What Mathis Orgelbau does

Mathis Orgelbau AG is a Swiss pipe organ builder founded in 1960 and headquartered in Luchsingen, Canton Glarus, operating as a privately held Aktiengesellschaft under the leadership of owner and Managing Director Franz Xaver Höller, who joined the firm in 2007. The company employs 12 staff including apprentices and operates from a purpose-built workshop relocated to Luchsingen in December 2019. Its core activity is the design, manufacture, and on-site installation of bespoke mechanical-action pipe organs (Neubau) for churches, monasteries, abbeys, pilgrimage churches, and private clients across Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Japan, the Czech Republic, and Liechtenstein.

The firm's technical approach centers on traditional craftsmanship: all organ components — including windchests (Windladen), pipe frames (Rasterbretter), pipes (Pfeifen), and actions (Abstrakten) — are produced in-house, with solid timbers air-dried in the company's warehouse for 4-12 years to avoid the quality risks of kiln-drying. Alongside new builds, Mathis performs restoration (Restaurierungen) and historical reconstruction (Rekonstruktionen) services for heritage organs, builds compact house organs (Hausorgeln) for private collectors, and offers a portable Truhenorgel designed for orchestral accompaniment and interim church use. Project scale ranges from small instruments (II/P 15 registers, 814 pipes at Scheyern) to flagship cathedral commissions (IV-P/96 at Görlitz, a project spanning 1997-2024).

Revenue is generated primarily through one-off, quote-based organ construction contracts with milestone-based billing, supplemented by professional services for restoration and maintenance work and a small e-commerce channel selling CDs of organ music recorded on Mathis instruments at CHF 15 per unit with worldwide delivery. The go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven, with project showcases hosted on the company website (mathis-orgelbau.ch), direct consultation channels, and no formal digital marketing campaigns or distribution partnerships. Pricing and payment terms vary by geography: Swiss and Liechtenstein customers pay against invoice, while EU and other international buyers pay in advance.

Name

Mathis Orgelbau

Legal name

Mathis Orgelbau AG

Website

https://mathis-orgelbau.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mathis Orgelbau AG is a Swiss pipe organ builder founded in 1960, designing and handcrafting bespoke mechanical-action pipe organs in-house for churches, monasteries, and private clients across Europe and Japan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pipe Organ Manufacturing

NAICS

All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing (321999)

akta.pro primary industry

Instrument Parts, Repair & Maintenance (Luthier, Tech Services, Spares) (MPAIAJAG)

Keywords

• Pipe organ building
• Organ restoration services
• Custom musical instruments
• Church organ construction
• Historical organ reconstruction

Headquarters

HQ city

Luchsingen

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Custom Organ Building: Design and construction of bespoke pipe organs for churches, monasteries, and private clients. Each organ is a unique handcrafted piece requiring months of production and on-site installation.
2. Organ Restoration and Maintenance: Restoration and reconstruction services for historical organs, including cleaning, repair, and tuning work.
3. CD and Media Sales: Sale of CDs featuring organ music recordings from various installations. Price point at CHF 15.00 including 8.1% VAT.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mathis Orgelbau AG designs and handcrafts bespoke pipe organs for churches, monasteries, abbeys, and private clients, with all organ components manufactured in-house using traditional mechanical action systems and naturally dried wood. The company also offers restoration and reconstruction services for historical organs, plus a compact portable Truhenorgel and recordings sold as CDs.

Product overview

Mathis Orgelbau AG is a traditional Swiss organ building company offering a portfolio of custom-built pipe organs and related services. Their core products are new church pipe organs (Neubau), supplemented by restoration (Restaurierungen) and reconstruction (Rekonstruktionen) services for historic instruments. They also produce house organs (Hausorgeln) for private clients and a portable Truhenorgel for flexible musical applications. Additionally, they sell CDs featuring performances on their instruments. Each organ is crafted as a unique piece, with production concentrated at their workshop in Luchsingen, Switzerland, where they employ 12 staff members including apprentices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Church Pipe Organs (Neubau) Custom-built new pipe organs designed and crafted to specification for churches, cathedrals, monasteries, and religious institutions worldwide. Each organ is built as a unique piece with specific manual configurations, pedal systems, and tonal characteristics, using traditional mechanical action and naturally dried wood.
• Organ Restorations (Restaurierungen) Restoration services for historic pipe organs, bringing aging instruments back to original condition while preserving their historical and musical value through cleaning, repair, and tuning work.
• Organ Reconstructions (Rekonstruktionen) Reconstructions of historic organs, recreating lost or damaged instruments based on historical evidence and research, such as work on the Matth. Abbrederis 1690/91 organ.
• House Organs (Hausorgeln) Custom-built house organs for private residences, providing private clients with high-quality pipe organs for home use.
• Truhenorgel (Portable Organ) A compact, portable pipe organ console designed for transportation and flexible use. Features divisible housing for transport, ergonomic keyboard design, foot pedals for register control, transposable keyboard for historical performance practice, and integrated USB charging ports. Suitable for orchestral accompaniment, instrumental accompaniment, solo practice, or as an interim solution during church organ renovations.
• Organ Music CDs CD recordings of performances on Mathis-built organs at various locations worldwide. Priced at CHF 15.00 each, these recordings showcase the tonal qualities of instruments in churches and cathedrals across Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and other countries.

Quantifiable outcome

• 814 pipes constructed for single organ project (Scheyern)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Klais Orgelbau: Bonn-based German organ builder, one of the largest and most established European workshops. While significantly larger than Mathis, Klais competes for the same major international church and cathedral commissions and represents a broader incumbent in the same craftsmanship tradition.
• Rieger Orgel: Schwarzach-based Austrian organ builder with international reach. Rieger is a larger incumbent in the same traditional mechanical-action organ space, competing for major cathedral commissions across Europe and beyond.

Direct peers

• Kern Orgelbau: Aarau-based Swiss organ builder of comparable size and craft orientation. Both companies focus on custom new builds, restoration, and historical reconstruction, with similar in-house production and quality-driven approach.
• Metzler Orgelbau: Dietikon-based Swiss organ builder with similar workshop scale and craftsmanship tradition. Both firms serve Catholic and Protestant churches, monasteries, and private clients with bespoke mechanical-action pipe organs and restoration services.
• Wegscheider Orgelbau: Berlin-based German organ builder with comparable craftsmanship focus. Both firms specialize in traditional mechanical-action instruments and historical restoration/reconstruction projects.
• Kuhn Orgelbau: Männedorf-based Swiss organ builder with comparable heritage and craftsmanship focus. Both firms build mechanical-action pipe organs for churches and monasteries using traditional in-house production methods, competing for similar Swiss and international institutional clients.
• Mühleisen Orgelbau: Fellbach-based German organ builder with comparable workshop size and product focus. Both firms build custom mechanical-action pipe organs with strong in-house production, serving similar church and monastery clients in German-speaking markets.
• Flentrop Orgelbouw: Zaandam-based Dutch organ builder with similar workshop-scale and craft tradition. Both firms build custom mechanical-action pipe organs with strong international project portfolios, serving churches, cathedrals, and cultural institutions.
• Goll Orgelbau: Luzern-based Swiss organ builder with comparable heritage and project profile. Both firms build mechanical-action instruments for Catholic and Protestant institutions, with overlapping customer base in Swiss and German-speaking markets.
• Sonderegger Orgelbau: Swiss organ builder with similar workshop size and tradition to Mathis. Both companies produce custom mechanical-action pipe organs with comparable in-house craftsmanship and church/monastery client focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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