• To determine the musical, acoustical, aesthetic, and architectural requirements of each prospect in order to design a custom installation which meets each of those requirements.
• No matter how large or small the congregation or institution, each client receives our individual attention.
• Whether all digital, all pipe, or a combination of both mediums, we will provide out clients with the finest instrument at a fair and reasonable cost.
• After the installation, we will provide on-going training in the use of the organ as well as exceptional service when necessary. Our goal is 110% client satisfaction.

• We exist solely because of our clients. Our highest priority is to serve them with timeless, responsiveness, and thorough follow-through. We will do "whatever it takes" to deliver quality service.
• We believe that while great music is timeless, each generation has different requirements.
• We are committed to the traditional "American Classic" and "American Eclectic" schools of organ tonal design. However, at the same time we specialize in the design of organs that fully integrate acoustic, digital, and MIDI resources.
• We employ "cutting edge" software-based technologies for (1) reliability and (2) unlimited future expansion.
• We strive for excellence in everything that we do, and we are not satisfied with any products or performance that is less than the best in its field.
• Understanding the need for our clients to have full confidence in their investments, both now and for decades to come, we provide service individuals who are officially certified as Rodgers factory technicians. In addition, we have access to several of the finest nationally known specialists in pipe organ design and pipe voicing.

Ken Kohler - Division Director

As Director of Church and Institutional sales for Rodgers Organs of St. Louis, Ken Kohler brings over three decades of experience in church music ministry to the position. His first involvment in church music was at the age of eight when he began to play for his Sunday School. At the age of fourteen he took his first organist position. Ken went on to graduate from Houghton College, NY, where he received his Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance. After college he went on to teach at two colleges in Indiana. During his tenure at Bethel College in Mishawaka, IN, he pursued his Master of Music from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago.

It was during this time that he became interested in the use of the electronic organ as a substitute for the pipe organ. As part of his graduate work, he embarked on a major research project which resulted in studying the various companies who were producing electronic classic church organs. Of the companies he researched, only two remain today: Rodgers being one of them. Kohler chose Rodgers as the company that most adhered to the principles of classic pipe organ building. Kohler's experience in both winded and non-winded forms of organ building allows him to present a non-biased viewpoint to our clients. 

For many years, Kohler has acted as organist or Minister of Music for a variety of churches throughout the Midwest. Currently he is active in the music ministry of Twin Oaks Presbyterian Church in Balwin, MO, where he assists with organ and choral work. In addition, he has presented workshops and recitals both locally and nationally. 

Allen Herbst

Senior Consultant Dr. Allen Herbst brings to our clients vast knowledge in the field of church organs and church organ design. Allen began his musical career as a young piano student at age five. At age fifteen he began studying the organ and by age 19 haad taken his first church Music Director position.

Dr. Herbst received his B.A. in Music from Concordia University in Chicago, IL. His field of study was organ and church music. During that period he had the opportunity to study organ design with Dr. Paul Bunjes. At the University of Michigan he received his first Master's degree in the field of Choral Conducting. During this period he studied organ building and design with the famous Robert Noehren.

For a period of eighteen years he was the organist, Minister of Music, and school principal at Trinity Lutheran (LCMS) Church in Springfield, IL. Following those years he worked on his doctorate at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. Since 1999, he has lived in the St. Louis area where he has been an organ consultant to many churches. In 2007 he joined our staff and has been a great asset to our clients. 

Frank P. Meyer, Ed.D. 

Frank began his musical career at the age of 10 when his parents purchased a home organ, and he participated in the free lessons that came with the purchase.  He later studied piano and organ while in high school.  After he graduated from high school, he continued his music education at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois as a Music Education Major, where he studied voice, piano accompanying, and organ. During that time, he also sang in the Bradley Chorale and served as organist for Epworth Church in Peoria.  His organ instructors were Jet E. Turner and Dr. Charles Farley. 

Frank earned  a B.M.E. in Music Education from Bradley University, a M.Ed. from Boston University, Ed.S. from Western Illinois in Educational Administration, and Ed.D. from Illinois State University in Educational Administration and Foundations.

After graduation from Bradley, Frank served in the US Army for two years.  He then began a 37 year career in public education, where he was a music teacher, Elementary and High School Principal, and finally a District Superintendent for the last 26 years of his career.  During those years, he served as organist and choir director for several churches around the Midwest as his career took him to various communities. He currently is organist and choir director for Zion Chapel United Methodist Church in Macon County, Illinois. 

Our consultants have served churches, synagogues, educational institutions, and individuals throughout eastern Missouri and central Illinois for almost four decades. During that time we have built and installed both pipe and digital organs for churches of many different denominations. While we have served large churches seating 1,500 or more people, the bulk of our work is in churches with smaller congregations. Regardless of size, the quality of our installations remain the same. All installations, regardless of size, are designed with a custom approach to best serve the musical and worship needs of the individual church. As a result, we have partnered with more than 725 clients seeking the finest in digital and pipe instruments.

Since the early seventies, Rodgers Organs of St. Louis has continually represented the Rodgers Instrument Corporation of Hillsboro, OR. This company, now beginning its 53rd year of operation, has set the world standard for digital reproduction of pipe organs and is able to produce both standard specifications as well as completely custom specifications in order to meet the specific needs of our clients.

In addition to the finest digital organs, we have been at the forefront of the marriage between digital sampled pipe sound and actual wind-blown pipes. We have designed and installed more combination organs in our territory than any other builder. These installations may be found in both urban and rural areas, allowing churches of all sizes and denominations to have the option of wind-blown pipes for their congregation.

Rodgers Organs of St. Louis truly combines the centuries old art of organ building with 21st century technologies.