804), Netherlands
• Joseph Hiendl (1887–1960), Passau
• Andreas Hildebrandt (1680s – 1762), Danzig
• Johann Gottfried Hildebrandt (1724 or 1725–1775), Saxony
• Zacharias Hildebrandt (1688–1757), Saxony
• Gebr. Hillebrand , Isernhagen near Hanover
• Philipp Hillenbrand († 1744), Munich
• Hindelang brothers , Ebenhofen in the Allgäu
• Albertus Antonius Hinsz (1704–1785), Netherlands
• Eduard Hirnschrodt (1906–1990), Regensburg
• Roland Hitsch , Salzburg, Austria
• Mamert Hock , (1812–1943) Saarland
• Wilhelm Caspar Joseph Höffgen (1773–1849), East Frisia
• Carl Christian Hoffmann (1710–1779), Ostheim vor der Rhön (Lower Franconia)
• Günter Hoffmann (organ builder) (* 1947), Ostheim before the Rhön (Lower Franconia)
• Hoffmann and Schindler , Ostheim before the Rhön
• Eduard Hofmann , around 1900, Hofheim in Lower Franconia
• Edmund Hohn (20th century), Austria
• Friedrich Wilhelm Holland (1804–1879), German organ builder from Schmiedefeld
• Johann Caspar Holland (2nd half of the 18th century to mid 19th century), German organ builder, founder of the Dutch organ builder dynasty, probably the father of Friedrich Wilhelm Holland and Johann Michael Holland
• Johann Michael Holland (late 18th century, † 1842), German organ builder, son of Johann Caspar Holland
• Albert Hollenbach (1850–1904), Neuruppin
• Gerhard von Holy (1681–1736), East Frisia and Westphalia
• Johann Nepomuk Holzhey (1741–1809), Upper Swabia
• Elias Hook (1805–1881), brother of George Hook, USA
• George Hook (1807–1880), brother of Elias Hook, USA
• Robert Hope-Jones (1859–1914), Great Britain and USA
• Alois Hörbiger (1810–1876), Slovenia, Styria, Vienna
• Organ building Hörl , Helmbrechts
• Carl Horn (organ builder) (19th / 20th century), Limburg an der Lahn
• Johann Georg Hörtich (also Herterich) (1705–1770), Southern Germany
• Elias Hößler (1663–1746), Upper Palatinate, Middle Franconia
• Gerhard Hradetzky (* 1944), Oberbergern, Lower Austria
• Gregor Hradetzky (1909–1984), Krems
• August Huber, organ builder (1847–1906), Pirmasens
• Christian Gottlob Hubert (1714–1793), Bayreuth and Ansbach
• Organ builder Reinhard Hüfken , Halberstadt
• Berendt Hus († 1676), uncle and teacher of Arp Schnitger
• Johann Christoph Hüsemann (* 1702, † after 1769), Duchy of Braunschweig
• Johann Ferdinand Hüsemann (* 1743, † unknown), Duchy of Braunschweig
• Johann Friedrich Ernst Hüsemann (18th / 19th century), Duchy of Braunschweig

I.

• Ibach (company) organs from 1794 to 1904 (especially Richard Ibach 1813–1889), Barmen
• Bartelt Immer (* 1956), East Frisia

J

• Andreas Jäger (1704–1773), Swabia, Austria
• Jäger & Brommer , Waldkirch, Breisgau
• Julius Jahn & Son , Dresden
• Hans Henny Jahnn (1894–1959), Hamburg
• Rudolf Janke (* 1930), Northern Germany
• Georg Jann (1934–2019), Southern Germany
• Thomas Jann , Laberweinting , Southern Germany
• Gerd Sieben Janssen (1802–1899), East Frisia
• Jan Jargoń (1928–1995), Poland
• Jehmlich Orgelbau Dresden , Dresden
• Christian Joachim , Halle
• Gottfried Joch (18th century), organ builder in the Weißenfelser Land
• Michael Jocher , Peiting / Upper Bavaria
• Johann Jacob John (1665–1707), Westphalia
• Christoph Junge (1644–1687), Central Germany

