Maciet - Muller

Adrien Maciet

Adrien Maciet (1930-1995) was introduced to organ building by his father Jean-Claude Maciet (18989-1972) who was organist and Kapellmeister in St Cloud and whose passion for organ building was overflowing. Adrien completed his apprenticeship at Muller and founded his company in 1966. It was then taken over by his son Pierre Maciet (*1969) in 1995. Activities include the design and construction of traditional mechanical organs, and the restoration and maintenance of many of the Capital's organs. He built the organ for the auditorium of the Cité internationale des arts (1978). He owns the personal organ of the composer Charles Tournemire that his grandfather had bought in La Roche sur Yon when the composer died. Currently, the founder's grandson, Oscar Maciet (1999), is training in organ building.

Erwin Muller

Born in Gundershoffen in Alsace, Erwin Muller (1911-1999) worked at Schwenkedel from 1927 to the 1930s. He then joined Gonzalez, on the recommendation of Dr. Schweitzer, and founded his own company in Croissy-sur- Seine in 1950. Erwin Müller made a name for himself with the creation of one of the organs of the Maison de la Radio in Paris, which has been installed since 2008 in Ste-Jeanne- d'Arc in Versailles. (The other having been reassembled by Klais at the Cathedral of La Treille in Lille.) He built 27 new instruments and worked on more than 75 other instruments in France. The company closed in 1986. In Paris, Muller restored the organ in the Chapel of the Salpêtrière Hospital (1979). He trained a whole generation of organ builders, including Claude Armand, Adrien Maciet, Georges Emile Walther.