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Richard Parsons is a fourth generation organbuilder and current President and Artistic Director of
Parsons Pipe Organ Builders in Canandaigua, NY. The Parsons firm recently celebrated their 100th year.
Their services include the annual maintenance of 200+ pipe organs throughout western NY and
northern PA; the restoration of historic pipe organs and the manufacture of new, custom, pipe organs,
nationally. Ric is a member of the Organ Historical Society and International Society of Organbuilders
and is past-President of the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America (APOBA) and past-Vice President
of the American Institute of Organbuilders (AIO) where he completed the exam requirements for their
Fellow certificate.
Ric will give us insights into the Pipe Organ building business. He will share 3D renderings and what it takes to secure an order for a project that requires 30,000 hours of labor and 1/3 of the project cost in materials, trucking and installation. He will discuss what is involved in building an organ from production scheduling, use of steel and wood joinery, wind systems design and implementation, solid state controllers, wiring, the types of pipes and much more to this complex business.