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Bedient Pipe Organ Company, Lincoln, Nebraska [129] Bigelow & Company, American Fork, Utah [130] Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, LLC Champaign, IL (1985–) [131] GM Buck Pipe Organs, [132] Grand Rapids, Michigan; John Brombaugh & Associates, Eugene, Oregon; Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Lake City, Iowa; E. and G. G. Hook & Hastings, Boston ...
The organ needed to sing, in his opinion, and it should entice others to sing as well. This approach to organ sound differed from many other builders who were more interested in building replicas of historic instruments at the expense of practicality. During this time Hofmann was the undisputed leader in organ building in Texas.
Xaver Wilhelmy immigrated to the United States in 1994 where he joined Taylor & Boody Organ Builders in Staunton, Virginia as Pipe Shop Supervisor. [10] [11] Currently, Wilhelmy is the Pipe Organ Designer, Consultant, and Educator at Geshenke Aus Glas of Staunton, Virginia, a company that specializes in glass organ pipes. [12]
Nov. 12—RANTOUL — A longtime Champaign business led by a world-renowned organ builder could be moving to Rantoul in 2025 with the help of a couple incentives from the village. The Rantoul ...
Henry Niemann (April 27, 1838 – October 26, 1899) was a German-born pipe organ builder, who spent most of his career in Baltimore, Maryland.Of all the Baltimore organ builders, Niemann produced the most extant organs, some still in very good condition and retaining the tonal essence of his work.
C. B. Fisk was originally named Andover Organ Company and was founded in 1948 by Thomas W. Byers. Fisk partnered with Byers some years later. [3] Like Fisk, Byers was an organ builder that preferred manual organs over electric ones. [4] In 1958, Fisk became the full owner after buying out Byers's ownership interest. [4]
Along with building new instruments and restorations, Quimby Pipe Organs maintains and tunes instruments in the Midwest and across the country. Quimby Pipe Organs is a member firm of APOBA, the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, and co-sponsors the American Guild of Organists' biannual Regional Competitions for Young Organists.
George Donald Harrison (G. Donald Harrison) (April 21, 1889 – June 14, 1956) was responsible for the design of some of the finest and largest pipe organs in the United States. Born in Huddersfield, England, he first worked as a patent attorney in 1914 but after military service he began to pursue an interest in pipe organ building, working ...