K

• Kalscheuer siblings (1849–1882), Nörvenich
• Andreas Kaltenbrunner (organ builder) , since 1983, Bad Wimsbach , Austria
• Michael Kanhäuser (1634–1701), Upper Palatinate, Bohemia
• Christoph Kaps , Munich
• Hans Karl , Aichstetten
• Lambert Daniel Kastens (Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark)
• Heinrich Katholnigg , (workshop 1819–1860 in Salzburg )
• Johann M. Kauffmann (1910–1965), Vienna
• Oswald Kaufmann (organ builder) , South Tyrol, Italy
• Andreas Kayser (1699–1768), Pulsnitz
• Joachim Kayser († 1720), East Friesland and Jeverland
• Johann Christian Kayser (1750-1813), Dresden
• Albert Keates (1862–1949), Northern England ( Sheffield )
• Keller brothers († 1894), Limburg; Duchy of Nassau
• Emanuel Kemper , Lübeck
• Alfred Kern & fils , Strasbourg
• Gaston Kern (* 1939), Manufacture d'Orgues alsacienne (1969–2012), Hattmatt
• Hubertus von Kerssenbrock (* 1932), Bavaria
• Peter Keßler , Kisselbach
• Franz Anton Kiene , Lake Constance area
• Albert Kienscherf (1859–1928), Eberswalde
• Organ builder Rainer Kilbert (* 1964), Hönighausen near Regensburg
• Bruno Kircheisen (1830–1902), Saxony
• Christian Erdmann Kindten (1752–1803), Stralsund
• Gerhard Kirchner (1907–1975), Weimar
• Johannes Kircher , 20th century, Heidelberg
• Johannes Wendel Kirchner (1628–1709), Kiedrich
• Harm Dieder Kirschner , Weener / Stapelmoor
• Klais (since 1882), Bonn
• Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer (1690–1757), Glückstadt
• Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer (1724–1792), Oldenburg
• Klassmeier , Kirchheide near Lemgo
• Christian Klausing (1687–1764), Central Weser, Northwest Germany
• Johann Berenhard Klausing († 1762), Northwest Germany
• Hinrich Klausing (1642 / 43–1720), Northwest Germany
• Johannes Klein (organ builder) , Oelde / Westphalia
• Reinalt Johannes Klein (* 1958), Leipzig
• Detlef Kleuker , Bielefeld (expired)
• Josef Klingler (organ builder) (1805–1878), Ennetach
• Vitus Klingler (1810–1877), Ennetach
• Benedikt Klingler (1808–1877), Rorschacherberg
• Hermann Kloss (1931–2001), Kelheim
• Benedikt Klotz (around 1500–1560), Dinkelsbühl, Ansbach
• Ernst Knauf (1869–1904), Bleicherode
• Friedrich Christian Knauf (1802–1883), Tabarz
• Gottlieb Knauf (1810–1872), Bleicherode
• Guido Knauf , Tabarz
• Johann Valentin Knauf (1762–1847), Tabarz
• Robert Knauf (1839–1900), Bleicherode
• Ignaz Kober (* before 1800)
• David Kohl (1640–1737), Gottsbüren
• Leopold Kohl (19th century), Leipzig , later Bautzen , predecessor of Hermann Eule Orgelbau Bautzen
• Joachim Kohl (1598–1676), Gottsbüren
• Stephan Kohl (1687–1758), Gottsbüren
• Eilert Koehler , Northern Germany
• Johann Christian Köhler (1714–1761), Frankfurt am Main
• Balthasar König (1684–1756), Eifel
• Caspar König (1675–1765), Bavaria
• Christian Ludwig König (1717–1789), Cologne
• Johann König (1639–1691), Bavaria
• Joseph Konradt (1773–1838), Bavaria and Salzburg
• Jürgen Kopp , Emden, Aurich
• Wilhelm Korfmacher (1787–1860), Aachen area
• H. Koulen & Sohn (1871–1921), Alsace and southern Germany
• Organ building Kreienbrink , Osnabrück / Georgsmarienhütte
• Gebr. Krell , Duderstadt
• Louis Krell (1832–1919), Duderstadt
• Eobanus Friedrich Krebaum (1786–1845), Eschwege
• Urban Kreutzbach , Borna
• Henning Kröger , Northern Germany
• Hermann Kröger , Oldenburg
• Johann Gottfried Krug , Merseburg
• Rudolf Kubak (1927-2008), Augsburg
• Georg Carl Kuhlmann (1805–1868), Gottsbüren
• Johann Dietrich Kuhlmann (1775–1846), Gottsbüren
• Rudolf Kühn (1898–1952), Schleusingen, from 1935 in Merseburg
• Gerhard Kuhn , Esthal / Palatinate
• Johann Nepomuk Kuhn ( Orgelbau Kuhn ), Männedorf , Switzerland
• Theodor Kuhn , Männedorf, Switzerland
• Johann Georg Kummer († around 1800), Dachwig in Thuringia

L.

• Johann Lachmayr (1850–1915), Austria
• Friedrich Ladegast (1818–1905), Weißenfels
• Oskar Ladegast (early 20th century), son of Friedrich (?)
• Wilhelm Lang (1794-1858), Berlin
• Johann Lange (1543–1616), Kamenz
• Johann Nicolaus Langenhan (late 18th century), Gotha
• Aug. Laukhuff , Weikersheim
• Blasius Lehmann († around 1543), Saxony
• Caspar Lehmann (mid 17th century), Suhl
• Ehrenfried Leichel (1828–1905), Duisburg, then Arnheim, NL
• Friedrich Gerhard Leichel (1824–1890), Düsseldorf, since 1886 Lochem, NL
• Hermann Friedrich Carl Leichel (son), Lochem, NL
• Alfred Lenk , Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Organ Building Institute, Koskestrasse
• Gerhard Lenter and Markus Lenter , Sachsenheim
• Georg Siegmund Leyser (1662–1708), Middle Franconia
• Lifart Orgelbau AG , Emmen LU , Switzerland
• Alois Linder (* 1960), Bavaria
• Organ builder Linder (1882), Bavaria
• Friedrich Ernst Lindrum (before 1800 – after 1846), Goslar
• Titus Albert Lindrum (1827–1878), Goslar, then Braunschweig
• Link brothers , Giengen / Brenz
• G. Christian Lobback (1938–2015), Neuendeich near Hamburg
• Carl Lösche (late 19th century), Rudolstadt
• Dirk Lohman (1730-1814), Emden
• Heinrich Lohstöter (around 1800–1830), Hanover
• Johan Lorentz (around 1580–1650), Northern Germany and Denmark
• Friedrich Hermann Lütkemüller (1815–1897), Wittstock
• Lutz , Feuchtwangen

M.

