List of pipe organ builders

Current (post-2016)

• Balfour-Rowley Ltd. Organ Builders (2016–present) – Worksop
• Benson George Bristol 1881- 1911 built Organs in primitive methodist churches around the city - mainly demolished. Appears in Arrowsmith Directory of Bristol 1906.^{[citation needed]}
• Bishop & Sons (1795–present) – London and Ipswich
• W & A Boggis (1932–present) – Roydon, South Norfolk
• F. Booth & Son Ltd. (1951–present) – Stanningley, West Yorkshire
• Bower & Company (1972–present) – Wroxham, Norfolk
• F. H. Browne & Sons (1870–present) – Canterbury, Kent.
  • From 1 October 2020 the company trades under the name of Mander Organs.
• A. J. Carter Organ Builder Ltd. (1984–present) – Stanley, West Yorkshire
• Clevedon Organ group (Clevedon Organs (UK) Ltd & Clevedon Pipe Organ Services, incorporating Daniel & Co Ltd (Clevedon) and Cawston Organs Ltd.)
• Vincent Coggin Organ Builder (c.1980–present) – Terrington St Clement, Norfolk
• Cooper & Co. Organ Builders (2011–present) – Ryde
• Cousans Organs (1877–present) – formerly Lincoln now Leicester
• Percy Daniel & Co (c.1919–present) – Clevedon
• Dean Organ Builders (1970–present) (Bristol, England)
• William Drake (1974–present) – Buckfastleigh, Devon
• Duplex Pipe Organ and Blower Company (2001–present) – Farnham, Surrey
• Forth Pipe Organs Limited (2002–present) – Rosyth, Fife
• Lance Foy Organs (?-present) – Truro, Cornwall
• Martin Goetze and Dominic Gwynn Ltd (1980–present) – formerly Northampton, now Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
• Henry Groves & Son Ltd (1957–present) – Nottingham
• Norman Hall & Sons (c.1969–present) – Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
• Harrison and Harrison Ltd (1861–present) – Durham, County Durham
• Holmes and Swift Organ Builders (c.1979–present) – Fakenham, Norfolk
• Charles James Organs (2004–present) – Ashwell, Rutland
• Jardine Organ Builders, (1846–present) – Stretford, Manchester^{[citation needed]}
• Jennings Organs (1989–present) – Cranham Chase, Dorset
• E. J. Johnson & Son (Cambridge) Ltd. (c.1955–present) – Snetterton, Norfolk
• Peter Jones Organ Builder (1979–present) – St John's, Isle of Man
• Lammermuir Pipe Organs (1983–present) – Oldhamstocks, East Lothian
• Jonathan Lane & Associates Ltd. (2006–present) – Epsom, Surrey
• Michael Macdonald Organ Builder (1975–present) – Simshill, Glasgow
• Midland Organ, Hele & Co. Ltd (1860–present) – Burton Lazars, Leicestershire
• T. R. Moore Ltd (2017–present) – Nottingham
• Nicholson & Co (Worcester) Ltd (1841–present) – Malvern, Worcestershire
• Gary Owens Organ Builders (2001–present) – Pontypool
• Pennine Organ Services (?-present) – Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
• Pipe Organ Preservation Co. (1999–present) – Belfast
• Pipe Organ Services Ltd. (c.1985–present)- formerly Salisbury, and since 1996 Saxby, Melton Mowbray.
• Positive Organ Company Ltd (2020–present) – Brackley, Northamptonshire
• Principal Pipe Organs (1983–present) – York, North Yorkshire
• D. Roberts Organ Builders Ltd (2003–present) – Seaham Harbour, Durham
• Sheppard & Cross Pipe Organ Services Ltd (2017–present) – Uckfield, Sussex
• B. C. Shepherd & Sons Organ Builders (1927–present) – Edgware
• David Shuker | At the Sign of the Pipe (2009–present) – Birling, Kent
• George Sixsmith & Son Ltd. (1955–present) – Mossley, Greater Manchester
• Soundcraft Pipe Organ Company (2016–present) – Northampton, Northamptonshire
• Peter Spencer Ltd (1997–present) – Bubbenhall, Warwickshire
• J. M. Spink (c.1970–present) – Leeds, West Yorkshire
• The Village Workshop (c.1994–present) – Finchingfield
• J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd (1828–present) – Brandon, Suffolk
• David Wells Organ Builders Ltd (1981–present) – Liverpool
• Wells-Kennedy Partnership (1966–present) – Lisburn
• Henry Willis & Sons Ltd; (1845–present) – variously, London, Petersfield and Liverpool
• Wood Pipe Organ Builders (1966–present) – Huddersfield

