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This is a list of notable pipe organ builders.

Australia

  • William Anderson (1832–1921)
  • Australian Pipe Organs Pty Ltd
  • Robert Cecil Clifton (1854–1931)
  • William Davidson
  • J. E. Dodd & Sons Gunstar Organ Works
  • Fincham & Hobday
  • Geo. Fincham & Son
  • Alfred Fuller (1845–1923)
  • Hargraves Pipe Organs Pty Ltd
  • William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd (Australian subsidiary)
  • Peter D. G. Jewkes Pty Ltd
  • Johnson & Kinloch
  • Samuel Joscelyne
  • Carl Krüger (1802–1871)
  • Ernst Ladegast (1853–1937)
  • F. J. Larner & Co.
  • Laurie Pipe Organs
  • C. W. Leggo
  • Daniel Heinrich Lemke (c. 1832–1897)
  • Samuel Marshall
  • Joseph Massey (1854–1943)
  • James Moyle
  • Pierce Pipe Organs
  • Pipe Organs Victoria Pty. Ltd.
  • Pitchford & Garside
  • Roger Pogson
  • Charles Richardson (1847–1926)
  • William Leopold Roberts (died 1971), built "Memorial Organ" (1924–1961) for St Andrew's Church, Brighton
  • Ronald Sharp (1929–2021)
  • Knud Smenge
  • Frederick Taylor
  • Wakeley Pipe Organs Pty Ltd

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Cuba

  • Hermanos Cuayo (Fábricantes de Órganos, Holguin)

Czech Republic

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

France

Germany

Hungary

Ireland

  • Trevor Crowe
  • Kenneth Jones and Associates (1979–present) – Kilcoole, County Wicklow
  • Neiland & Creane Organ Builders (1990–present) – Wexford

Italy

The Netherlands

  • Bätz, Utrecht (1709–1770)
  • De Gebroeders Adema, Hillegom
  • Duyschot, Holland
  • Flentrop, Zaandam
  • Hendrik Niehoff (1495–1561)
  • J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw, Dordrecht
  • Rodensteen family (also given as Raphaëlis, Rottstein, and Rottenstein-Pock), 15th century Dutch family of organ builders
  • Pels & van Leeuwen, Rosmalen
  • Reil, Heerde
  • Van Dam, Leeuwarden
  • Van Deventer, Gendt
  • Van Vulpen, Utrecht
  • Witte, Utrecht

New Zealand

Poland

  • Cepka Marek
  • Drozdowicz Jan
  • Jakubowski Mirosław
  • Kamińscy
  • Mollin Zdzisław
  • Nawrot Marian
  • Olejnik Adam
  • Śliwiński Jan (finished)
  • Truszczyński Włodzimierz (finished)
  • Zych – Zakłady Organowe (the biggest Polish organbuilder)

Portugal

Slovenia

South Africa

  • R Muller – Potchestroom
  • van Schalkwyk Organ Builders – Cape Town & Surrounding areas
  • SAOB (South African Organ Builders / Suid Afrikaanse Orrel Bouers) – Pretoria (Now Defunct)
  • Cooper Gill & Tomkins – Cape Town
  • Pekelharing Organ Building – Port Elizabeth
  • Protea Orrelbouers – Brandfort
  • Jan Zielman Orrelbouers – Pretoria
  • Pyporrels (Werner Hurter) – Pretoria

Spain

  • Blancafort, OM.
  • Gerhard Grenzing
  • Lope Alberdi Ricalde (1869–1948)
  • Federico Acitores, Acitores Organería y Arte S.L.
  • Jordi Bosch

Switzerland

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Turkey

  • Istanbul Pipe Organ Team (?-present) – Istanbul

United Kingdom

Current (post-2016)

Defunct

United States

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