Pipe Organ Database

(Ivan P.) Morel & Associates View Extant Instruments View Instruments

Distinction:

Denver, Colorado, from 1972
Classification: Builder

Notes

March 02, 2016:

From the OHS Database, Builders Listing Editor, updated March 2, 2016 -

Morel and Associates is the successor to Ivan P. Morel (and Associates) which in turn was successor to Fred H. Meunier (Co.). Fred Meunier started his firm in 1921, and installed and serviced organs for most of the large eastern firms throughout Colorado. Under Ivan Morel, the company began building organs in 1985. Under Richard Morel, the present company concentrates on building new and renovating and restoring old organs.

Source:

Morel and Associates website, http://www.morelpipeorgans.com/morelpipeorgans.com/Morel_and_Associates_Pipe_Organs.html, Accessed March 2, 2016.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on October 09, 2019.

October 30, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1997). -

Active in Denver, Colorado, 1970s-1980s; now headed by Richard I. Morel, son of Ivan.

Staff: Don Belshaw; John Chrastina; Tim Grange; Bruce Hoff; Dan Jones; Diane Minor; Hugh Turpin.*

*According to the Morel & Associates website, Hugh Turpin was an employee, then co-owner (with Ivan P. Morel) of the predecessor firm Fred H. Meunier & Associates. When Mr. Turpin retired in 1972, the name of the company was changed to Ivan P. Morel & Associates. —Ed.