• Michaël Maarschalkerweerd (1838–1915), Utrecht
• Nikolaus Maaß (around 1550–1615), Pomerania and Denmark
• Johann Friedrich Macrander (1661–1741), Frankfurt am Main
• Franz Borgias Maerz (1848–1910), Southern Germany
• Max Maerz (1812–1879), Southern Germany
• Johann Gottfried Malleck (1733–1798), Vienna, Hungary
• Noel Percy Mander (1912-2005), England
• Werner Mann , Germany
• Pierre Marchand (around 1600), France
• Marcussen & Søn , Aabenraa
• Andreas de Mare (16th century), Groningen and Bremen
• Marten de Mare († 1612), Groningen and Bremen
• Organ workshop in Maribor (since 1989), Slovenia
• Markert (family organ builder) (1804–1944), Ostheim before the Rhön
• Joseph Martin (around 1740 – before 1807), Hayingen , student of Joseph Gabler
• Mathias Martin (1765-1825), Southern Germany
• Manufacture d'orgues St.-Martin , Chézard-Saint-Martin , Switzerland
• Ernst Julius Marx (1728–1799), East Germany
• Friedrich Emanuel Marx (1767-1826)
• Mascioni organ building (1820), Italy
• Mathis Orgelbau , Näfels , Switzerland
• Matz & Luge , Rheinmünster
• Michael Mauch , Leonberg
• Johann Gottlieb Wall
• Organ builder family Mauracher , Austria
• Franz Maus (1861–1905), Eger
• Mayer brothers (since 1872), Feldkirch-Altenstadt
• Hugo Mayer organ builder (since 1952), Heusweiler
• Hans Peter Mebold (1942–2001), Siegen
• Friedrich Albert Mehmel (1827–1888), Stralsund and Wismar
• Peter Meier Organ Builder , Rheinfelden AG , Switzerland
• Johann Christoph Meinel († 1772), Merseburg
• Johann Gottlob Mende (1787–1850), Saxony
• Joseph Merklin (1819–1905), Germany, Belgium and France
• Johann Josef Mertel ( Hans M., 1873–1937), Marktschorgast and Salzburg, Austria
• Friedrich Mertel Sr. ( Fritz M. sen., From 1939-1970), Salzburg, Austria
• Friedrich Mertel jun. ( Fritz M. jun., 1970-2011), Salzburg, Austria
• Siegfried Merten , Remagen, Rhineland
• Leonhard Mertz (around 1430 - around 1498), Frankfurt am Main
• Metzler Orgelbau , Dietikon , Switzerland
• Christoph Metzler , Dietikon , Switzerland
• Eduard Meyer (1806–1889), Hanover
• Ernst Wilhelm Meyer (1779–1868), Hanover
• Johann Peter Migendt (1703–1767), East Germany
• Johannes Millensis (17th century), Berne
• Joseph Mitterer († 1844), Tyrol
• Andreas Mitterreither (1688–1765), Styria, from 1724 Altötting
• Johannes Mitterreither (1733–1800), Graz, Leiden
• Johann Georg Mitterreither († 1747), Styria
• Kaspar Mitterreither († 1779), Graz
• Johann Christoph Mocker († 1755)
• Xavery Mockers (1780–1861), Alsace
• Adam Molau (18th century)
• August Möller (* 1865), Rotenburg ad Fulda
• Johann Patroclus Möller (1698–1772), Westphalia
• Mönch , 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 Josua Mosengel (1663–1731), Hanover, East Prussia
• Albert Moser (1878–1960), Bavaria
• Mühleisen , Leonberg
• Manufacture d'Orgues Muhleisen , Strasbourg
• Christian Müller (1690–1763), Netherlands
• Gebrüder Müller (~ 1803–1913), Reifferscheid (Eifel) (successor Josef Weimbs , see there)
• Georg Emil Müller (1857–1928), Saxony
• Johann Müller (1817–1875), Viersen
• Johann Friedrich Müller (around 1730), Heidelberg
• Hinrich Just Müller (1740–1811), East Frisia
• Nicolaus Müller (1775-1834)
• Rainer Müller , Merxheim (formerly Odernheim)
• Daniel Mütze (1683–1741)

