Members of the American Institute of Organbuilders Click HERE for an Adobe Acrobat copy of the Membership Application Form. The American Institute of Organbuilders is a professional association made up of pipe organbuilders, organ maintenance technicians, and those in allied professions supporting the pipe organ industry. The AIO's objective is to advance the science and practice of pipe organbuilding by discussion, inquiry, research, experiment and other means, and to disseminate knowledge regarding pipe organbuilding by such means as lectures, publications and exchange of information.
Associate membership is for full-time apprentices with less than five years in the profession.
All nominees are asked to obtain the nominating signature of a current Regular or Charter AIO member. Each reference will be contacted and asked to vouch for the nominee's work and business ethics. Potential nominees for Regular membership who cannot find two additional AIO references may be nominated in the Associate category. No additional joining fee is required to become a Regular member. Each member receives a subscription to the Institute's quarterly publication, Journal of American Organbuilding , and periodic mailings from the executive secretary's office.