Defunct

• Abbott and Smith (1869–1964) – Leeds
• Arnold Moseley (1856 -1939) Wolverhampton. Mainly Congregational Chapels in the area.^{[citation needed]}
• Cedric Arnold (1927-1961) - Chelmsford then Thaxted
• Cedric Arnold, Williamson & Hyatt (1961-1973) - Thaxted
• Theodore Charles Bates and Sons (c. 1812–c. 1864) – Ludgate Hill, London
• G. Bedwell & Son (1871–1946) – Cambridge
• Henry Bevington (1794–?) – London
• James Jepson Binns – Leeds, Yorkshire
• Bishop & Starr - London
• Blackett & Howden (c.1890-1970)^{[citation needed]}
• Richard Bridge (?–before 1766) – London
• Brindley & Foster (1871–1939) – Sheffield, Yorkshire
• Cambridge Organ Company (?–?)
• Kenneth Canter (Thurston, Suffolk)
• Messrs Casey & Cairney (?–c.1971?) – Glasgow
• Casson's Patent Organ Co Ltd. (1887–95), thereafter trading as Mitchell and Thynne.- Denbigh and London.
• Nigel Church Organs Ltd. (1971–1997) – Stamfordham, Northumberland
• A. J. Claypole (1914–1936) – located on Narrow St. Peterborough
• James Cole [a.k.a. James Cole & Son, Cole & Duckworth, Jas. Y. Duckworth (Late Cole & Son)] (fl.1855–88) – Manchester
• Peter Collins (1964–2017) – Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
• John Compton (1865–1957)
• Conacher and Co. (1854–1986) – Huddersfield
• David Coram (?–2019) – Fordingbridge, Hampshire
• Martin Cross Organ Builder (1969–2017) – Stifford, near Grays, Essex
• Thomas Dallam (159? - 167?) and his sons, Robert, Ralph and George - London.^{[citation needed]}
• Degens & Rippin Ltd (1960–64) – London
• Driver & Haigh (1882 -1969) – Bradford^{[citation needed]}
• East Midlands Organ Company (?–?)
• Thomas Elliott (1790–1825) – London
• Elliott and Hill (1825–32) – London^{[citation needed]}
• Forster and Andrews (1845–1956) – variously Hull, London, York
• August Gern (1866–1938) – London
• S. E. Gilks (?1950–?1976) – Peterborough
• Gray & Davison (1841–1973) – London
• Grant, Degens & Rippin (1964–66) – London
• Grant, Degens & Bradbeer (1967–1981) – London, then Northampton
• J Halmshaw & Sons (1842–1913) – Dewsbury, Yorkshire (to 1849), Birmingham, Warwickshire (1849-1913). Merged with Ebrall in 1913, when Joseph William Halmshaw (1868-1941) was listed as Manager. He was listed as Retired Organ Builder in the 1939 registration.
• Renatus Harris (son of Thomas Harris and father of John Harris) (c. 1652–1724)
• William Hedgeland (1851-c.1891; merged with Bishop & Sons) – Paddington, London
• Hele & Co (1865–2017) – Truro, then Plymouth
• William Hill & Sons Ltd (1832–1916) – London
• William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd. (1916–98) – London
• Robert Hope-Jones (1851–1914)
• A. Hunter & Son (1856–1937) – Clapham
• R. Huntingford (?- early c20) – location unknown^{[citation needed]}
• Kenneth James and Sons Ltd (c.1970–90) – location unknown.
• T. S. Jones (?-?) – London^{[citation needed]}
• Ernest Lifford & Co. (1914–1940) – Yeovil
• Henry Cephas Lincoln (fl. 1810–55) – London
• John Lincoln (fl.1789–1820) – London
• Lewis & Co (1860–1919) – Brixton, London Borough of Lambeth
• Charles Lloyd – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
• C. F. Lloyd (son of Charles Lloyd) – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
• Longstaff & Jones (c.1970-c.2009) – Telford, West Midlands.
• John Loosemore (1616–1681) – Devon
• W.C. Mack (fl. 1854-99) – Great Yarmouth.
• Mander Organs Ltd (1936–2020) – London.
  • In July 2020 the company went into liquidation. The company name and intellectual property were acquired by F. H. Browne and Sons Ltd (of Canterbury) with that firm trading as Mander Organs from 1 October 2020.
• J. E. Minns (1879–1895) – Taunton. Company purchased by George Osmond.
• Norman and Beard Ltd (1870–1916) – London
• Geo. Osmond & Co. (1895–1988) – Taunton. Succeeded J. E. Minns and traded under that name until 1908.^{[citation needed]}
• Albert E. Pease (1890–1909) – Stoke Newington, London
• The Positive Organ Company Ltd. (1898–1941) – London.
• Roger Pulham (fl. 1970–2010) – Woodbridge, Suffolk.
• Rushworth and Dreaper – Liverpool, Merseyside
• Bernard Schmidt ("Father Smith") (c. 1630–1708)
• George Sherborne (c.1800–1862) – Bath^{[citation needed]}
• John Snetzler (fl. 1741–1781) – London
• A.E. & F. A. Still (?-?) – location?
• Thomas Swarbrick (fl. 1705/6-c.1753) – London then Warwick
• William Sweetland (fl. 1849–c.1900) – Bath, Somerset; thereafter Sweetland Organ Building Co. Ltd.
• Kenneth Tickell & Company (1982–2020) – Wellingborough.
• Trevor Tipple (fl. 1978–2015) – Worcester.
• H. S. Vincent & Co. – Sunderland^{[citation needed]}
• W. G. Vowles (1856–1958) – Bristol
• Andrew Watt & Son (?-1965) – Glasgow
• Peter Wells Organ Builders (1974–2015) – Cranbrook, Kent^{[citation needed]}
• Williamson & Hyatt (1950-1961) - Trunch
• Samuel Wort (fl. 1916–38) – 1/. Holloway, 2/. Camden Town, London.
• E. Wragg & Son (1894–1969) – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
• Alexander Young & Sons (1872–1927) – Manchester

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