N

• Carl Friedrich August Naber (1796–1861), Netherlands
• Johann Matthias Naumann († 1727), Hildesheim
• Friedrich Nerlich , Stralsund
• Guido Nenninger (1918–2003), Bavaria
• Leopold Nenninger (1880–1970), Bavaria
• Hendrik Niehoff (around 1495 - 1560), the Netherlands and Northern Germany
• Nicolaas Niehoff (around 1525–1604), Netherlands
• Nitrowski (organ builder) , Polish organ builder in the 17th and 18th centuries.
• Fritz Noack , Georgetown, USA
• Carl Noebe (1800–1866), Guestrow
• Dieter Noeske (* 1936), Rotenburg ad Fulda / Hessen
• Johann Valentin Noessler († 1767), Ohrdruf
• Jean Nollet (1681–1735), Luxembourg
• Johann Bernhard Nollet (1748–1802), Trier
• Roman Benedikt 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
• Petrus van Oeckelen (1792–1878), Netherlands
• Adam Gottfried Oehme (1719–1789), Saxony
• Adam Öhninger (around 1646–1716), Fulda
• Jacob Oertel († 1762), Saxony
• Oestreich (organ builder family) (18th and 19th centuries), Hesse, Franconia, Thuringia, Westphalia, Pennsylvania (USA)
• Adam Joseph Oestreich (1799–1843), Hesse, Franconia
• Augustin Oestreich (1807 – after 1855), Hesse, Pennsylvania (USA)
• Johann Adam Oestreich (1776–1865), Hesse, Thuringia, East Westphalia
• Johann Georg Oestreich (1770–1858), Hesse, Franconia, Thuringia
• Johann-Markus Oestreich (1738–1833), Hesse, Franconia, Thuringia, East Westphalia
• Michael Oestreich (1802–1838), East Westphalia
• Maximilian Offner , Kissing
• Onimus (organ builder family) (18th century), Hesse
• Christoph Opitz (1815–1885), Brandenburg
• Organ building Oppel , Schmallenberg-Gellinghausen, Hochsauerland
• Willi Osterhammer , Prien- Prutdorf , Southern Germany
• Paul Ott (1903–1991), Göttingen
• Eppo Rynko Ottes (1941), Appingedam (Netherlands)

P

• Ernst Palandt (1907–1979), Hildesheim
• Papenius (organ builder family) , active for 3 generations 1662–1776 in Nordhausen and Halberstadt
• Claude Parisot (1704–1784), Northern France
• Paschen Kiel organ building , Kiel
• Johannes Pauly (17th century), Oldersum
• Willi Peter (1907–1978), Cologne
• Karl Friedrich Peternell (* ≈ 1815, † ≈ 1877), Thuringia
  • August Peternell , brother of Karl Friedrich
• Parsley (organ builder) , organ builder family from Bad Langensalza
  • Friedrich Erdmann Petersilie , (1825–1901), Bad Langensalza
  • Karl Friedrich Otto Petersilie , (1852–1928), Bad Langensalza
• G. Pfanneberg (fl. 1889–1901), Köthen (Anhalt)
• Friedrich Pfannmüller (1490–1562), active in Amberg, Eger, Prague, Vienna
• Jean-Baptiste Le Picard (18th century), Liège (built organs in Liège, Tongeren, Gronsfeld, Maastricht, Roermond, Gräfinthal monastery, among others)
• Pircher Orgelpfeifenbau AG , Riedern GL , Switzerland
• Stefan Pilz (1974–2018), Leipzig
• Orgelbau Pirchner (since 1825), Steinach am Brenner, Tyrol, Austria
• Anton Pfliegler (1736–1805), Vienna
• Pflüger Orgelbau (since 1979), Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria
• Friedrich Wilhelm Pfützner (19th century), Meißen
• Poppe (organ builder) , organ builder family from East Thuringia
  • Carl Ernst Poppe (1807–1881), Altenburg (Thuringia)
• David Posselt (18th century), Vienna
• Adrien Joseph Pottier (18th century), Burckheim, Switzerland
• Giovanni Pradella (since 1993) Italian organ builder
• Johannes Prause from Silesia, active in the Kronstadt area, Romania
• Paul Prescher (1628–1695), Noerdlingen
• Balthasar Andreas Pröbstl (1830–1895), Southern Germany
• Joseph Pröbstl (1798–1866), Southern Germany

R.

