List of organ builders (chronological)

This list contains organ builders in chronological order. The time of life or effect as well as the area of effect are given. The list does not claim to be complete and so far ends with the year of birth 1900.

15th century

Konrad Wolf (mentioned 1426), Friborg, Switzerland
Heinrich Traxdorf (worked around 1443), Mainz, Nuremberg
Leonhard Mertz (around 1430 - around 1498), Frankfurt am Main
Burkhard Dinstlinger (around 1450 - after 1516), South Tyrol, Austria, Lower Bavaria, Saxony
Hans Süss (Suys) (around 1475 - 1542/43), Nuremberg, Cologne, Rhine region, Netherlands
Hans Hauck (around 1475 - after 1522), Prussia
Blasius Lehmann (around 1480 - around 1543), Saxony, Danzig
Peter Breisiger (or Briesger; 1490 - after 1542), Koblenz
Friedrich Pfannmüller (1490–1562), Amberg, Eger, Prague, Vienna
Hendrik Niehoff (around 1495 - 1560), the Netherlands and Northern Germany
Benedikt Klotz (around 1500 - 1560), Dinkelsbühl, Ansbach

16th Century

Antonius Mors († 1560/62), Antwerp, Schwerin, Berlin
Jacob Scherer († around 1574), Northern Germany
Fabian Peters († after 1577), Friesland, Mecklenburg, Western Pomerania
Adrian Zickermann († after 1580), Cammin, Pomerania
Hermann Raphael Rodensteen (around 1525 - 1583)
Heinrich Compenius the Elder (1525–1611), Eisleben
Hans Scherer the Elder (around 1525 - 1611), Northern Germany
Nicolaas Niehoff (around 1525-1604), Netherlands
Kaspar Sturm (around 1540 - after 1590), Bavaria, Austria
Timotheus Compenius († around 1607), Staffelstein (Upper Franconia)
Johann Lange (1543–1616), Kamenz
Joachim Zickermann (around 1550 - after 1605), Prussia
Marten de Mare († 1612), Groningen and Bremen
Nikolaus Maaß (around 1550 - 1615), Pomerania and Denmark
Adrian Zickermann the Elder J. (around 1555 - after 1624), Prussia
David Beck (before 1565 - after 1597), Halberstadt
Heinrich Compenius the Younger (around 1565 - 1631), Halle
Stephan Cuntz (around 1565 - after 1629), Nuremberg
Leopold Rotenburger (1568–1653), Salzburg
Hans Hummel (around 1570 - 1630), Nuremberg, then Krakow and Upper Hungary
Hans Scherer the Younger (1570/80 - after 1631), Northern Germany
Esaias Compenius the Elder (1572–1617), Wolfenbüttel
Antonius Wilde (before 1575 - 1618), Elbe-Weser triangle
Gottfried Fritzsche (1578–1638), Northern Germany
Marx Günzer (around 1579 - 1628), Augsburg
Andreas Butz (sp. 1580 / 90-1657), Württemberg, Bavaria, Tyrol, Salzburg
Johan Lorentz (around 1580 - 1650), Northern Germany and Denmark
Christoph Egedacher the Elder († 1661), southern Germany
Jacob Schedlich (1591–1669), Bohemia, Saxony
Paul Rotenburger (1598–1661), Salzburg
Joachim Kohl (1598–1676), Gottsbüren
Mathias Rotenburger (1600–1668), Salzburg
Friedrich Stellwagen (around 1600 - 1660), Northern Germany

17th century

1601-1650

Ludwig Compenius (1603–1671), Central Germany
Andreas Werner (around 1610 - 1662), Saxony, Brandenburg
Johann Werner (around 1610 - after 1660), Prussia
Georg Henrich Wagner (around 1610 - 1686), Hesse
Hans Wolff Schonat (1614 - around 1673), Netherlands
Johann Husband (around 1615 - 1670), Upper Swabia
Berendt Hus († 1676), uncle and teacher of Arp Schnitger
Daniel Herz (1618–1678), Tyrol
Sebastian Achamer (1623–1694), Southern Germany and Austria
Eugenio Casparini (1623–1706), Italy
Christoph Donat (1625–1706), Leipzig
Jost Friedrich Schäffer († after 1706), Hesse
Matthias Tretzscher (1626–1686), Kulmbach
Paul Prescher (1628–1695), Noerdlingen
Peter Herold († 1700), Apolda
Marx Ehinger (around 1630/35 - around 1706), Aitrang
Johann Balthasar Held († 1709), Lüneburg and Stettin
Michael Kanhäuser (1634–1701), Upper Palatinate, Bohemia
Tobias Dressel (1635–1717), Saxony
Johann Peter Geissel (* 1636), Worms
Johann König (1639–1691), Bavaria
Gottfried Richter (1640–1717), Saxony
David Kohl (1640–1737), Gottsbüren
Christoph Egedacher (1641–1706), Southern Germany and Salzburg
Johann Christoph Hart (1641–1719), Ostheim before the Rhön
Hinrich Klausing (1642 / 43–1720), Northwest Germany
Christoph Junge (1644–1687), Central Germany
Robert Clicquot (1645-1719), Northern France
Adam Öhninger (around 1646 - 1716), Fulda
Arp Schnitger (1648–1719), Northern Germany and the Netherlands
Joachim Kayser († 1720), East Friesland and Jeverland
Gregorius Struve († before 1737), Oldenburg and Bremen
Matthias Dropa (1650–1732), Northern Germany

