John Brombaugh

John Brombaugh is a master organ builder. He is known for his historical, tracker action instruments, which are often in mean-tone temperament.

He holds degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and Cornell University. His apprenticeship was performed under the guidance of two the leading organ builders in America, Fritz Noack and Charles Fisk. In Hamburg, he was a journeyman under Rudolph von Beckerath. His firm, John Brombaugh & Associates has built 61 organs that are located in 23 states, Canada and Sweden. Recently, his Opus 35, an organ of 3,250 pipes, 3 manuals and pedal with 46 stops, was dedicated in Springfield, Illinois. It resides at the First Presbyterian Church, formerly attended by Abraham Lincoln and his family.

Brombaugh Organs of Note

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church	Ithaca, New York, USA	1966
First Lutheran Church	Lorain, Ohio, USA	1970
Ashland Avenue Baptist Church	Toledo, Ohio, USA	1972
First Methodist Church	Oberlin, Ohio, USA	1974
Grace Episcopal Church	Ellensburg, Washington, USA	1974
Central Lutheran Church	Eugene, Oregon, USA	1976
St. Paul's Lutheran Church]	Durham, North Carolina, USA	1977
St. John's Presbyterian Church	Berkeley, California, USA	1979
Christ Episcopal Church	Tacoma, Washington, USA	1980
Fairchild Chapel, Oberlin College	Oberlin, Ohio, USA	1981
Southern Adventist University	Collegedale, Tennessee, USA	1986
Iowa State University, Music School Recital Hall	Ames, Iowa, USA	1987
Pilgrim Lutheran Church	Beaverton, Oregon, USA	1987
St. Barnabas Anglican Church	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	1988
Christ Church, Christiana Hundred, Episcopal	Wilmington, Delaware, USA	1990
Hagakyrkan	Göteborg, Sweden	1992
Lawrence University Memorial Chapel	Appleton, Wisconsin, USA	1995
Duke University Memorial Chapel	Durham, North Carolina, USA	1997
First Presbyterian Church	Springfield, Illinois, USA	2001
Toyota City Concert Hall	Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan	2002

External links

• John Brombaugh & Associates
• "Pipe Organ Builder - John Brombaugh" - Synopsis of an article from The Lutheran (June 1998)
• Notes from the Builder about the organ of the Central Lutheran Church in Eugene, Oregon