• Joseph Rabiny (around 1800), Alsace
• Organ building workshop Harald Rapp (* 1952), Ennetach
• Heinrich Rasche (1794–1876), Rostock
• Alfred Raupach (1906–1975), Gräbel, Bolkenhain district in Silesia
• Daniel Raßmann (1790–1864), Hesse
• Gustav Raßmann (19th century), Weilmünster-Möttau
• August Ratzmann (1812-1880), Gelnhausen
• Georg Franz Ratzmann (1771–1846), Ohrdruf
• Jean Ratzmann (* 1842), Hesse
• Wilhelm Ratzmann (1846–1911), Gelnhausen
• Johann Rätze (17th / 18th century), Zittau
• Orgelmakerij Reil , Heerde / Netherlands
• Andreas Reinecke († 1727), North Hesse, East Westphalia
• Franz Joseph Reiner (* around 1765), Dinkelsbühl
• Hans Henrich Reinking (17th century), Bielefeld
• Wilhelm Remler (1824–1896), builder of country organs in Brandenburg
• Richard Rensch (20th century), Lauffen am Neckar, southern Germany
• Adolf Reubke Magdeburg Region, Hausneindorf
• Andreas Reuter (1798-1847), Denmark
• Joachim Richborn , Hamburg and East Frisia
• Otto Diedrich Richborn (1674–1729)
• Gottfried Richter (1640–1717), Saxony
• Bruno Riedl (1937–2019), Austria
• Franz Rieger (1812–1885), Jägerndorf , founder of Rieger Orgelbau
• Günter Riegner (1951–1995), Southern Germany
• Karl Joseph Riepp (1710–1775), Southern Germany and France
• Rupert Riepp (1711 to around 1750), France
• Johann Christian Rindt (1672–1744), Hesse
• Johann Nikolaus Ritter (1702–1782), Germany
• Hermann Raphael Rodensteen (around 1525–1583), Europe
• Johann Michael Röder (2nd half of the 18th century), Berlin and Silesia
• Andreas Rösel (*?), Co-founder of the organ building workshop Rösel & Hercher organ building in Saalfeld / Saale
• Christian Roetzel , Westphalia
• Johannes Rohlf (* 1936), Neubulach, Southern Germany
• Gebr. Rohlfing , Osnabrück
• Arnold Rohlfs (1808–1882), East Frisia
• Johann Gottfried Rohlfs (1759–1847), Esens
• Johann Caspar Rommel (1721–1800), West Thuringia and East Hesse
• Leopold Rotenburger (1568–1653), Salzburg
• Mathias Rotenburger (1600–1668), Salzburg
• Paul Rotenburger (1598–1661), Salzburg
• Carl Johann Heinrich Röver (1851–1929), Stade
• Ernst Röver (1857–1923), Stade, Hausneindorf
• Johann Hinrich Röver (1812–1895), Stade
• Fratelli Ruffatti (1940)
• Christoph Rühle (* 1980), Moritzburg, Saxony
• Wieland Rühle (1938–2010), Moritzburg, Saxony
• Wilhelm Rühle (1906–1993), Moritzburg, Saxony
• Friedrich Rühlmann (1812–1878), Zörbig, Saxony-Anhalt
• Wilhelm Rühlmann Sr. (1842–1922), Zörbig, Saxony-Anhalt
• Samuel Ruff (1820–1890), Grosselfingen / Sigmaringendorf, Hohenzollern
• Theodor Ruff (1859–1920), Grosselfingen / Sigmaringendorf, Hohenzollern
• Johann Heinrich Runge (1811–1885), Hagenow
• Marcus Runge (1865–1945), Hagenow
• Wilhelm Rütter (1812-1887)

S.

