Workshop
A family organ workshop in Hranovnica.
Our company was founded after the organ-building group Mixtura4fach ended its collaboration in 2005. We are a young company focused primarily on the building and restoration of organs — not on the rebuilding of organs.
In addition to our own employees, who form the core, we also work with several external collaborators.
We build our instruments exclusively with slider windchests and mechanical key action, which throughout the history of the organ has proven to be the best, most reliable and most durable solution. We strive to build compact instruments, placing emphasis on respecting as fully as possible the natural qualities that arise from the very structure of the organ. Our instruments follow in the tradition of the organs that have been preserved in Slovakia. As we come to know them, we find that we lagged behind the rest of the world in nothing — in some things, it seems, we were even the first. Since we have been given this opportunity, it is our duty to enrich the cultural heritage entrusted to us. That is why our organs can, and indeed should, be ORIGINALS!
We work with humility and by the creed:
„With God's help, to His glory"
Company history
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October 2005
Founding of BIES
The BIES organ workshop is founded after the Mixtura4fach group ends its collaboration.
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2005
OPUS 1 — the first instrument
The first organ from the BIES workshop — a chest positive for the St Cecilia choir at St Elisabeth Cathedral in Košice.
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May 2006
A new workshop opens
A move into completely new, larger premises.
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September 2007
Training
Nephew Stanislav begins his apprenticeship as a pipe maker.
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October 2010
Pipe-making workshop
A trial run of our own pipe-making workshop is set up.
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2011
OPUS 10 — the tenth instrument
The tenth organ from the BIES workshop — for the Church of St Catherine of Alexandria in Matejovce nad Hornádom.
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February 2012
Tin pipes
The making of tin pipes is revived in Slovakia.
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June 2012
Assembly hall
A large new assembly hall is built.
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November 2017
OPUS 20 — the twentieth instrument
The twentieth organ from the BIES workshop — for the Parish Church of St Simon and St Jude in Špičky, Czechia. Also the first instrument exported abroad.
From our workshop 10
Seven craftsmen,
one team.
The people whose craft you can hear in every instrument we build.
Gabriel is the founder of the company and steers its direction and vision. DIELŇA BIES was founded in 2005.
Gabriel Bies
Voicer
Ján is a co-founder of the company and has been with it from the very start. He is in charge of running the whole workshop.
Ján Bies
Workshop manager
Stanislav is an exceptional member not only in our workshop but arguably across all of Slovakia. Thanks to his precise work, our pipes reach the very highest world-class quality.
Stanislav Rusnák
Pipe maker
Jozef is a hard worker like no other and has been with the company since its founding. His skills and experience guarantee the high quality of all the wooden parts of our organs.
Jozef Petruľa
Joiner
Pavol is the ever-smiling member of the team, marked by an enormous dose of precision and diligence. His skilful hands work true wonders with wood.
Pavol Vošček
Joiner
Ambróz is our engineer — from the English “engine”, that is, a motor. Without a motor, things stand still. We have ours, and that is why we keep moving forward.
Ambróz Hvizdoš
Design engineer
Lucia is an inseparable part of our team. She handles all economic matters, takes care of orders and oversees our finances.
Lucia Biesová
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