Who We Are

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.

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.

 Dave Brown, a second generation organbuilder, Dave spent childhood days in the factory of Brown and Arkley, Organbuilders of Sydney, visiting big projects like Brisbane City H

Shane Rhoades joined Buzard January 1, 2007 and started studying the art and trade of organ building.  His training and skills as a carpenter were a solid foundation for this work.  A third generation carpenter and cabinet maker, Rhoades is a proud graduate of the Mid-Central Illinois Regional Council of Carpenters Trade School.  He also has college coursework in architecture and auto cad.

Stuart Weber’s earliest memory, from age six or seven, was writing down choir robe sizes on a phone call with his dad who worked for Fortress Church Supply in a Lutheran Church in Chicago.  He has been actively involved with church work for over 45 years and has sung in choirs since the age of nine.  He joined the organ industry eleven years ago and has been pleased to work at Buzard for ten years.