Who We Are

Founder, President and Artistic Director

John-Paul Buzard is president and artistic director of Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, based in Champaign, Illinois. He began his career in organbuilding by working as an apprentice organ technician in high school and college. He was appointed Curator of Organs for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign following graduate school, and began to lay the groundwork for his company through organ-building and restoration projects in the Champaign area. Realizing a life-long dream, he founded the Buzard organ company in 1985.

Executive Vice-President and Chief Engineer

Charles Eames is Executive Vice-President, General Manager, and Manager Member of Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, LLC, from 1994 to present. He is a member of the American American Institute of Organbuilders, the American Guild of Organists, and the Organ Historical Society. He holds degrees from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1972, and William Jewell College in Organ Performance, 1970. He has experience at Charles McManis Organbuilders, Visser-Rowland Associates, and St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas.

Chief Financial Officer

Phillip S. Campbell is the Chief Financial Officer and a Manager Member. Mr. Campbell has guided the business entity of the company since its inception. He has participated in all areas of organ construction, maintenance, and service. He studied Organ and Piano Performance at the American Conservatory of Music and the University of Illinois.

Tonal Director, Head Voicer, and Manager Member
Brian K. Davis is the Tonal Director, Head Voicer, and Manager Member of Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, LLC, from 1995 to present. He is a member and fellow of the American Institute of Organbuilders and the American Iris Society. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in Music in 1987. He has previously worked for Miller Pipe Organ Company, Independent Organ Projects, and Visser-Rowland Associates. Mr. Davis directs his associates in the Tonal Department in all aspects of organ pipe preparation, voicing, and racking in the instruments under construction.
Service Department Director and Associate for Sales

Keith Williams is the Service Department Director and an Associate in Marketing and Sales with Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, LLC, since 2000. He is a member of the American Institute of Organbuilders, the American Guild of Organists, and the Organ Historical Society. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in Organ Performance, 1976.

Service Department Foreman

A second generation organbuilder, Dave spent childhood days in the factory of Brown and Arkley, Organbuilders of Sydney, visiting big projects like Brisbane City Hall (Willis) and Townsville Anglican Cathedral (B&A)&

Office Manager and Keeper of the Corporate Zen
Tonal Assistant
Service Technician
Cabinetmaker for consoles and cases
Chicago Representative for Sales and Service

Dennis Northway is a very active musician, organbuilder, teacher and author.  Most recently he has written an anthology of inspirational music thoughts for choral groups entitled To Touch the Garmen’s Hem; he also was the editor of the ChicAGO Centenary Anthology celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Chicago chapter of the American Guild of Organists.  He is also the co-author, with Stephen Schnurr, Jr., of the critically acclaimed Pipe Organs of Chicago and Pipe Organs of Chicago Volume Two.    He is National Councilo

Cabinet Maker
Service Technician
Service Technician
Console appointments, electrical systems and windchest construction