Pipe Organ Database

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

Established by Rodman Wanamaker at the John Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1911, for the installation and enlargement of the St. Louis Exposition organ in the store; constructed organ for the firm's New York City, New York, store under the supervision of William B. Fleming and George W. Till; new work declined with the death of Rodman Wanamaker, 1928; the shop continues as a service staff for the Philadelphia instrument.

Staff: Henry Baecker; Carl A. Benson; Nelson E. Buechner; Charles M. Courboin; Edward W. Flint; John R. McCormack; Charles A. Radzinsky; William Ruff; Alexander Russell; Samuel S. Whitcraft, Jr.; Henry Vincent Willis.

Sources:

• The Diapason October 1935, 1.
• The American Organist September 1988, 50.
• The American Organist October 1988, 58.
• The American Organist November 1988, 62.