FrançoisDelangue(*1959)learnedhisskillsattheHaerpfer-Ermancompany.HehadhisowncompanyinAmanvillersfrom 1984-1994.HeworkedontheorganoftheChapelleNotre-Dame de l'hôpital du Val-de-grâce.HenryDidier(1861-1918)learnedhisskillsintheworkshopof hisfatherCharlesDidier(1831-1881),whohadbeenapprentice attheworkshopofMerklin.AfteraperiodintheCaribbean region,hereturnedtoFrancein1889andin1890hewas associatedwithMutin(MutinetCie)forashortperiod.Aftera successfulperiodduringtheyears1890-1900,hisworkshop steadilylostqualityandwork.HissonFrançoisDidier(1894-1939)triedtorecoverthefirm,buteventually,hehadtosellhis workshopin1930toJacquot(Rambervillers).Hebuilttheorgan of Saint-Joseph-des-carmes (1902)Jean-FrançoisDupont(*1952)learnedhisskillsatSabyand KlausBecker(Lübeck).Hestartedhisowncompanyin1981.It closed its doors in 2020.Amphithéâtre de la Cité de la musique (1995)PhilippeEmeriau(1950-2023),anorganbuilderfromAngevin, becameanorganbuilderjustbeforethe1980s.Heopenedhis workshopatRuedeBuffoninParis.Inagroupofseveral builders,heworkedontherestorationofthegreatorganof Notre-DamedeParisbetween1990and1996.Healsorestored (togetherwithYvesKoenig)theorganofSaint-Ignace(1998/2012).Inrecentyears,hehadsetuphisworkshopin Verrières-en-Anjou.FrobeniusOrgelbyggeriwasfoundedbyTheodorFrobenius (1885–1972)in1909.After1925,headoptedthestyleofthe OrganReformMovementandneo-classicaldesign.When Theodor'ssonsWaltherandErikjoinedthecompanyin1944, theybegantobuildorgansintheclassicaltradition,with mechanicalactionsandsliderwindchests.TheybuilttheorganofEglise Danoise ‘Frederikskirken’ (1955)Jean-BaptisteGadault(??-1845)andhissonCharles(1828-1883)wereorganbuildersactiveinParisinthemiddleofthe XIXthcentury.CharlesGadaultworkedontheorganofSt.Louis des Invalides in 1853.MichelGiroud(*1939)learnedhisskillsatthefirmof Schwenkedelandfoundedhisowncompanyin1976inBernin. In 2000, Jacques Nonnet (*1960, pupil of Formentelli) took over.MichelGiroudwaspartoftheteamwhichrestoredtheorganof Notre-Dame-de-Paris(1992)andherestoredtheSuretorganof Sainte Élisabeth (1999).CamilleGodefroidworkedattheCavaillé-Collcompanyas cabinetmakerbetween1876and1882.Hecreatedhisown companyandhissonB.joined.Theirworkshopwaslocatedin Paris.HebuilttheorganofChapelledesfrèreshospitaliersde Saint-Jean-de-Dieu (1903)PhilippeGuilmard(Paris),organistandformerorganbuilder. He modified the organ of St. Joseph des Epinettes.PhilippeHartmann(1928-2014)learnedhisskillsatthe GutschenritterandGonzalezfirms.Hehadhisowncompany duringtheyears1958-1969.Afterwards,hewaskworkingasa voiceratthefirmsofJeanDeloyeandHaerpfer.Hebuiltthe
choir organ of Saint-Séverin (1966). GeorgesHelbig(1903-??)wasanorganbuilderintheParisian region,activeduringtheyears1933-1960.Hewasforsometime therepresentativeinParisoftheJacquot-Lavergnefirm.He worked on the organ of Eglise Protestante Unie -Béthanie.JeanHermann(1906-1965)workedattheCavaillé-Collfirmand wastheirlastvoicer,until1959,whenthehousePleyelclosed theirorgandepartment.Afterthat,hecreatedhisownfirm.He wasinchargeofthemaintenanceoftheorganofNotre-Dame-de-ParisinthefiftiesoftheXXthcenturiesandtheworksonthis organ during the years 1959-1965. JanvandenHeuvel(Dordrecht,Netherlands)startedhisfirmin 1967.In1975,hisbrotherjoinedhim.Inadditiontotheorgan buildingprinciplesderivedfromDutchorganbuildingtraditions, bothJanandPeterwerefascinatedinnineteenthcenturyFrench organbuilding,culminatingintheconstructionofaninstrument inKatwijkin1983inspiredbythe19thcenturyFrenchorgan