Pipe Organ Database

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

Succeeded Charles Maier, 1912; established Fenton Organ Co. of New York City, New York, 1912; with Reuben Midmer & Son of Merrick, New York, by 1915, superintendent; with M. A. Clark & Sons of Nyack, New York, 1920; partner with Robert H. Clark in Clark & Fenton of Nyack, New York, 1923; reestablished Fenton Organ Co. of Nyack, New York, c. 1932.

Sources:

• The Diapason: August 1915, 11.
• The Diapason: February 1920, 5.
• The Diapason: January 1932, 16.
• Local directories of the period.
• David L. Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 1 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985), 101.