Pipe Organ Database

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Marshall Brothers Organ Co. View Extant Instruments View Instruments

Distinction:

Ripon, Wisconsin 1864; Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1870-1872 and 1876-1877.
Classification: Builder

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October 30, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -

Established by brothers George, Thomas, Edward, and Octavius Marshall and John L. Lancashire in Ripon, Wisconsin, 1864; firm operated under this name in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1870-1872 and 1876-1877; succeeded by Marshall & Odenbrett, 1867-1870, and Marshall Brothers & Clarke, 1872-1874.

Staff: Charles S. Barlow; Clinton M. Brooks; George Erlicher; (Eugh?) Gustave; Edward Harris; Hugh Irving; Henry Turner; William H. Turner.

Sources:

  • One or more local directories of the period and place.
  • Organ Handbook 1986 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society), 17.
  • Richard Weber, "Sketches of Milwaukee Organbuilders, 1847-1902", The Tracker, 34:1 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1990), 17.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on November 08, 2019.

Database Specs:

  • 18 Organs
  • 3 Divisions
  • 0 Consoles