About Robert I. Coulter - Organbuilder

Robert I. Coulter began his organ building career with an apprenticeship at the firm of Steiner-Reck in Louisville, Ky. He was fortunate to work for Jim Miller of Miller Pipe Organ Company, the premier pipe organ firm in the Ohio Valley, with a service range of nine states. While with Miller, Robert served as a service technician and tuning team leader, rapidly climbing to be an important member of the firm. He also began his studies in voicing and tonal design at Miller, participating in many tonal finishing / revoicing projects.

Since relocating to Atlanta, Robert has been fortunate to develop significant relationships and perform tonal finishing with many prominent firms all over the nation. He was a member of the first voicing crew to work at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and has participated in the tonal finishing of more than 35 pipe organs throughout the country.

Robert is a member of the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, and also holds a Colleague Certification from the American Institute of Organbuilders, one of only two in the entire Southeast with that distinction. He has been published in The Journal of American Organbuilding, the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

As a musician, he studied Tuba and Music Education at the University of Louisville, and continues to perform as a tubist with The Georgia Brass Band. He resides in Atlanta, attempting to keep two cats happy.

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