Martin Ott Pipe Organ Co.

Active: 1973 - Present Type: BuilderBuilder ID: 4716

Distinction:

St. Louis, Missouri, from 1973.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). —

Apprentice with Paul Ott, 1960-1965; with Holtkamp Organ Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, 1965-1966; passed master's exam in West Germany, 1969; with Bosch Organ Co. of West Germany and St. Louis, Missouri, 1969-1973; established Martin Ott Pipe Organ Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, 1973; active in 1995.

Staff: Terje A. L. Bolef; Earl Naylor.

Sources:

  • Correspondence of David H. Fox.
  • Uwe Pape, The Tracker Organ Revival in America, (Berlin: Pape Verlag, 1978), 426.
  • The American Organist April 1989 (New York: American Guild of Organists), 92.

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Database Specs:

  • 116 Instruments
  • 15 Consoles
  • 0 Blowers

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