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

Born February 23, 1938 in Wichita Falls, Texas; graduate of University of North Texas, Denton, 1960, and Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1964; informal work relationship with Sipe-Yarbrough firm of Dallas, Texas, 1963 and with Otto Hofmann of Austin, Texas; established firm in Fort Worth, Texas, 1968; active in 1995.

Staff: Frank L. Friemel; John King.

Sources:

• Correspondence of David H. Fox.


• Music* February 1973 (New York: American Guild of Organists), 6.


• Uwe Pape, The Tracker Organ Revival in America, (Berlin: Pape Verlag, 1978), 428.


• Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.


• The American Organist April 1989 (New York: American Guild of Organists), 92.

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

From the OHS Database Builders editor, April 8, 2016 —

Roy Redman Pipes organs is active as of April 2016. The firm specializes in building new mechanical (tracker) action instruments and restoring old mechanical action organs.

Source:

• Company website Redman Pipe Organs, LLC, http://www.redmanpipeorgans.com/