Pipe Organ Database

From OHS Database Builders editor Stephen Hall, November 20, 2016. —

Brad Rule, Knoxville Tennessee, holds a bachelor's degree in organ performance from the University of Tennessee. He spent six years in Massachusetts working with the Andover Organ Company where he rebuilt and restored 19th century organs and worked in the design and construction of new instruments. In 1987 he returned to Knoxville to establish his own firm, B. Rule & Co., specializing in tracker action organs.

Staff (2016): Bradley Rule; Julianne Mundy; Will Dunklin; Naomi Martin; Hannah Martin.

Source:

• Company website, B. Rule & Co., accessed 20 November, 2016, http://bruleorgans.com/.

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). —

Graduate of University of Tennessee, 1982; active in Massachusetts, 1982; with Andover Organ Co. of Methuen, Massachusetts, 1987; organist; established his own firm (B. Rule & Co.) in New Market, Tennessee, 1991.

Sources:

• Organ Handbook: 1987 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society), 37.
• Organ Handbook: 1991 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society), 42.