From the OHS Database Builders Listing editor, December 2, 2016. -

Cornel Zimmer is a fourth generation organbuilder, he worked with the family firm, W. Zimmer & Sons of Charlotte, North Carolina; in 1988, he was the treasurer. In 1992, Cornel set out on his own and established Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders of Denver, North Carolina. While W. Zimmer & Sons continued to build all pipe instruments, Cornel Zimmer began to use digital voices to supplement pipe voices.

Source:

• "Our History" Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders, Accessed December 3, 2016, http://www.zimmerorgans.com/about/history/.
• "Design and Production" Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders, Accessed December 3, 2016, http://www.zimmerorgans.com/our-work/design/.
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