1651-1700

Johann Georg Fux (1651–1738), Southern Germany
Andreas Schweimb (1654–1701), Einbeck, Lower Saxony
Johann Friedrich Wender (1655–1729), Thuringia
Johann Conrad Vogel (1656–1721), Amberg
Lothar Franz Walter (around 1656 - 1733), Austria
Johann Adam Brandenstein (1657–1726), Lower Franconia
Johann Jakob Dahm (1659–1727), Mainz
Georg Christoph Stertzing (1660–1717), Thuringia
Johann Friedrich Macrander (1661–1741), Frankfurt am Main
Georg Siegmund Leyser (1662–1708), Middle Franconia
Andreas Schöpf (around 1663–1734), Seßlach
Johann Josua Mosengel (1663–1731), Hanover, East Prussia
Valentin Ulrich Grotian (1663–1741), East Frisia
Elias Hößler (1663–1746), Upper Palatinate, Middle Franconia
Johann Jacob John (1665–1707), Westphalia
Christoph Gloger (1665–1773), Halberstadt
Johann Christoph Egedacher (1666–1747), Salzburg
Georg Wagner (around 1670 - around 1735), Hesse
Johann Georg Allgeyer the Elder Ä. (around 1670 - 1724), Aalen region
Johann Eberhard Dauphin (around 1670 - 1731), Hesse
Heinrich Herbst (around 1670–1740), Magdeburg
Johann Heinrich Gloger (around 1670/75 - 1732), Lower Saxony
Johann Nikolaus Schäfer (1671–1744), Hesse
Philipp Hillenbrand († 1744), Munich
Johann Georg Ehinger († 1744), Aitrang
Johann Anton Weise (1672–1750), Thuringia
Johann Christian Rindt (1672–1744), Hesse
Johann Jakob Späth (1672–1760), Regensburg
Christoph Treutmann (around 1673 - 1757), Magdeburg
Otto Diedrich Richborn (1674–1729)
Johann Scheibe (around 1675 - 1748), Saxony
Johann Ignaz Egedacher (1675–1744), Southern Germany
Caspar König (1675–1765), Bavaria
Rudolf Garrels (1675–1750), East Frisia, Netherlands
Adam Horatio Casparini (1676–1745), Breslau
Andreas Silbermann (1678–1734), Alsace and Switzerland
Heinrich Nicolaus Trebs (1678–1748), Thuringia
Christian Vater (1679–1756), Northern Germany
Leopold Spiegel (1680–1730), Prague, Bohemia
Johann Georg Fincke (1680–1749), Saalfeld
Nicolaus Seeber (1680–1739), Römhild
Jean Nollet (1681–1735), Luxembourg
Gerhard von Holy (1681–1736), East Frisia and Westphalia
Andreas Hildebrandt (1681 / 91–1762), Danzig
Erasmus Bielfeldt (1682–1753), Northern Germany
Johann Christian Dauphin (1682–1730), Central Germany
Johann Christoph Thielemann (1682–1755), Arnstadt court organ maker
Johann Georg Mitterreither († 1747), Styria
Daniel Mütze (1683–1741)
Johann Georg Schröter (1683–1747), Thuringia
Johann Michael Stumm (1683–1747), Sulzbach, Hunsrück
Gottfried Silbermann (1683–1753), Freiberg, Saxony
Balthasar König (1684–1756), Eifel
Johann Christoph Mocker († 1755)
Johannes Creutzburg (1686–1738), Eichsfeld, Thuringia
Philipp Franz Schleich (1686–1723), Upper Palatinate
Johann Friedrich Schäffer (* after 1685), Hesse
Michael Bach (1687–1772), Mechterstädt, Thuringia
Christian Klausing (1687–1764), Central Weser, Northwest Germany
Stephan Kohl (1687–1758), Gottsbüren
Johann Tobias Dressel (1687–1758), Saxony
Zacharias Hildebrandt (1688–1757), Saxony
Andreas Mitterreither (1688–1765), Styria, from 1724 Altötting
Augustin Simnacher (1688–1757), Southern Germany and Austria
Heinrich Gottlieb Herbst (1689 - after 1732), Magdeburg
Johann Christoph Wiegleb (1690–1749), Wilhermsdorf
Christian Müller (1690–1763), Netherlands
Johann Friedrich Constabel (1690–1762), East Frisia
Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer (1690–1757), Glückstadt
Joachim Wagner (1690–1749), Berlin, Brandenburg
Johann Conrad Schöpf (1692–1752), Seßlach
Johann Adam Berner (father) (1693 - approx. 1735), Osnabrück
Quirin Weber (1693–1751), Upper Bavaria
Georg Sigismund Caspari (1693–1741), Königsberg, Prussia
Franz Caspar Schnitger (1693–1729)
Johann Philipp Seuffert (1693–1780)
Gottfried Sonnholz (1695–1781), Vienna
Johann Rudolf Voit (1695–1786), Schweinfurt
Johann Konrad Brandenstein (1695–1757), Bavaria
Johann Berenhard Klausing († 1762), Northwest Germany
Franciscus Volckland (1696–1779), Thuringia
Johann Christian Dotzauer (1696–1773), Thuringia
Johann Franz Faßmann (1697 - after 1760), Bohemia, Upper Palatinate
Johann Jakob Bommer (1697–1775), Thurgau, St. Gallen
Johann Ernst Hähnel (1697–1777), Saxony
Johann Hencke (1697–1766), Vienna
Johann Georg Fischer (1697–1780), Freiburg i. Br.
Johann Patroclus Möller (1698–1772), Westphalia
Kaspar Mitterreither († 1779), Graz
Hieronymus Spiegel (1699–1779), Fridingen an der Donau, Rottenburg am Neckar, southwest Germany
Andreas Kayser (1699–1768), Pulsnitz
Johann (Hans) Conrad Wegmann (1699–1738) Switzerland, Darmstadt, Frankfurt am Main
Georg Friedrich Schmahl (1700–1773), Ulm, Swabia
Matthias Amoor († 1769), Netherlands

