From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991; rev. ed., 1997, with updated information). -
Born 1827 in Scotland; father of George B. Kemp, Sr.; partner of Thomas Hall and John Labagh in Hall, Labagh & Co. of New York City, New York, 1868; in successor Labagh & Kemp, 1872; died 1891 in New York City, New York.
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From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). -
Father of George B. Kemp Sr.; partner of Thomas Hall and John Labagh in Hall, Labagh & Co. of New York City, New York, 1868; in successor Labagh & Kemp, 1872.
The following note in the PC Database is not part of the Fox entry, it is presumed to have been added by a previous editor based on their personal knowledge.
Keraulophon [Newsletter of the New York chapter of the OHS] says he was born 1826 in Troy, New York.
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We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 29, 2019.