• Orgelbau Sandtner , Dillingen an der Donau, southern Germany
• Wilhelm Sauer (1831–1916), Frankfurt (Oder)
• W. Sauer organ building Frankfurt (Oder) , Frankfurt (Oder)
• Johannes Schädler , Donaustauf
• Guido Hermann Schäf (1840–1911), Saxony
• Johann Georg Schäfer (1785–1845) , Göppingen
• Johann Georg Schäfer (1826–1886) , Göppingen
• Johann Heinrich Schäfer (1810–1887), Heilbronn
• Johann Nikolaus Schäfer (1671–1744), Hesse
• Karl Schäfer (1838–1922), Heilbronn
• Johann Friedrich Schäffer (* after 1685), Hesse
• Jost Friedrich Schäffer († after 1706), Hesse
• August Schaper (1840–1920), Hildesheim
• Heinrich Schaper (1802-1884), Hildesheim
• Organ builder Scharfe , Bertfried and Gilbert Scharfe, Bünzwangen, Baden-Württemberg
• Jacob Schedlich (1591–1669), Bohemia, Saxony
• Christian Scheffler , (* 1954) Sieversdorf (Jacobsdorf) near Frankfurt (Oder)
• Johann Scheibe (* around 1675–1748), Saxony
• Ferdinand Scheller (1807–1887), Celle
• Fritz Scherer (early 17th century), Hamburg
• Hans Scherer the Elder (around 1525–1611), Northern Germany
• Hans Scherer the Younger (1570/80 – after 1631), Northern Germany
• Jacob Scherer († around 1574), Northern Germany
• Johann Heinrich Scherff (18th century), Pößneck
• Klaus Scherpf Speyer
• Schiedmayer organ, piano and harmonium building family
• Dieter Schingnitz (* 1940), Bavaria
• Schlag & Sons (1832–1923) Silesia
• Philipp Franz Schleich (1686–1723), Upper Palatinate
• Johann Caspar Schlimbach (1777–1861), organ and instrument maker in Bad Königshofen
• Ernst Balthasar Schlimbach (1807-1896), Würzburg
• Josef Schlimbach , (1841–1914), Würzburg
• Johannes Schlottmann (1726–1795), Bad Hersfeld, Friedewald (Hesse)
• Georg Friedrich Schmahl (1700–1773), Ulm, Swabia
• Johann Matthäus Schmahl (1734–1793), Ulm, Swabia
• Schmeisser , Rochlitz
• Johann Wilhelm Schmerbach the Elder (1726–1789), Frieda , North Hesse, Eichsfeld, Thuringia
• Johann Wilhelm Schmerbach the Middle (1765–1831), Frieda , North Hesse, Eichsfeld, Thuringia
• Johann Wilhelm Schmerbach the Younger (1795–1872), Frieda , North Hesse, Thuringia
• Gerhard Janssen Schmid (1770–1845), East Frisia and Oldenburger Land
• Gunnar Schmid (* 1967), Kaufbeuren
• Magnus Schmid (1889–1964), Pemmering ( Isen )
• Johann Martin Schmid (1847–1923), Oldenburger Land
• Siegfried Schmid (* 1961), Knottenried, Immenstadt im Allgäu
• Wilhelm Eilert Schmid (1791–1856), East Frisia
• Andreas Schmidt , lentil dish
• Johann Evangelist Schmidt (1757–1804), Germany ( Wangen im Allgäu ), Austria ( Salzburg )
• Johann Michael Schmidt (1798–1876), Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig
• Schmidt & Berger (1903), Borna
• Arp Schnitger (1648–1719), Northern Germany and the Netherlands
• Franz Caspar Schnitger (1693–1729), son of Arp Schnitger
• Johann Wilhelm Schöler (1723–1793), Bad Ems
• Gottlieb Scholtze (1713–1783), northeast Germany
• Willehard Schomberg , Friesoythe-Kamperfehn, Northern Germany
• Hans Wolff Schonat (1614 – around 1673), Netherlands
• Alois Schönach (1811–1899)
• Schönefeld , Stadtilm , Thuringia
• Andreas Schöpf (around 1663–1734), Seßlach
• Johann Conrad Schöpf (1692–1752), Seßlach
• Johann Adam Schöpf (1723–1796), Seßlach
• Max Schöglmann (1851-1896), Burghausen
• Franz Joseph Schorn (1834–1905) from Kuchenheim, Eifel
• Johann Jacob Schramm (1724–1808), Saxony
• Tobias Schramm (1701–1771), Dresden
• Johann Matthias Schreiber (1716–1771), Glückstadt
• Nicolaus Schrickel (1820–1893) lived in Eilenburg, Saxony
• Johann Georg Schröter (1683–1747), Thuringia
• Johann Christoph Schröther the Younger (1774–1859), Niederlausitz and Brandenburg
• Carl Eduard Schubert (1830–1900), Ore Mountains
• Nikolaus Schuble (1770–1816), South Baden
• Alexander Schuke (1870–1933), Potsdam
• Hans-Joachim Schuke (1908–1979), Potsdam
• Karl Schuke (1906–1987), Berlin
• Matthias Schuke (1955), Potsdam and Berlin area
• Organ building Schulte (1955), Kürten; Founder Siegfried Schulte
• Johann Friedrich Schulze , Paulinzella
• A. Schuster & Sohn (1869–1994), Zittau ; the current owner is Benjamin Welde
• Wilhelm Schwarz & Sohn (around 1890–1960), Überlingen, Lake Constance / Black Forest / Ortenau
• Julius Schwarzbauer (1873 – after 1940), Mindelheim
• Andreas Schweimb (1654–1701), Einbeck, Lower Saxony
• Johann Emanuel pork (1721–1771), Saxony
• Eduard Sebald (1905–1952), Trier
• Nicolaus Seeber (1680–1739), Römhild
• Ernst Seifert (1855–1928), Cologne, Kevelaer
• Franz Ignaz Seuffert (1732–1810), Würzburg
• Johann Philipp Albert Seuffert (1763–1834), Würzburg
• Johann Philipp Seuffert (1693–1780), Würzburg
• Jodokus (Jost) Sieburg (17th century), Göttingen
• Willibald Siemann (1864–1932), Bavaria
• Josef Silberbauer († 1805), Znaim (South Moravia), Lower Austria
• Andreas Silbermann (1678–1734), Alsace and Switzerland
• Gottfried Silbermann (1683–1753), Freiberg / Saxony
• Johann Andreas Silbermann (1712–1783), Alsace
• Johann Daniel Silbermann (1717–1766), Alsace
• Augustin Simnacher (1688–1757), Southern Germany and Austria
• Organ builder Simon (from 20th century), Westphalia
• Ernest Martin Skinner (1866-1960), USA
• Frans Casper Snitger (1724-1799), Netherlands
• Gottfried Sonnholz (1695–1781), Vienna
• Adrian Spamann (1843–1928), Lorraine, Saarland
• Franz Jakob Späth (1714–1786), Regensburg
• Gebr. Späth Orgelbau (1894–1971), Ennetach , Southern Germany, Palatinate, Rhineland, Eastern Hesse, Thuringia, Silesia
• Johann Jakob Späth (1672–1760), Regensburg
• Späth organ building , Rüti ZH , Switzerland
• Hartwig and Tilmann Späth (since 1964), Hugstetten, Southern Germany, Berlin, Germany
• Friedrich Specht (1808–1865), Amberg / Upper Palatinate
• Bernhard Speith (1822–1905), Rietberg, see Speith-Orgelbau
• Norbert Sperschneider (company: 1979–2002)
• Hieronymus Spiegel (1699–1779), Fridingen an der Donau, Rottenburg am Neckar, southwest Germany
• Leopold Spiegel (1680–1730), Prague, Bohemia
• Georg Stahlhuth , Aachen
• Anton Staller (1923–2008), Southern Germany
• Regina Stegemann (* 1951), Northwest 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)
• Organ builder Roman Steiner , Fehren , Switzerland
• Gustav Steinmann Organ Builder , Vlotho, West Germany
• Steinmeyer (organ building) , Oettingen, Bavaria
• Christian Gottlob Steinmüller (1792–1864), Saxony
• Friedrich Stellwagen (around 1600–1660), Northern Germany
• Organ builder Ferdinand Stemmer , Zumikon
• Georg Christoph Stertzing (1660–1717), Thuringia
• Ferdinand Stieffel (1737-1818), Baden
• Joseph Stiehr (1792–1867), Alsace
• Michael Stiehr (1750–1829), Alsace and Palatinate
• Bernhard Stockmann and Theodor Stockmann , Stockmann Brothers , Werl
• August Stöber (1897–1956), Hardheim
• Wilhelm Stöberl (1929), Munich, Bavaria
• Karl Traugott Stöckel (1804–1881), Freiberg, Dippoldiswalde
• Johannes Strebel (1832–1909), Nuremberg et al
• Julius Strobel (1814-1884), Frankenhausen
• Gregorius Struve († before 1737), Oldenburg and Bremen
• Stumm , family organ builders from Hunsrück, Raunen / Sulzbach near Idar-Oberstein (1714–1906 / 1920)
• Johann Michael Stumm (1683–1747), Sulzbach near Idar-Oberstein, Hunsrück
• Kaspar Sturm (around 1540 – after 1590), Bavaria, Austria
• Franz Josef Swoboda (1870–1934), Austria
• Johann Friedrich Syer (1701–1787), Hesse

