Flentrop Orgelbouw Zaandam: pipe organ building, pipe organ restoration
flentrop - organisation
Internal organisation
The management is in the hands of two people who are
responsible for all technical and artistic aspects.
They are assisted by a staff that deals with financial affairs, the
secretariat, and the planning and preparations
for the maintenance staff.
The organ building department consists of two workshops: pipe building
and woodwork.
Each of the workshops is headed by its own manager.
The maintenance staff usually work on location.
In order to reduce travelling times the tuners live in various parts of
the country.
Depending on the nature of the work, major maintenance activities may
be carried out in our workshops in Zaandam.
Ownership structure
From 1903 onwards H.W. Flentrop and D.A Flentrop were
directors and owners of Flentrop Orgelbouw.
Since the retirement of D.A. Flentrop in 1978, the shares of Flentrop
Orgelbouw B.V. have been held by the
employees by means of a managing company and share certificates.
The construction is such that the certificates can only be held by
persons employed by the company.
The majority of the employees make active use of this arrangement.
This means that at shareholders' meetings the management gives account
to the employees.
There are two governors affiliated to the company who have had no other
active connections with the organ
building world.
Because there was no successor in Gebr.Vermeulen Weert, the director
Frans Vermeulen took the initiative to
join forces with Flentrop. His firm has been a subsidiary of Flentrop
Orgelbouw B.V. since 1998.
After that date, Frans Vermeulen kept working with us until his
retirement in 2004.
In 1987 Joost Vermeulen transferred the company Vermeulen Alkmaar to
Flentrop.
Joost Vermeulen is still our maintenance manager. Two of his then
employers still work for Flentrop.
In 1970 the firm De Koff was put into liquidation. The then current
business was taken over by us, as
were some of their employees.
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