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Daniel Kern Manufacture d'Orgues

French organ building company

Daniel Kern Manufacture d'Orgues (English: Daniel Kern, Organ Manufacturer; formerly Alfred Kern & Fils until 1977) were an organ builder based in Strasbourg, France. Their organs were installed in many churches in France and other countries. In addition, the firm undertook restoration work on historic organs.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1953Founded1

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Orgue Kern et vitraux de la chapelle St Marc
Photo: Daniel Rouverand, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Daniel Kern Manufacture d'Orgues (English: Daniel Kern, Organ Manufacturer; formerly Alfred Kern & Fils until 1977) were an organ builder based in Strasbourg, France. Their organs were installed in many churches in France and other countries. In addition, the firm undertook restoration work on historic organs.2

The story

Jean Alfred Kern (12 February 1910 in Vendenheim - 13 October 1989 in Strasbourg) founded the company in 1953, encouraged by Dr Albert Schweitzer, a Nobel Prize winner and philosopher who was also an organist. Kern made organs using traditional techniques, as well as repairing historically valuable instruments. His son Daniel Pierre Kern (27 March 1950 in Strasbourg - 16 August 2019 in Vervant) then continued the tradition. In 1961 Alfred Kern built the core of the organ in the church of Gunsbach, designed by Albert Schweitzer, who described this as his "last work". In 1977, Daniel took over his father's former position.

The firm were declared bankrupt in 2015 and shut down.

From Wikipedia’s article on Daniel Kern Manufacture d'Orgues, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

  • pipe organ

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1953Founded Founded1

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