Organ-building workshop for new organ construction, restoration of historic instruments and chest organs.
Orgelbau Mebold
Siegen-Breitenbach (Breitenbacher Straße 399, 57074 Siegen)New on Amplifa
About Orgelbau Mebold
Orgelbau Mebold is an organ-building workshop in Siegen-Breitenbach that has existed since 1976. The company builds new organs using traditional craftsmanship and natural materials, including self-supporting solid-timber cases in frame-and-panel construction in which windchests and action are structurally integrated with the case. A particular focus is the construction of chest and continuo organs, which are built in two transportable parts and feature a transposing device for 415, 440 and 465 Hz. In addition, the workshop restores historic instruments using hide-glue (hot glue) joints, hand-planed wooden surfaces and hand-worked metal pipes. The range of services also includes maintenance, tuning, renovation, conversions as well as loan instruments and transport cases for chest organs. Customers include churches and parishes, choirs and ensembles, music academies, theatres and philharmonic orchestras as well as private customers in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland.
- Site
- Siegen
- Processes
- Organ building (new construction), Construction of chest organs / continuo instruments, Restoration of historic organs (joints with hide glue/hot glue, hand-planed, Maintenance, tuning, renovation, conversions, repairs, Loan of loan instruments (chest organ), New organ construction, Restoration of historic organs, Chest/continuo organs
- Materials
- Solid timber, Leather, Metal (pipe work), Hide glue (hot glue)
- Founded
- 1976
- Industries
- Churches and parishes, Church music, choirs and ensembles, Music academies, Theatres and philharmonic orchestras, Private customers, Church music/choirs and ensembles
- 01
Survey, research and restoration concept
- 02
Case construction in solid timber (frame and panel)
- 03
Manufacture of windchests, action and pipe work
- 04
Voicing and tuning
- 05
Assembly and installation on site
- 06
Maintenance, tuning and follow-up care
Materials and Processes
Solid timber
Self-supporting organ cases in frame-and-panel construction made from natural materials.
Metal (pipe work)
Metal pipes are hand-worked and, during restorations, hand-planed to final thickness.
Leather
Leather joints are carried out during restorations using hide glue (hot glue).
Hide glue (hot glue)
Traditional hot glue for joining wood and leather according to historical methods.
Site
Siegen-Breitenbach
DEWorkshop and administration
- Materials
- Solid timber, leather, metal, hide glue
Instruments and Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organ building (new construction)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Wood (solid timber), Leather, Metal |
| Construction of chest organs / continuo instrumentsAssembly | – | – | – | – | Wood, Metal |
| Restoration of historic organs (joints with hide glue/hot glue, hand-planedAssembly | – | – | – | – | Wood, Leather, Metal, Hide glue (hot glue) |
| Maintenance, tuning, renovation, conversions, repairsAssembly | – | – | – | – | Wood, Metal, Leather |
| Loan of loan instruments (chest organ)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Wood |
Additional services
Reference customers
Workshop History
- 1970
Masterpiece (house organ Weilrod-Hasselbach) after master craftsman examination in 1972 by Hans Peter Mebold
- 1976
Founded as a one-man business in Frauenberg near Marburg
- 1979
Relocation to Siegen-Bürbach
- 1984
Construction of the company's own workshop building in Siegen-Breitenbach
- 1985
Inauguration of the workshop building
- 2001
Death of company founder Hans Peter Mebold; business management by Tobias Späth
- 2016
Departure of Tobias Späth
- 2018
Takeover of the workshop by Mathias Mebold
- 2025
Around 50 new organs and 25 major restorations in over 40 years of existence