Kinetic Engineering Co.

Active: Unknown - Unknown Type: Organ Supplier

Distinction:

New York City, New York, c.1904; relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1905; acquired by M. P. Moller firm of Hagerstown, Maryland.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

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

Established by Robert P. Elliot and Herbert Brown in New York City, New York, c. 1904; relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and controlled by J. G. Bierck and H. A. Bierck, c. 1905; firm reorganized 1919; electric motors and blowers; acquired by M. P. Möller firm of Hagerstown, Maryland, 1939; brand name in use, 1980s.

Staff: S. H. Ebert; Edwin N. Johnson; H. K. Knoll; Joseph Why.

Sources:

  • The Diapason, December 1909, [no page number given]

  • The Diapason, July 1924, 3.

  • The Diapason, September 1939, 1.

  • David Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 1 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985), 209.

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Database Specs:
  • 0 Instruments
  • 0 Consoles
  • 7 Blowers

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