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

Born 1827; brother of John H. Odell, father of William H. Odell; with Ferris & Stuart of New York City, New York [c.1858]; established J. H. & C. S. Odell with brother in New York City, 1859; died 1892; succeeded by his son.

Sources:

• Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 277.


• Barbara Owen, The Organ in New England (Raleigh: Sunbury Press, 1979), 144.

See Main Entry at J. H. & C. S. Odell