buildingart.In1985,theycompletelyrebuiltthefamousorgan intheSt.Eustacheandafterthat,theybuiltseveralotherlarge instrumentsinmajorEuropeancities(Geneva,London,Munich and in Stockholm) and New-York. Saint-Eustache (1980).BernardHurvy(*1958)learnedhisskillsattheHaerpferand Renaudfirms,andcreatedhisownfirmin1991.Hisactivities comprisebothhistoricalandmoderninstrumentsandall tractiontechniques.HeworkedontheorgansofSaint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Grenelle and Notre-Dame-de-Val-de-Grâce. JulesIsambartwasaformeremployeeoftheworkshopof Cavaillé-Coll,whostartedhisownfirmin1936withotherformer employeesoftheCavaillé-Collfirm,whichclosedattheendof thefiftiesoftheXXthcentury.Heworked,togehterwithanother formeremployeeoftheCavaillé-Collfirm(JeanPerroux),onthe organ of St. Dominique.ClaudeJaccard(bornin1956)completedhisapprenticeship from1973to1976atHartmannandDeloye(Jura),thenworked from1977to1983inFrance(Muno),Italy(Formentelli)and Germany(Mönch&Prachtel).Hecreatedhisowncompanyin 1984andensureswithhisteamtheconstruction,restoration andmaintenanceofpipeorgans,aswellastheproductionand marketingofstudyorgans,andtherestorationofhistorical modelsofharmoniums.HeworkedattheLutheranChurchof Saint-Pierre de la Villette.Jean-CharlesJonnet(1911-2008)wasapupilofPerrouxand Helbig. Chapelle de Notre Dame d'espérance (1972).DetlefKleuker(1822-1988)wasaGermanorganbuilder.His stylewaslooselybasedontheNorth-Germanbaroquestyle.The buffetswererathermodernandsharp,whilethestoplistswere prettytraditional.In1986,SiegfriedBäunetookover managementofthefirm,whichwasclosedin1992.Eglise Protestante Allemande (1963)DominiqueLalmand(*1954)workedatHartmann,Jaccardand Quoirinandstartedhisownfirmin1986.Hisactivitiescomprise therestorationandconstructionoforgans.Heworkedonthe organ of St. Séverin.next
FrançoisDelangue(*1959)learnedhisskillsattheHaerpfer-Ermancompany.HehadhisowncompanyinAmanvillersfrom 1984-1994.HeworkedontheorganoftheChapelleNotre-Damede l'hôpital du Val-de-grâce.HenryDidier(1861-1918)learnedhisskillsattheworkshopofhis fatherCharlesDidier(1831-1881),whohadbeenapprenticeatthe workshopofMerklin.AfteraperiodintheCaribbeanregion,he returnedtoFrancein1889andin1890hebecameassociatedwith Mutin(MutinetCie)forashortperiod.Afterasuccessfulperiod duringtheyears1890-1900,hisworkshopsteadilylostqualityand work.HissonFrançoisDidier(1894-1939)triedtorecoverthefirm, buteventually,hehadtosellhisworkshopin1930toJacquot (Rambervillers).HebuiltheorganofSaint-Joseph-des-carmes (1902).Jean-FrançoisDupont(*1952)learnedhisskillsatSabyandKlaus Becker(Lübeck).Hestartedhisowncompanyin1981.Itclosedits doors in 2020.Amphithéâtre de la Cité de la musique (1995)PhilippeEmeriau(1950-2023),anorganbuilderfromAngevin, becameanorganbuilderjustbeforethe1980s.Heopenedhis workshopatRuedeBuffoninParis.Inagroupofseveralbuilders, heworkedontherestorationofthegreatorganofNotre-Damede Parisbetween1990and1996.Inrecentyears,hehadsetuphis workshop in Verrières-en-Anjou.FrobeniusOrgelbyggeriwasfoundedbyTheodorFrobenius (1885–1972)in1909.After1925,headoptedthestyleoftheOrgan ReformMovementandtheneo-classicaldesign.WhenTheodor's sonsWaltherandErikjoinedthecompanyin1944,theybeganto buildorgansintheclassicaltradition,withmechanicalactionsand sliderwindchests.TheybuilttheorganofEglise Danoise ‘Frederikskirken’ (1955).Jean-BaptisteGadault(??