JeanClaudeAlcouffe(1935-?);hewasapupilofJeanJonnetand hadhisownworkshopfrom1983-1995.EgliseProtestanteUnie Port-RoyalQuartierLatin-TempledePort-Royal(1977).Thereisalso Jean-ClaudeAlcouffe,collaboratorofJeanJonet,whotookoverthe company in the 80s, then stopped in the 2000s.PaulAnneessens(1917-1976).TheBelgianfamilyAnneessenswas almostacenturyandahalfactiveasorganbuilder(1830-1976). PaulIIAnneessens(1971-1976)wasthefourthgeneration.In1948, hetookoverthecompany.Afterhissuddendeathin1976,thefirm was taken over by the family Andriessen. Chapelle de Franciscains Missionaires de Marie (1975)LouisBéassewasanemployeeofCavaillé-Coll(hisfatherModeste workedalsoatCavaillé-Coll)andfoundedhisownfirminthe beginningofXXthcentury.HeworkedontheorganofSt.Andréde l’Europe. RudolfvonBeckerath(1907-1976)wasaGermanorganbuilder, whowasfirstapprenticeattheworkshopofVictorGonzalezand hisassociatefrom1931-1935.Bythe1950sand1960s,Beckerath's ownfirmbecameoneoftheleadersoftheOrganReform MovementinNorthAmericaandNorthernEurope.Thefirmstill exists nowadays. Eglise Américaine (1988).LouisBenoist(1931-2022)andPierreSarelot(1930-2010)were organbuildersinMans(Laigné-en-Belin)from1968-1995andwere doingmainlyrestorationworks.Theyworkedontheorganofthe ChapelledespèresFranciscainsandtheEglisedeL'immaculée conception.ThefirmwastakenoverbyJean-PierreConan(*1952) and closed in 2010. PierreSarelot'sson,Charles-EmmanuelSarelot,organbuilderand harmonist,trainedintheBenoist/Sarélotworkshop,ismanaging directoroftheManufactureLanguedociennedeGrandesOrgues since 1998.DanielBirouste(*1956)wasapprenticeofAlfredandDanielKern andcreatedhisownfirmin1979.HeworksbothinSpainandin France.Heisspecializedinrestorationsoforgansbuiltinthe secondhalfoftheXIXthcenturyandthebeginningoftheXXth century.InParis,hebuiltabig,neworganatSaint-Pierre-de-Chaillot(1993)andworkedontheorgansofNotre-Dame-de-la-Croix and Saint-Odile.AntoineBois(*1953),wholearnedhisskillsfromhisfather (Georges,1912-2000)andAlainSals,becameheadofthefirmin 1980(till2014),whichhisgrand-father(Mathias,1883-1955)started in1929.Hisactivitiescomprisetherestorationofhistorical instrumentandtheconstructionofnew,mechanicalinstruments. HebuilttheorgansofNotre-DamedeLourdes(1993)andNotre-Dame du Lys (1994).JeanBourgarel(*1933)wasapprenticeattheworkshopofVictor Gonzalesfrom1953till1960.In1962,hestartedhisowncompany inbMoissey,incollaborationwithPhilippeHartmann(1928-2014). Thefirmclosedin1998.HeworkedontheorganofTemplede Pentemont (1967). HubertBrayé(*1965)learendhisskliisatthefirmofGuérrier.He createdhisfirmin2000.Hisactivitiescompriserestorationand/or (re)constructionofinstrumentsofdifferentstylesandtraction (mechanicalorpneumatical).HeworkedattheorganofNotre-Dame-de-la-Croix (2010). PierreChéron(1914-1999)startedafirmin1945afterhelearned hisskillsattheworkshopofVictorGonzalez.In1963,heclosedhis firm(hispupilandstepsonYvesSévèrecontinuedthefirmthough) tobecomeaself-employedartisan.Headoptedan‘archeological’ approachwithoutanyconcessionsfortherestorationofhistorical instruments. Saint-François-Xavier - orgue de la chapelle de la Sainte-vierge (1955)PatrickCollon(*1942)learnedhisskillsinAustriaandGermany.In 1966,hefoundedhisownfirminBrussels.From1980onwards,the name of his firm is Manufacture d'Orgues de Bruxelles.Saint-George's Anglican Church (1980)EdmondCosta(1910-1993)learnedhisskillsattheCavaillé-Coll andConversfirms.HestartedhisownfirmwithLouisDuvalin 1938andworkedoftenwith/fortheGonzalez-firm;thelatterfirm tookoverhisbusinessin1972.HeworkedontheorganofSaint-Joseph-des-Nations.next
