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Buzard Pipe Organ Builders WWW.BUZARDORGANS.COM Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church (ELCA), Racine, WI. “The Space Ship Church” 33 Stops, 40 Ranks across three manuals and pedal. Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, IL. 43 Stops, 56 Ranks across three manuals and pedal. Our Calling St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, San Antonio, TX. 35 Stops, 43 Ranks across three manuals and pedal. Electric Slider action. Completed 2009 W e are all committed to designing and building the best pipe organs in the world and providing the best workmanship possible in the restoration, rebuilding, and care of existing pipe organs. We want to share our passion for our work with you. From the day we begin discussing your instrument until the day we have completed the finish-voicing, you will be impressed by how our commitment translates into building you the best pipe organ possible. We have fun and take real pride in our work, and we would love to share our joy with you, as your new Buzard organ comes to life. You are going to be very comfortable with us! Member Firm Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America Buzard Pipe Organ Builders John-Paul Buzard, President & Artistic Director 112 West Hill Street Champaign, Illinois 61820 phone: (217) 352-1955 (217) 352-1981 toll free: (800) 397 3103 email: [email protected] fax: www.buzardorgans.com www.apoba.com W We know who we are. We are artists and engineers, dreamers and pragmatists, conceptualists and perfectionists. First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY. 1897 Kimball Organ, rebuilt by Buzard 2007 Service Department Foreman, David Brown, prepares to hand plane a windchest grid. Tonal Director, Brian K. Davis, and his assistant solders pipe hooks on façade Diapason pipe. About us and our work W e believe that pipe organs are a medium for artistic expression. Your new Buzard organ will honor and marry itself to your building’s architecture, as well as its acoustical environment. When you commission us to restore or rebuild your existing pipe organ, we respect the good work which has gone before us, and are extraordinarily sensitive to the original builder’s intent. If the existing organ has lost its artistic focus, we have the unique ability to recapture its integrity, combining sensitivity to the organ’s history with our knowledge of modern musical requirements. to life through my artistic vision, the solid engineering know-how of Charles Eames, the tonal suavity and refinement brought to each organ by Brian Davis, and the labors lavished upon the instrument by my staff. Our team of experienced crafts persons is well versed in the languages of woodworking and finishing, metalworking, organ pipe making and voicing, and all the trades which come together to make a well-rounded organbuilder. Your instrument will come Our firm provides our talented and hardworking staff with salaries and benefits which afford a measure of dignity in modern living. We provide health care, dental care, long and short term disability and life insurance, as well as an employer contributive 401(k) retirement Our organs represent real musical and financial value, no matter what economy we find ourselves in. Engineered and built to last for 100+ years, and backed with a solid long-term warranty, our instruments will stand the test of time, becoming a permanent investment in your ministry, your educational institution, or concert venue. plan. The cost for these benefits, considered essential in other professions, is included in the cost of our American made instruments. I personally guarantee that one of our pipe organs will be a powerful tool in your church’s evangelism. Congregational singing will explode through the roof. I can also guarantee that you will enjoy the entire process when you commission a Buzard Pipe Organ, and that we will develop life-long friendships, from contract signing through installation and voicing! John-Paul John-Paul Buzard, President and Artistic Director Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, LLC www.buzardorgans.com