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
See also
- List of organ builders (alphabetical)
- Lists of organs
- List of organists