JeanClaudeAlcouffe(1935-?);hewasapupilofJeanJonnetand hadhisownworkshopfrom1983-1995.EgliseProtestanteUnie Port-RoyalQuartierLatin-TempledePort-Royal(1977).Thereisalso Jean-ClaudeAlcouffe,collaboratorofJeanJonet,whotookoverthe company in the 80s, then stopped in the 2000s.PaulAnneessens(1917-1976).TheBelgianfamilyAnneessenswas almostacenturyandahalfactiveasorganbuilder(1830-1976). PaulIIAnneessens(1971-1976)wasthefourthgeneration.In1948, hetookoverthecompany.Afterhissuddendeathin1976,thefirm was taken over by the family Andriessen. Chapelle de Franciscains Missionaires de Marie (1975)LouisBéassewasanemployeeofCavaillé-Coll(hisfatherModeste workedalsoatCavaillé-Coll)andfoundedhisownfirminthe beginningofXXthcentury.HeworkedontheorganofSt.Andréde l’Europe. RudolfvonBeckerath(1907-1976)wasaGermanorganbuilder, whowasfirstapprenticeattheworkshopofVictorGonzalezand hisassociatefrom1931-1935.Bythe1950sand1960s,Beckerath's ownfirmbecameoneoftheleadersoftheOrganReform MovementinNorthAmericaandNorthernEurope.Thefirmstill exists nowadays. Eglise Américaine (1988).LouisBenoist(1931-2022)andPierreSarelot(1930-2010)were organbuildersinMans(Laigné-en-Belin)from1968-1995andwere doingmainlyrestorationworks.Theyworkedontheorganofthe ChapelledespèresFranciscainsandtheEglisedeL'immaculée conception.ThefirmwastakenoverbyJean-PierreConan(*1952) and closed in 2010. PierreSarelot'sson,Charles-EmmanuelSarelot,organbuilderand harmonist,trainedintheBenoist/Sarélotworkshop,ismanaging directoroftheManufactureLanguedociennedeGrandesOrgues since 1998.DanielBirouste(*1956)wasapprenticeofAlfredandDanielKern andcreatedhisownfirmin1979.HeworksbothinSpainandin France.Heisspecializedinrestorationsoforgansbuiltinthe secondhalfoftheXIXthcenturyandthebeginningoftheXXth century.InParis,hebuiltabig,neworganatSaint-Pierre-de-Chaillot(1993)andworkedontheorgansofNotre-Dame-de-la-Croix and Saint-Odile.AntoineBois(*1953),wholearnedhisskillsfromhisfather (Georges,1912-2000)andAlainSals,becameheadofthefirmin 1980(till2014),whichhisgrand-father(Mathias,1883-1955)started in1929.Hisactivitiescomprisetherestorationofhistorical instrumentandtheconstructionofnew,mechanicalinstruments. HebuilttheorgansofNotre-DamedeLourdes(1993)andNotre-Dame du Lys (1994).JeanBourgarel(*1933)wasapprenticeattheworkshopofVictor Gonzalesfrom1953till1960.In1962,hestartedhisowncompany inbMoissey,incollaborationwithPhilippeHartmann(1928-2014). Thefirmclosedin1998.HeworkedontheorganofTemplede Pentemont (1967). HubertBrayé(*1965)learendhisskliisatthefirmofGuérrier.He createdhisfirmin2000.Hisactivitiescompriserestorationand/or (re)constructionofinstrumentsofdifferentstylesandtraction (mechanicalorpneumatical).HeworkedattheorganofNotre-Dame-de-la-Croix (2010). PierreChéron(1914-1999)startedafirmin1945afterhelearned hisskillsattheworkshopofVictorGonzalez.In1963,heclosedhis firm(hispupilandstepsonYvesSévèrecontinuedthefirmthough) tobecomeaself-employedartisan.Headoptedan‘archeological’ approachwithoutanyconcessionsfortherestorationofhistorical instruments. Saint-François-Xavier - orgue de la chapelle de la Sainte-vierge (1955)PatrickCollon(*1942)learnedhisskillsinAustriaandGermany.In 1966,hefoundedhisownfirminBrussels.From1980onwards,the name of his firm is Manufacture d'Orgues de Bruxelles.Saint-George's Anglican Church (1980)EdmondCosta(1910-1993)learnedhisskillsattheCavaillé-Coll andConversfirms.HestartedhisownfirmwithLouisDuvalin 1938andworkedoftenwith/fortheGonzalez-firm;thelatterfirm tookoverhisbusinessin1972.HeworkedontheorganofSaint-Joseph-des-Nations.next