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
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
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
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
One of our smaller projects this summer (but no less important for that) was cleaning and repairs of the two manual and pedal, 5-rank electropneumatic action organ, built in 1978 as the Opus 11,248 of the M.P. Möller Organ Company, installed in First United Methodist Church, Griggsville IL. In addition to repairing the tremulant and […] Read More
The community of faith in Pekin, Illinois known as Our Savior's Lutheran church, have had a Wicks pipe organ to serve them in song and service for many years. Recently, however it became apparent that the church should update the relay of the organ and install a solid-state system. Buzard has been hired to carry […] Read More
The people of Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette, Michigan have chosen the Buzard company to carry out tonal improvements, as well as upgrades to the console, of their 1977 Casavant pipe organ (opus 3356). Work includes console rebuilding; cleaning, repairs, and re-regulation of all pipework; and restoration of wind system components, with completion in the […] Read More
We are proud to have been selected as curators of this important instrument and grateful for the trust that Dr. Christine Kraemer, Organist and Rev. Jeannette DeFriest, Rector have placed in us. Recently there was ceiling damage in the Southwest corner of the Swell division. The church chose to have this repaired. In order to […] Read More
This remarkable Hinners and Albertsen organ has tracker action to the Manual keyboards and tubular pneumatic action to the Pedal stops. The façade of this organ is original and is in surprisingly good condtion. John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders was commissioned recently to completely clean the instrument and restore the Pedal chests and the Pedal […] Read More