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Distinction:

Oakland, California, 1955-1959; San Francisco, California, 1959-1996.
Classification: Builder

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October 03, 2019:

From Organ Database Builders editor Stephen Hall, October 2, 2019. —

Partner with Robert Kates in Swain & Kates of Oakland, California, in 1955, the firm relocated to San Francisco, California, in 1959. Swain retired in 1996, as did Kates. The firm was purchased by two employees, and continued under the same name.

Source:

  • Swain & Kates website, accessed October 26, 2016, http://www.sfpipeorgans.com/about.html.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on October 03, 2019.
October 30, 2004:

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

Partner with Robert Kates in Swain & Kates of San Francisco, California, by 1969; active in 1996.

Sources:

  • American Institute of Organbuilders (AIO): 1982, 1989, and 1996 membership directories
  • Music* February 1969 (American Guild of Organists), 14.
  • Elizabeth Towne Schmitt .

*Renamed The American Organist begining with January 1979 issue. —Ed.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on October 02, 2019.

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