1963 Jaap Fama (1934-2001) and Piet Raadgever (1935-2023) founded their organ and harpsicord company in Utrecht. Before they were employed by Van Vulpen. They started in the former organ builders workshop of Van Dam (who worked with Maarschalkerweerd). In 1988 they moved their shop to Maarssen. The building style of Fama & Raadgever was at that period the so called “Scandinavian” style. All together they built 104 new organs and 36 harpsicords. Besides this they restored 41 instruments and took care for approximately 200 pipe organs. In 1995 the partners went separate ways. Piet Raadgever continued up to 2005.
The organ that is now for sale was ordered in 1983 for the chapel of the Academic Hospital in Utrecht. In 1989 the organ was transferred to the new chapel when the new University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC) was finished. Fama & Raadgever were responsible for the maintenance. After the dead of Piet Raadgever the Van Vulpen organ building company became among others responsible. Unfortunately, the chapel is almost no longer used for services. For this reason it was decided to ask Van den Heuvel-Orgelbouw in Dordrecht to offer this beautiful organ for sale.
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Jan L. van den Heuvel – Orgelbouw bv
Amstelwijckweg 44
3316 BB Dordrecht
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