William Visscher - Master Organ Builder

Mr. Visscher received his bachelor's degree from Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania where he studied organ with Dr. James Boeringer. Mr. Visscher holds the title of "Master Organbuilder" with the American Institute of Organbuilders. He gained extensive experience in organ building while working for the organ building firms of James McFarland & Co., Bozeman & Gibson Co. Inc., and Rosales Organ Builders, Inc.

For eighteen years, he owned and operated his own firm, Visscher Associates located in the Santa Cruz area. During that time, he built many new instruments through out California. His most notable instrument being the seventy-three rank organ for Old First Presbyterian Church in San Francisco.

Mr. Visscher is currently the organist at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Capitola, California.