Search the Register Online
This is the online register of accredited Business Members of the Institute of British Organ Building. Here you will find the most accurate and up to date information for those companies active within this craft. The Register is fully searchable by specific information using the links on the right. These are organised into Company, Category, County and recognised professional people.
A quick summary of organ builders in a particular region can be achieved by clicking a locality on the map to the left. Please do bear in mind that these regions do not represent any geographical limitations - many organ builders are perfectly prepared to offer their services nationwide!
We encourage you to explore the types of accreditation and inspection criteria links on the right to gain a full understanding of the procedures we adopt in producing the Register. A listing indicates that the Institute has inspected recent examples of work submitted by the member and has visited workshop premises where applicable.
The range and style of work undertaken by different builders varies widely, as does the experience and facilities they may have to call upon. The Institute does not make judgments on the artistic style and approach adopted by different members, nor on such matters as the type of mechanism or voicing style they prefer. The criterion is that the member should be able to undertake the range of work covered by the accreditation, with competence and honesty - whether that be simple tunings, or building large new organs.
The accredited categories do not always include every service offered by the particular builder. This is normally because examples of certain categories were not offered for inspection. It may be for a variety of reasons - the builder may aspire to such work but has not yet had the opportunity to prove his worth; or perhaps examples have been undertaken but were not finished within our inspection intervals.
The responsibility of selecting an appropriate builder for a given task must always be with the customer, who is strongly advised to examine examples of the builders' work and to speak to the clients concerned.
Supplier Members are also listed and while not inspected in the same manner, are accepted into the Institute only at the approval of the Board who will have researched their decision.
Please do not hesitate to request the addition of a search subject that is not currently available or report any difficulties you may experience.
The Institute hopes that you will find this Register to be of invaluable assistance in successfully achieving your pipe organ project or research.
