Thisfirmwasfoundedin1893byEdmondAlexandreRoethinger (1866-1953)andhisfatherSigismund(1837-1926).Althoughbornin Strasburg,EdmondAlexandreRoethingerowednothingtothe traditionoftheAlsacianorgan,sincehehadbeenfullytrainedin German workshops (Heinrich Koulen and Franz Borgias Mœrz). Itisprobablytheinterwarperiodwhichwasthemostactiveperiod ofthisfirm,withnewopportunitiesattheFrenchmarket.Thefirm becamethemainbusinessoforganbuildinginAlsaceafterthe bankruptcyofJosephRinckenbachin1929.Inthisperiodmanyof theorganbuilderswhichwouldbecamefamousasrepresentatives oftheAlsacianorganbuildingtradition(GeorgesSchwenkedel, ErnestMühleisen,AlfredKernandJean-GeorgesKoenig),passedor were trained in the workshops of Roethinger. In1945,thesonMaxJosephAlexandreRoethinger(1897-1981) tookover,followedbyhisgrandsonAndréEdmondRoethinger (1928-2008).Thisperiodofactivityofthecompanyafterthesecond worldwarwasverysuccessfultoo:manyneworganswerebuiltina neo-classicalandlaterneobaroquestyle.Thefirmcloseditsdoors in 1969.
Thisfirmwasfoundedin1893byEdmondAlexandreRoethinger (1866-1953)andhisfatherSigismund(1837-1926).Althoughbornin Strasburg,EdmondAlexandreRoethingerowednothingtothe traditionoftheAlsacianorgan,sincehehadbeenfullytrainedin German workshops (Heinrich Koulen and Franz Borgias Mœrz). Itisprobablytheinterwarperiodwhichwasthemostactiveperiod ofthisfirm,withnewopportunitiesattheFrenchmarket.Thefirm becamethemainbusinessoforganbuildinginAlsaceafterthe bankruptcyofJosephRinckenbachin1929.Inthisperiodmanyof theorganbuilderswhichwouldbecamefamousasrepresentatives oftheAlsacianorganbuildingtradition(GeorgesSchwenkedel, ErnestMühleisen,AlfredKernandJean-GeorgesKoenig),passedor were trained in the workshops of Roethinger. In1945,thesonMaxJosephAlexandreRoethinger(1897-1981) tookover,followedbyhisgrandsonAndréEdmondRoethinger (1928-2008).Thisperiodofactivityofthecompanyafterthesecond worldwarwasverysuccessfultoo:manyneworganswerebuiltina neo-classicalandlaterneobaroquestyle.Thefirmcloseditsdoors in 1969.