T

• Giovanni Tamburini (1857–1942) Crema, Northern Italy
• August Terkmann (1885–1940), Estonia
• Jacob Engelbert Teschemacher (1711–1782), Wuppertal-Elberfeld
• Johann Christoph Thielemann (1682–1755), Arnstadt court organ maker
• Johannes Wilhelmus Timpe (1770–1837), Netherlands
• Peter Titz (1823–1873), Vienna
• Eberhard Tolle , (1905–1973) Preetz , Germany; Great-grandson of Eberhard Friedrich Walcker
• The Trampeli family (18th / 19th century), Adorf in the 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
• Organ building Tzschöckel in Althütte -Fautspach

U

• Carl Robert Uibe , Neuzelle
• Franz Ullmann , Vienna-Josefstadt
• Josef Ullmann (1872–1945), Vienna-Josefstadt

V

• Verschueren Orgelbouw (since 1891), Heythuysen, Netherlands
• Carl Friedrich Voit (1774–1854), son of Johann Michael Voit, Schweinfurt
• Johann Michael Voit (1744–1819), master of the carpenter's guild, father of Carl Friedrich Voit , son of Johann Rudolf 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 Vater (1679–1756), Northern Germany
• Verschueren Orgelbouw (1891), Netherlands
• Orgelbau Vier , Friesenheim, Southern Germany
• Hendrik Jan Vierdag (1918–1992), Enschede, Netherlands
• Organ builder Vleugels (since 1967), Hardheim
• Christian Friedrich Völkner (1831–1905), Dünnow , Western Pomerania
• Paul Völkner , Dünnow and Bromberg
• Johann Conrad Vogel (1656–1721), Amberg
• Eduard Vogt (1841–1913), Korbach
• Vogtland organ building
• Central German organ builder A. Voigt (1855–1905), Bad Liebenwerda
• Christian Friedrich Voigt (1803–1868), Wiesbaden
• Heinrich Voigt (1845–1906), Wiesbaden
• Louis Voit (1802–1883), Durlach, son of Johann Volkmar Voit
• Heinrich Voit & Sons, Durlach (today part of Karlsruhe ), grandson of Johann Volkmar Voit
• Franciscus Volckland (1696–1779), Thuringia
• Walter Vonbank , Triebendorf, Styria, Austria
• Caspar Melchior Vorenweg , Westphalia
• Vincent Vorhauer , Germany

W.

