Hellmuth Wolff came to Canada in 1963 to work for Casavant Fr res in St. Hyacinthe where, due to his abilities and his knowledge, he contributed largely to the setup of a mechanical traction organ workshop. After a stay in Geneva where he worked as harmonist and designer, Hellmuth Wolff came back definitively to Canada in 1966 to collaborate with Karl Wilhelm, also an ex-employee of Casavant Fr res. In 1968, Hellmuth Wolff started his own workshop, in Laval, a town north in the Montreal region. These instruments were built according to specific historic style like the French Classical style for the instrument at McGill University and Nordic Baroque aesthetic for the one at Toronto University. These two innovative instruments have set new standards for projects like these in Canada.
Most instruments coming out from our workshop are polyvalent and are definitively modern.
Instruments are not serially produced. Each one is specifically designed to produce a total integration into their future sound and architectural environment. Hellmuth Wolff is very much concerned with the design of an instrument. Frequently, scale models are produced to better visualize the architectural impact. In 1996, Wolff produced its Opus 40.