Michel Alcouffe, born in 1941, trained with Muhleisen, Gonzalez and Chéron. He set up on his own account in Tours and then moved to Australia after quarrels with Georges Danion on the construction site of the cathedral of Soisson. Eglise Protestante Unie Port-Royal Quartier Latin - Temple de Port-Royal (1977). There is also Jean-Claude Alcouffe, collaborator of Jean Jonet, who took over the company in the 80s, then stopped in the 2000s. Paul Anneessens (1917-1976). The Belgian family Anneessens was active for almost a century and a half as organ builders (1830-1976) in Belgium and French-speaking countries. Its founder, Pierre-Hubert, whose father was a surgeon, turned to organ building and was trained by Johannes Stéphanus Smets. Paul II Anneessens (1971-1976) was the fourth generation. In 1948, he took over the company. After his sudden death in 1976, the company was taken over by the Andriessen family. Chapelle de Franciscains Missionaires de Marie (1975) Louis Béasse was an employee of Cavaillé-Coll (his father Modeste also worked in Cavaillé-Coll from 1853 to 1892) and founded his own company at the beginning in 1892 with the help of his father who was a specialist in the construction of windchests at Cavaillé and his brother who was a harmonist at Cavaillé. He worked on the organ of St. André de l’Europe. Rudolf von Beckerath (1907-1976) was a German builder whose father was a painter and whose mother was a pianist. Very quickly, he became fascinated by Arp Schnitger's construction and apprenticed to Victor Gonzalez and became his partner from 1931 to 1935. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Beckerath Society pioneered the organ reform movement, known as the "Orgelbewegung" in North America and Northern Europe, particularly in the Federal Republic of Germany. At the same time, Rudolf von Beckerath devoted himself to the restoration of historic instruments. Eglise Américaine (1988). Louis Benoist (1931-2022) and Pierre Sarelot (1930-2010) were organ builders in Mans (Laigné-en-Belin) from 1968- 1995 and were doing mainly restoration works. They worked on the organ of the Chapelle des pères Franciscains and the Eglise de L'immaculée conception. The firm was taken over by Jean-Pierre Conan (1952-2023). who had entered the firm in 1974. It closed in 2010. He worked sometimes with Thierry Lemercier, Alain Léon and Olivier Chevron. Pierre Sarelot's son, Charles-Emmanuel Sarelot, organ builder and harmonist, trained in the Benoist/Sarélot workshop, is managing director of the Manufacture Languedocienne de Grandes Orgues since 1998. Daniel Birouste (*1956) was apprentice of Alfred and Daniel Kern and created his own firm in 1979. He works both in Spain and in France. He is specialized in restorations of organs built in the second half of the XIXth century and the beginning of the XXth century. In Paris, he built a big, new organ at Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot (1993) and worked on the organs of Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix and Saint-Odile. Antoine Bois (*1953), who learned his skills from his father (Georges, 1912-2000) and Alain Sals, became head of the firm in 1980 (till 2014), which his grand-father (Mathias, 1883-1955) started in 1929. His activities comprise the restoration of historical instrument and the construction of new, mechanical instruments. He built the organs of Notre- Dame de Lourdes (1993) and Notre-Dame du Lys (1994). Jean Bourgarel (*1933) was apprentice at the workshop of Victor Gonzales from 1953 till 1960. In 1962, he started his own company inb Moissey, in collaboration with Philippe Hartmann (1928-2014). The firm closed in 1998. He worked on the organ of Temple de Pentemont (1967). Hubert Brayé (*1965) learend his skliis at the firm of Guérrier. He created his firm in 2000. His activities comprise restoration and/or (re)construction of instruments of different styles and traction (mechanical or pneumatical). He worked at the organ of Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix (2010). Pierre Chéron (1914-1999) started a firm in 1945 after he learned his skills at the workshop of Victor Gonzalez. In 1963, he closed his firm (his pupil and stepson Yves Sévère continued the firm though) to become a self-employed artisan. He adopted an ‘archeological’ approach without any concessions for the restoration of historical instruments. Saint-François-Xavier - orgue de la chapelle de la Sainte- vierge (1955) Patrick Collon (*1942) learned his skills in Austria and Germany. In 1966, he founded his own firm in Brussels. From 1980 onwards, the name of his firm is Manufacture d'Orgues de Bruxelles. Saint-George's Anglican Church (1980) Edmond Costa (1910-1993) learned his skills at the Cavaillé- Coll and Convers firms. He started his own firm with Louis Duval in 1938 and worked often with/for the Gonzalez-firm; the latter firm took over his business in 1972. He worked on the organ of Saint-Joseph-des-Nations. next