Koenig (organ builder)

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Kœnig facteurs d'orgues

Founded	1945
Headquarters	Sarre-Union, Grand Est , France
Key people	Yves Kœnig (President) Huguette Kœnig (General Manager)
Products	pipe organs
Services	building, restoring and maintenance
Website	www.orgues-koenig.com

Kœnig pipe organ builders, as known as manufacture d'orgues Kœnig, is a French firm that designs, builds and restores pipe organs. This organ building family owned manufacture is based in Sarre-Union, Alsace, since 1945.^[1]

Achievements[]

Kœnig is specifically renowned for being the first contemporary organ builder to have performed in 1967 the recreation of a pipe organ, complying with the precepts found in 1778 book L'Art du facteur d'orgues by Dom Bédos. This masterpiece can be seen in Saint-Georges' Church^[2] of Bouquenom in Sarre-Union.

The workshop regularly contributes to the restoration of historical listed organs.

History[]

Jean-Georges Kœnig, born on May 16, 1920 in Strasbourg and deceased on November 26, 1992, bought the business to the widow of the organ builder Henry Vondrasek, in order to revive the factory that had been created in 1930.

Yves Kœnig, born on May 16, 1950, began working with his father in the 1970s and fully took over the business ^[3] in 1982.

He is assisted since 2008 by Julien Marchal, born on Octobre 29, 1990 who he gradually prepares to his succession.^[4]

References[]

as checked on the corresponding article in the French Wikipedia.

External links[]

• official website