• Eduard Wagenbach organ building, Limburg (until the end of the 20th century)
• Georg Friedrich Wagner (1818–1880), Upper Hesse
• Georg Henrich Wagner (around 1610–1686), Hesse
• Georg Wagner (around 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
• Organ builder M. Walcker-Mayer , Guntramsdorf
• Friedrich Wilhelm Wäldner (1785-1852), Halle (Saale)
• August Ferdinand Wäldner (1817–1905), Halle (Saale)
• Waldkircher Orgelbau Jäger & Brommer , Waldkirch
• Lothar Franz Walter (around 1656–1733), Austria
• Orgelbau Waltershausen GmbH (1991), Waltershausen
• Organ builder Thomas Wälti , Gümligen , Switzerland
• Joh. Kaspar Wancke , Duderstadt
• Andreas Weber (organ builder) (* 1963), Bollschweil near Freiburg
• Hermann Weber (organ builder) (* 1955), Leutkirch im Allgäu
• Quirin Weber (1693–1751), Upper Bavaria
• Carl Leopold Wegenstein , Timişoara, Transylvania
• Johann Benedikt Ernst 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
• Friedrich Weigle (father) (1850–1906)
• Friedrich 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), based in Bayreuth, Northern Bavaria
• Johann Anton Weise (1672–1750), Thuringia
• Johann Peter Weise 18th century, Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel
• Organ builder family Weiß (18th century), Upper Palatinate, Silesia
• Edwin Welte , Freiburg, Germany
• M. Welte & Sons
• M. Welte & Sons
• Johann Friedrich Wender (1655–1729), Thuringia
• Christian Wendt (approx. 1830–1900), Aachen
• Joachim Wenthin (1778–1857), Emsland and Tecklenburg
• Johann Friedrich Wenthin (1746–1805), East Frisia and the Netherlands
• August von Werder (1819–1882), Göttingen and Northeim
• Rowan West (* 1953), Ahrweiler
• Georg Westenfelder , Lintgen, Luxembourg
• Westfälischer Orgelbau S. Sauer , Höxter-Ottbergen
• Weyland organ building , Leverkusen
• Johann Christoph Wiegleb (1690–1749), Wilhermsdorf
• Heinz Wilbrand organ builder (1930–2016), Übach-Palenberg
• Antonius Wilde (before 1575–1618), Elbe-Weser triangle
• Wilhelm (organ builder) (18th – 19th centuries), North Hesse, North Lower Saxony
  • Adam Wilhelm (18th century), North Hesse
  • Carl Wilhelm (19th century), North Hesse
  • Georg Wilhelm (18th – 19th century), Northern Hesse
  • Georg Peter Wilhelm (1733–1806), Northern Hesse
  • Gustav Wilhelm (19th century), North Hesse
  • Heinrich Andreas Wilhelm (18th – 19th century), Northern Hesse
  • Georg Wilhelm Wilhelmy (1748–1806), Stade
  • Johann Georg Wilhelm Wilhelmy (1781-1858), Stade
• Henry Willis (1821-1901), London
• Orgelbau Willisau AG (Switzerland, expired)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Winzer (1811–1886)
• Brond de Grave Winter (1824-1892), East Frisia
• Claudius Winterhalter (* 1953), Oberharmersbach, Southern Germany
• Franz Joseph Wirth (1760–1819), Southern Germany
• Christian Gottlieb Friedrich Witte (1802–1873), Netherlands
• Witzmann (organ builder) , 19th century, Thuringia
• Johann Wolfgang Witzmann, Bremen
• Gerald Woehl (* 1940), Marburg
• Konrad Wolf (15th century), Freiburg im Üechtland
• Ignaz Franz Wörle , (1710–1778), Bozen
• Organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter , Dresden / Zudar (Rügen)
• Georg Wünning (* 1948), Großolbersdorf

Z

• Gerhard Arend cell (approx. 1710–1761), Wilna
• Franz Joseph Beda Zettler (approx. 1743–1810) Ottobeuren, from 1766 in Kitzingen
• Zinck (18th century), Hesse
• Adolf Zuberbier (1776–1856)
• David Zuberbier , Bernburg
• Johann Andreas Zuberbier ( Rinteln ), (1725–1785)
• Johann Christoph Zuberbier (fl. 1747–55), Dessau
• Johann Friedrich Leberecht Zuberbier

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

See also

• Lists of organs
• List of organ builders (chronological)
• List of GDR organ builders
• List of organists
• List of organ composers
• List of organ museums

Individual evidence

1. ^ Organ builders A. Schuster & Sohn. Retrieved August 24, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Overview of organ builders on d-nb.info , accessed on June 25, 2019.
3. ^ Arno Caluori organ building
4. ^ Homepage of Eberswalder Orgelbau
5. ^ Erni organ building
6. ^ Orgelbau Felsberg AG. Retrieved September 19, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Manufacture d'Orgues flyer
8. ^ Manufacture d'Orgues Füglister
9. ^ Orgelbau Graf AG
10. ↑ Armin Hauser organ building
11. ↑ Lifart Orgelbau AG
12. ^ Peter Meier Orgelbau GmbH
13. ↑ Homepage Christoph Metzler
14. ↑ Pircher Orgelpfeifenbau AG
15. ^ In shock, the organ restorer of the Laurentiuskirche dies in a car accident , on mz-web.de, accessed on December 26, 2018.
16. ↑ Stefan Pilz * September 15, 1974 † November 19, 2018, on trauer-kunden.de, accessed on December 26, 2018.
17. ^ Roman Steiner, organ building
18. ^ Organ builder Thomas Wälti