R.A. Colby | Pipe Organ Builder

R.A. Colby | Pipe Organ Builder Builder of the Highest Quality Pipe Organs & Pipe Organ Consoles

Make new friends but keep the old, one is green and the other is gold… wait… huh? How y’all feel about the old and new? ...
08/13/2026

Make new friends but keep the old, one is green and the other is gold… wait… huh? How y’all feel about the old and new? It’s kind of the industry but everybody seems to draw a different line on what’s acceptable. Me, I say that the only dividing line is making art out of it. Respect to all of you making the decision or not suppressing the drive to transcend a barrier and just make something. Pictured are facade pipes and laser I used to level them. ☯️

Yeah, we know how you’re feeling. Maybe a new organ would help?
08/02/2026

Yeah, we know how you’re feeling. Maybe a new organ would help?

We neglected to put one column section on the truck but fortunately Evan is exactly the right height to make the job wor...
07/20/2026

We neglected to put one column section on the truck but fortunately Evan is exactly the right height to make the job work. We are calculating whether it makes more sense financially to ship the column or pay him to be the column base when the sanctuary is occupied. It’s harder math than any of us thought. Going to get a Claude subscription to figure it out but for now just send all his mail to the main office and we will make sure he gets it. We have a very specific Indeed job listing out there for part timers to be available when his children are born or if he requires medical attention.

11/26/2025

Such a beautiful organ!!

Merry Christmas!
12/20/2024

Merry Christmas!

It’s just utter chaos until it gels into a sleek lifetime instrument. It’s such a strange alchemy on an install when the...
11/20/2024

It’s just utter chaos until it gels into a sleek lifetime instrument. It’s such a strange alchemy on an install when the insurmountable problems suddenly just surrender and this new beautiful thing happens.

So the fire alarm crew got all Gojira on your mixture. The brave little pipes are savable but they need evac to a skille...
11/09/2024

So the fire alarm crew got all Gojira on your mixture. The brave little pipes are savable but they need evac to a skilled pipe doctor. What do you do to not lose color in your instrument (and block the channels so the survivors can still speak)? Add some artful improvisation.

Just almost doesn’t look real, right? Saint Cecilia in Houston has all the light and all the sound and is just a wonderf...
11/08/2024

Just almost doesn’t look real, right? Saint Cecilia in Houston has all the light and all the sound and is just a wonderful church family to be adopted in to.

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween. Crank the Saint-Saens to 11, fill a bowl with Riccola for all the choristers who’ll come begging at your door, and remember all the saints and sinners who’ve moved on.

We are very committed to neat wiring, mostly because it is important for clarity and serviceability but we also just lov...
10/30/2024

We are very committed to neat wiring, mostly because it is important for clarity and serviceability but we also just love for stuff to look goooooood. There’s another reason to not let your instrument go full Jumanji- a darker reason.

Let me lay out the scene: a remote spot only visited by humans twice a year for tuning; thick viny undergrowth; an endless supply of ladybugs for a high protein diet. You know who thrives in the few scattered habitats where these factors come together? You already know, you already feel the hairs rising on your neck.

It’s Sasquatch.

Manage your cables or your gonna get a squatch. Every region of the US has some variety of wood ape and you do not want them making territorial displays in your mixture. I’ll throw a few aftermath pictures in the comments so you can fully understand what a big footprint these gentle giants can leave in your instrument. 👣

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2300 S Roan Street
Johnson City, TN
37601

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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