18th century

1701-1750

Tobias Schramm (1701–1771), Dresden
Johann Friedrich Syer (1701–1787), Hesse
Johann Christoph Hüsemann (1702 - after 1769), Duchy of Braunschweig
Heinrich Andreas Contius (1708 - 1795), Baltic States
Balthasar Freiwiß (also Freiwis, Freywis or Freiweis) (1710–1783), Southern Germany
Ignaz Franz Wörle , (1710–1778), Bozen, South Tyrol
Johann Andreas Silbermann (1712–1783), Alsace
Johann Georg Stein the Elder (1712–1785), Uelzen, Lüneburg
Gottlieb Scholtze (1713–1783), northeast Germany
Franz Jakob Späth (1714–1786), Regensburg
Adam Gottlob Casparini (1715–1788), Breslau and Königsberg
Johann Matthias Schreiber (1716–1771), Glückstadt
Johann Daniel Silbermann (1717–1766), Alsace
Johann Emanuel pork (1721–1771), Saxony
Johann Adam Schöpf (1723–1796), Seßlach
Johann Wilhelm Schöler (1723–1793), Bad Ems
Johann Michael Wagner (1723–1801), Thuringia
Johann Jacob Schramm (1724–1808), Saxony
Frans Casper Snitger (1724-1799), Netherlands
Johannes Schlottmann (1726–1795), Bad Hersfeld, Friedewald (Hesse)
Johann Wilhelm Schmerbach the Elder (1726–1789), Frieda, North Hesse, Eichsfeld, Thuringia
Johann Andreas Stein (1728–1792)
Dirk Lohman (1730-1814), Emden
Franz Xaver Christoph (around 1733 - 1793), Vienna, Lower Austria
(Philipp) Ernst Wegmann (1734–1778), Frankfurt am Main
Johann Matthäus Schmahl (1734–1793), Ulm, Swabia
Ferdinand Stieffel (1737-1818), Baden
Georg Markus Stein (1738–1794), Durlach
Johann Ferdinand Hüsemann (1743 - unknown), Duchy of Braunschweig
Josef Silberbauer († 1805), Znaim, South Moravia, Lower Austria
Johann Christian Friedrich Flemming (1745–1811), Saxony
Johann Friedrich Wenthin (1746–1805), East Frisia and the Netherlands
Georg Wilhelm Wilhelmy (1748–1806), Stade
Michael Stiehr (1750–1829), Alsace and Palatinate

