RiegerOrgelbauisanAustrianfirmoforganbuilders,foundedby FranzRieger(1812-1886).HissonsOtto(1847-1903)andGustav (1848-1905)andhisgrandsonOtto(1880-1920)followedtheir (grand)father.AfterOtto’sdeathin10920,hisschoolfriendJosef vonGlatter-Götztookoverthefirmandstartedanewdynastywith hissonsEgon(1911-1940)andJosef(1914-May1989).Attheendof WorldWarII,thefirmwasnationalisedbytheCzechgovernment andmergedwithanotherworkshopasRieger-Kloss.Josefvon Glatter-Götzfatherandsonandworkersoftheoriginalfirmmoved toAustriaandfoundedanewworkshopin1946as"Rieger Orgelbau".JosefGlatter-Götz,Jr.'sthreesonsCaspar(*1945), Raimund(*1948)andChristoph(*1951)followedhimintothe familybusiness.Thelaterwasmanagingdirectorfrom1977until hisretirementin2003.PresidentandownerofRieger-Orgelbau GmbHsince2003isWendelinEberle,whoenteredthefirmas apprenticein1978.Thisfirmdoesnotaimtocopyanyspecific style,butrathertriestocreateanewtraditionwhichallowsthe interpretation of the full range of organ repertoire.
RiegerOrgelbauisanAustrianfirmoforganbuilders,foundedby FranzRieger(1812-1886).HissonsOtto(1847-1903)andGustav (1848-1905)andhisgrandsonOtto(1880-1920)followedtheir (grand)father.AfterOtto’sdeathin10920,hisschoolfriendJosef vonGlatter-Götztookoverthefirmandstartedanewdynastywith hissonsEgon(1911-1940)andJosef(1914-May1989).Attheendof WorldWarII,thefirmwasnationalisedbytheCzechgovernment andmergedwithanotherworkshopasRieger-Kloss.Josefvon Glatter-Götzfatherandsonandworkersoftheoriginalfirmmoved toAustriaandfoundedanewworkshopin1946as"Rieger Orgelbau".JosefGlatter-Götz,Jr.'sthreesonsCaspar(*1945), Raimund(*1948)andChristoph(*1951)followedhimintothe familybusiness.Thelaterwasmanagingdirectorfrom1977until hisretirementin2003.PresidentandownerofRieger-Orgelbau GmbHsince2003isWendelinEberle,whoenteredthefirmas apprenticein1978.Thisfirmdoesnotaimtocopyanyspecific style,butrathertriestocreateanewtraditionwhichallowsthe interpretation of the full range of organ repertoire.