Abbey Organ Builders is excited to announce the signing of a contract for our Opus 3, a new organ for St. Stanislaus Oratory in Milwaukee, WI.

Abbey Organ Builders is excited to announce the signing of a contract for our Opus 2, a new organ for St. Peter’s Church in Volo, Illinois.

As our three new arrivals show, a variety of skills and backgrounds are needed to build organs. Find out more about these newest members of our growing team.

On the 1st anniversary of its dedication, Fr. Lew Grobe, O.S.B. gives an updated tour of the Saint John’s Abbey Woodshop. Watch the Tour.

Johnnie Bennie Media, the student-run media organization for Saint John’s University and the College of Saint Benedict, recently produced a short-film on Abbey Organ Builders. Watch the film here.

Read Jennifer Vogel’s article about Saint John’s Abbey Organ Builders entitled, A Higher Plane, in the Spring 2024 issue of American Craft.

In January, Saint John’s Abbey Organ Builders welcomed its first apprentice, Sam Culver. Learn more about this new educational initiative of the shop.

Watch the 9-minute documentary film Full Stops: Organ Making at Saint John’s Abbey produced and written by David Klassen.

Read the article about Opus 1 in The Leaven, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.

Watch the trailer of the documentary film Full Stops: Organ Making at Saint John’s Abbey produced and written by David Klassen.

Listen as Kristan Vermeulen, host of Makers in America podcast, discovers the artistry of pipe organ building with Martin Pasi.

Saint John’s Abbey Organ Builders is proud to announce that it has signed a contract with St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Leawood, Kansas, for a mechanical action organ of 45 stops over three manuals and pedal, to be completed in 2025.

More than 350 monks, sisters, workers, guests and benefactors gathered this past Tuesday afternoon for the blessing and dedication of the new Saint John’s Abbey Woodshop.

Fr. Lew Grobe, O.S.B. gives a tour updating the progress made over the past three months at the new Saint John's Abbey Woodshop.

Watch a short tour led by Fr. Lew Grobe, O.S.B. highlighting the progress being made inside the new Abbey Woodshop.

Watch the PBS Newshour segment here.

July 26th was a momentous day for Saint John’s Abbey Woodworking and Abbey Organ Builders as around 200 monks, donors, friends, and co-workers gathered in Collegeville to break ground for the new woodworking and organ building center

Benedictines have a long tradition in pipe organ building. Learn why Collegeville may be the ideal place to continue this storied craft.