Pipe Organ Database

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Distinction:

Toronto, Ontario 1899-1901; Battle Creek, Michigan 1901-1906.
Classification: Builder

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October 30, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, rev. ed., by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.; Organ Historical Society, 1997). -

Incorporated in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1899; in Battle Creek, Michigan, 1901; combination reed and pipe organs; bankrupt in 1906; purchased by Lyon & Healy which ceased pipe organ production in 1907.

Staff: [R. Andrew] R. W. S. Burnaby; E. P. Hawkins; (John A. McIntosh?); (William McIntosh?); Allan G. Sparling.

Sources:

  • Cypher 11:5.
  • Piano and Organ Purchaser-s Guide, Purchaser's Guide to the Music Industries, (published by Music Trades, New York).
  • Stopt Diapason #31 (Chicago Chapter of the OHS).
  • Elizabeth Towne Schmitt. 

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 26, 2019.

Database Specs:

  • 3 Organs
  • 0 Divisions
  • 0 Consoles