| KJR & Assoc. Inc. is one of the very few Canadian companies that specializes in the restoration of historic pipe-organs. Started in 1978 as a tuning and maintenance business, it has expanded over the years to include major restorations and rebuilds, working primarily in the Montreal area, as well as in the Ottawa Valley, the Maritimes, Southern Ontario and upstate New York. |
| Centered around a small but dedicated group of pipe-organ enthusiasts, who bring a wide variety of expertise to the craft of organbuilding, KJR & Assoc. Inc. prides itself in being able to provide impeccable personalized service to its clientele, at very competitive rates. |
| The company's well-equipped workshop and storage facility is situated near Lachute, Québec, conveniently located about an hour's drive from both Montreal and Ottawa. |
| Karl Raudsepp, the owner and supervising craftsman of KJR & Assoc. Inc., has taught Music History and Theory at Concordia University, Montreal, since 1983. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Music Theory from McGill University, and apprenticed with Hellmuth Wolff before forming KJR & Assoc. Inc. As well, Mr. Raudsepp is organist at St. Johns Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Montreal. |
| Karl has been very active in the organization of several Montreal organ
conventions, notably the 1985 RCCO National Convention, and was the Chairman
of the Organizing Committee of the Fifth International Congress of
Organists, ICO '93. Since 1987, he has been the co-ordinator of the Lynnwood
Farnam Organ Competition (formerly the John Robb Organ Competition) in
Québec.
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| From June 2000 until June 2004, Mr. Raudsepp served two terms as the President of the Montreal Centre of the RCCO. He was formally presented with the Distinguished Service Award by the Royal Canadian College of Organists, at the Winnipeg Convocation, on July 21, 2004. |
| As a consultant, he has produced reports on over 30 historic organs and related organ research in Québec, for the Ministère des Affaires culturelles, Direction du Patrimoine. He is the author of The Organs of Montreal, Vol. 1 and has written extensively about organs, organbuilders and organ related topics (Publications). He is currently working on the definitive biography of Samuel Russell Warren, Canada's first organbuilder of international renown. |
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