The ranking manic, an heritage of the Neo-Baroque period (1: Schnitger. 2): Dom Bédos.
3): Silbermann. The rest: to be either binned or "bettered" according to one of the 3) seems
to begin to be questionned.....
There were indeed several dozens of outstanding builders in Cavaillé-Coll's period. Many are
less well known, built fewer organs, but those left nothing to be desired in comparison.
In France (Merklin, Ghys, Dalstein & Haerpfer, Rinckenbach, to name but a few) in Britain and Germany of course,
The Netherlands, Dennmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg....
Not to forget the U.S. !
Pierre