Karl Schuke

Karl Ludwig Alexander Schuke (6 November 1906 – 7 May 1987) was a German organ builder.

They have built organs internationally in Korea, Australia and the U.S.[1] Born in Potsdam, the son of the organ builder Alexander Schuke, he attended school from 1912 to 1922 and graduated with Obersekundareife [de] from the humanistic Viktoria-Gymnasium in Potsdam.

[2] When their father died in 1933, Karl and his brother Hans-Joachim continued to run the business together.

[3] Despite war-related restrictions after 1939, the business continued to exist exclusively through organ building and repairs.

In 1967, he was elected to the board of directors of the "Bund deutscher Orgelbaumeister", an association of German organ builders.