-1845)andhissonCharles(1828-1883) wereorganbuildersactiveinParisinthemiddleoftheXIXth century.CharlesGadaultworkedontheorganofSt.Louisdes Invalides in 1853.MichelGiroud(*1939)learnedhisskillsatthefirmofSchwenkedel andfoundedhisowncompanyin1976inBernin.In2000,Jacques Nonnet (*1960, pupil of Formentelli) took over.MichelGiroudwaspartoftheteamwhichrestoredtheorganof Notre-Dame-de-Paris(1992)andherestoredtheSuretorganof Sainte Élisabeth (1999).CamilleGodefroidworkedattheCavaillé-Collcompanyascabinet makerbetween1876and1882.Hecreatedhisowncompanyand hissonB.joined.TheirworkshopwaslocatedinParis.Theubuilt theorganofChapelledesfrèreshospitaliersdeSaint-Jean-de-Dieu (1903).PhilippeGuilmard(Paris),organistandformerorganbuilder.He modified the organ of St. Joseph des Epinettes.PhilippeHartmann(1928-2014)learnedhisskillsatthe GutschenritterandGonzalezfirms.Hehadhisowncompany duringtheyears1958-1969.Afterwards,hewasworkingasavoicer atthefirmsofJeanDeloyeandHaerpfer.Hebuiltthechoirorgan of Saint-Séverin (1966). GeorgesHelbig(1903-??)wasanorganbuilderintheParisian region,activeduringtheyears1933-1960.Hewasforsometime therepresentativeinParisoftheJacquot-Lavergnefirm.Heworked on the organ of Eglise Protestante Unie -Béthanie.JeanHermann(1906-1965)workedattheCavaillé-Collfirmand wastheirlastvoicer,until1959,whenthehousePleyelclosedtheir organdepartment.Afterthat,hecreatedhisownfirm.Hewasin chargeofthemaintenanceoftheorganofNotre-Dame-de-Parisin thefiftiesoftheXXthcenturyandtheworksonthisorganduring the years 1959-1965. JanvandenHeuvel(Dordrecht,Netherlands)startedhisfirmin 1967.In1975,hisbrotherjoinedhim.Inadditiontotheorgan buildingprinciplesderivedfromDutchorganbuildingtraditions, bothJanandPeterwerefascinatedinnineteenthcenturyFrench organbuilding,culminatingintheconstructionofaninstrumentin Katwijkin1983inspiredbythe19thcenturyFrenchorganbuilding art.In1985,theycompletelyrebuiltthefamousorganintheSt. Eustacheandafterthat,theybuiltseveralotherlargeinstruments inmajorEuropeancities(Geneva,London,Munichandin Stockholm) and New-York. Saint-Eustache (1980).BernardHurvy(*1958)learnedhisskillsattheHaerpferand Renaudfirms,andcreatedhisownfirmin1991.Hisactivities comprisebothhistoricalandmoderninstrumentsandalltraction techniques.HeworkedontheorgansofSaint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Grenelle and Notre-Dame-de-Val-de-Grâce. JulesIsambartwasaformeremployeeoftheworkshopof Cavaillé-Coll,whostartedhisownfirmin1936withotherformer employeesoftheCavaillé-Collfirm,whichclosedattheendofthe fiftiesoftheXXthcentury.Heworked,togehterwithanother formeremployeeoftheCavaillé-Collfirm(JeanPerroux),onthe organ of St. Dominique.ClaudeJaccard(bornin1956)completedhisapprenticeshipfrom 1973to1976atHartmannandDeloye(Jura),thenworkedfrom 1977to1983inFrance(Muno),Italy(Formentelli)andGermany (Mönch&Prachtel).Hecreatedhisowncompanyin1984and ensureswithhisteamtheconstruction,restorationand maintenanceofpipeorgans,aswellastheproductionand marketingofstudyorgans,andtherestorationofhistoricalmodels ofharmoniums.HeworkedattheLutheranChurchofSaint-Pierre de la Villette.Jean-CharlesJonnet(1911-2008)wasapupilofPerrouxand Helbig. Chapelle de Notre Dame d'espérance (1972).DetlefKleuker(1822-1988)wasaGermanorganbuilder.Hisstyle waslooselybasedontheNorth-Germanbaroquestyle.Thebuffets wererathermodernandsharp,whilethestoplistswerepretty traditional.In1986,SiegfriedBäunetookovermanagementofthe firm, which was closed in 1992. Eglise Protestante Allemande (1963)DominiqueLalmand(*1954)workedatHartmann,Jaccardand Quoirinandstartedhisownfirmin1986.Hisactivitiescomprise therestorationandconstructionoforgans.Heworkedonthe organ of St. Séverin.next