1751-1800

François Callinet (1754-1820), Alsace
Johann Eberhard Walcker (1756–1843), Cannstatt
Johann Evangelist Schmidt (1757–1804), Wangen im Allgäu, Salzburg
Heinrich Hermann Freytag (1759–1811), Netherlands
Franz Joseph Wirth (1760–1819), Southern Germany
Jacob Courtain (around 1760-1825), Northwest Germany
Johann Wilhelm Schmerbach the Middle (1765–1831), Frieda, North Hesse, Eichsfeld, Thuringia
Johann Benedikt Ernst Wegmann (1765–1828), Frankfurt am Main
Johann Georg Fischer (1769–1850), Lower Austria
Gerhard Janssen Schmid (1770–1845), East Frisia and Oldenburger Land
Nikolaus Schuble (1770–1816), South Baden
Johann Christoph Schröther the Younger (1774–1859), Niederlausitz and Brandenburg
Johann Caspar Schlimbach (1777–1861), Bad Königshofen
Joachim Wenthin (1778–1857), Emsland and Tecklenburg
Johann Georg Wilhelm Wilhelmy (1781-1858), Stade
Johann Georg Schäfer (1785–1845) , Göppingen
Friedrich Wilhelm Wäldner (1785-1852), Halle (Saale)
Wilhelm Eilert Schmid (1791–1856), East Frisia
Christian Gottlob Steinmüller (1792–1864), Saxony
Wilhelm Lang (1794-1858), Berlin
Eberhard Friedrich Walcker (1794–1872), Ludwigsburg
Johann Wilhelm Schmerbach the Younger (1795–1872), Frieda , North Hesse, Thuringia
Johann Michael Schmidt (1798–1876), Schmiedefeld, Thuringia
Philipp Furtwängler (1800–1867), Elze near Hildesheim

19th century

Christian Gottlieb Friedrich Witte (1802–1873), Netherlands
Heinrich Schaper (1802-1884), Hildesheim
Karl Traugott Stöckel (1804–1881), Freiberg, Dippoldiswalde
Ferdinand Scheller (1807–1887), Celle
Ernst Balthasar Schlimbach (1807-1896), Würzburg
August Ferdinand Wäldner (1817–1905), Halle (Saale)
Kalscheuer siblings (1849 - after 1879), Nörvenich
Friedrich Specht (1808–1865), Amberg / Upper Palatinate
Karl Ernst Ludwig Weineck (1809–1884), Bayreuth, Northern Bavaria
Johann Heinrich Schäfer (1810–1887), Heilbronn
Carl Gottlieb Weigle (1810–1882), Southern Germany
Alois Schönach (1811–1899)
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811–1899), Paris, France
Julius Strobel (1814-1884), Frankenhausen
Friedrich Hermann Lütkemüller (1815–1897), Wittstock
Georg Friedrich Wagner (1818–1880), Upper Hesse
Johann Georg Förster (1818–1902), Hesse
Friedrich Ladegast (1818–1905), Weißenfels
Friedrich Wilhelm Winzer (1811–1886)
August von Werder (1819–1882), Göttingen and Northeim
Johann Hinrich Färber (1820–1888), Tönning, North Friesland
Nicolaus Schrickel (1820–1893) Eilenburg, Saxony
Henry Willis (1821-1901), London
Bernhard Speith (1822–1905), Rietberg
Brond de Grave Winter (1824-1892), East Frisia
Friedrich Gerhard Leichel (1824–1890), Düsseldorf, since 1886 Lochem, Netherlands
Adalbert Förtsch (1826 - around 1899), Thuringia
Johann Georg Schäfer (1826–1886) , Göppingen
Ehrenfried Leichel (1828–1905), Duisburg, then Arnheim, Netherlands
Christian Wendt (around 1830-1900), Aachen
Carl Eduard Schubert (1830–1900), Ore Mountains
Wilhelm Sauer (1831–1916), Frankfurt (Oder)
Johannes Strebel (1832–1909), Nuremberg et al
Franz Joseph Schorn (1834–1905) from Kuchenheim, Eifel
Karl Schäfer (1838–1922), Heilbronn
Guido Hermann Schäf (1840–1911), Saxony
August Schaper (1840–1920), Hildesheim
Josef Schlimbach , (1841–1914), Würzburg
Adrian Spamann (1843–1928), Lorraine, Saarland
Johann Martin Schmid (1847–1923), Oldenburger Land
Johann Lachmayr (1850–1915), Austria
Friedrich Weigle (father) (1850–1906)
Ernst Seifert (1855–1928), Cologne, Kevelaer
Willibald Siemann (1864–1932), Bavaria
Ernest Martin Skinner (1866-1960), USA
Franz Josef Swoboda (1870–1934), Austria
Alexander Schuke (1870–1933), Potsdam
Paul Faust (1872–1953), Barmen and Schwelm
Julius Schwarzbauer (1873 - after 1940), Mindelheim
Friedrich Weigle (son) (1882–1958)
P. Furtwängler & Hammer (1883–1937), Hanover
Magnus Schmid (1889–1964), Pemmering (Isen)
August Stöber (1897–1956), Hardheim