Woodwork and Finishing

Our highly skilled and dedicated woodworking team takes the utmost pride in all their work. Each piece of custom cabinetry whether a console, windchest, swell box or case front, is designed for each particular instrument and built in our North Carolina factory.  By combining time-honored old world techniques with modern precision machinery we produce some of the most elegant woodwork in the industry and we’ll design it all to integrate beautifully into your existing architecture, whether Baroque, Gothic or Modern. Consoles and casework are constructed to established exacting standards and whether we use mahogany, walnut or quarter sawn white oak we only accept the highest quality lumber from our vendors.  All woodwork is hand selected for grain and color consistency which gives the finished piece a “well thought out appearance” completing the architectural detail of the space.  We work with each client to provide him or her with an instrument that is uniquely “his or hers” down to the smallest detail.  All moldings and profiles are reproduced to match the existing theme of the worship space. The detailed components of our casework and consoles are built to the highest quality standards and our integrated design work ensures that your organ will enhance and complement your worship space.   All of our consoles are custom made here in the factory, as is the casework and all are engineered and built to be not only visually brilliant but highly durable. Our master cabinetmaker, George Zong, wants to make certain that each instrument has a high degree of distinction and serve to enhance each unique worship space. 

We recently completed construction of a building fully dedicated to finishing including a brand new state-of the art automotive spray booth.  Being in the heartland of North Carolina’s major furniture makers, we firmly believe that the accurate process of staining and finishing the instruments wood components is essential to the visual quality of the end product.  We begin with a multiple sanding process in which all wood components are both machine and hand sanded. Our finishing supervisor matches the stain and finish of the organ to blend with the existing structures in the worship area.  He custom mixes and color matches the stains all here at the factory.  If desired by the client, he may use fillers for more of a satin finish.  After staining is complete the woodwork will then be sprayed with a catalyzed lacquer to guarantee a durable finish.

We have been so successful in our woodworking and finishing departments that several churches have asked us to build liturgical furniture for them in addition to their organ.  (i.e. lecterns, altar tables, healing stations, baptismal fonts, wainscoting, healing stations, enclosed display cases, etc..)  Prime examples of this can be seen at St. Luke’s Church in Atlanta, GA (Opus 44) and Garden City, New York (Opus 68).