Buzard Pipe Organ Builders announce construction of a new facility to house its organ building operation. It’s located in Rantoul, Illinois, 10 miles north of Buzard’s existing Champaign shops. The new 45,000 square foot building will house workshops for its Production, Service, and Tonal departments, attached warehouse space, administrative offices, design studios, a conference room, and a dedicated area for employees to relax. The new facility is scheduled for completion during the summer of 2025, with move-in in the fall.

Buzard Pipe Organ Builders will also have space to administer its Apprenticeship Program and to mentor interns and students from the University of Illinois School of Music. Music students wishing to learn about pipe organ technology can be a paid intern at Buzard Pipe Organ Builders and receive academic credit towards their degrees.

Buzard Pipe Organ Builders has occupied its downtown Champaign location for 35 years.  44 new pipe organs have been built in the downtown shop, beginning with Buzard’s 'Spiritual Opus 1' (actually, Opus 7) at the Episcopal Chapel of St. John the Divine on the University of Illinois campus, culminating with its Opus 50 for St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Hemlock, MI, currently in production.