1929 Schaefer Organ Company, opus 132/2002 Holtkamp, Opus 2086 St. Joseph Catholic Church features two instruments in the main sanctuary. The 1929 Schaefer organ incorporates pipework from an instrument constructed by the Wisconsin Pipe Organ Factory in 1902. The Holtkamp organ in the chancel of the main church was installed in 2002 along with a […] Read More
1959 Schantz Organ Company, Opus 413, 1959/1106, 1971. The organ of St. Peter's, Fort Wayne was originally built by the Schantz Organ Company of Orrville, Ohio as their opus 413 in 1959. In 1971, Schantz returned to St. Peter's to make additions and some changes to the organ. The organ is divided into two sides. […] Read More
Console renovation and control system installation on the 1973 Schantz Organ Company, Opus 1225. The 1973 Schantz Opus 1225 is one of the largest pipe organs in the city of Decatur. The organ was due to receive a console renovation and new control system under the aegis of another firm. We acquired this project mid-stream […] Read More
Restoration of the 1930 Hinners Organ Company, Opus 2924. St. Dominic Catholic Church is home to an unaltered 1930 Hinners organ, Opus 2924. Both manual divisions are under expression. All pipe work was brought back to the Champaign workshop, thoroughly cleaned, and stoppers re-leathered. The chests and chambers were cleaned off and pouch boards and […] Read More
1970 E.A. Holloway/1989 Buzard St. John’s Catholic Newman Center is the student Catholic parish on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is home to a Holloway organ (a predecessor firm to the Indianapolis-based Goulding and Wood) with additions and modifications by Buzard. Our work was in conjunction with other renovations, painting, […] Read More
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Quincy was home to a 1912 tubular-pneumatic action Wicks organ, which served the church faithfully until 2016. An initial attempt by another firm to rebuild the organ was unsuccessful. Buzard has rebuilt the instrument with electric pull-down slider windchests for the straight manual stops, a rebuilt console with […] Read More
This 1974 two manual and pedal mechanical action practice organ was originally installed at a University in Minnesota. If passed into private hands and was acquired by Buzard in 2015. After extensive rehabilitation, and the installation of the prepared-for 4' Flute (and stop action) on Manual I, the organ was delivered to the University of […] Read More
The 1872 Wm. A. Johnson organ, Opus 386 (which received an OHS Historic Organ Citation in 2012) at St. Josaphat Catholic Church in Chicago underwent cleaning and restorative pipework repairs in the Buzard factory. This is the oldest organ built for Chicago in metropolitan Chicago […] Read More
Trinity Lutheran Church in Rockford, Illinois is proud to have a fine Casavant pipe organ. It has faithfully served the congregation for decades. The time had come, however, for a full renovation of the console and switching system of the instrument. As part of this update, the pneumatic-assisted stop action has been replaced with a […] Read More
The 1963 Holtkamp organ in Wheeler Auditorium in Evansville, Indiana has been removed to the Buzard factory following water damage. The console will be rebuilt with a new solid state relay: the organ will be completely rewired; the water-damaged Positiv windchest and pipes will be restored, and the organ will be reinstalled once renovations to […] Read More