Historie

1844	- Franz Rieger bought a house in Krnov and established an organ building workshop there.
1872	- He assigned his well established and prosperous firm to his two sons Otto Antonin and Gustav.
1873	- Organs started to be numbered and the organ OPUS1 was sent to the World Exhibition to Vienna where it   aroused great attention.
1878	- The World Exhibition in Paris brought - apart from international appreciation - orders from abroad and   enabled the company to expand
1924	- Josef Glatter-Götz became the new owner of the company. He was wery succesful in making quick and   effective recovery from the World War I recession
1945	- the Rieger Brothers´ firm gets under state control.
1948	- The factory was nationalized. Another organbuilding company in Krnov, Josef Kloss, was nationalized in    the same year and both the firms were fused under the name ´Organbuilding Factory Rieger-Kloss in    Krnov´.
1958	- Great success on the World Exhibition EXPO ´58 was followed by installation of 46 organs in former    Soviet Union countries.
1994	- The company was restored to private ownership.
1997	- Devastating floods at the beginning of July halted the production for four weeks and caused serious    property damage.
now	- Flourishing company has about 60 employees and builds organs mainly in USA and Asia.

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