Smith Unit Organ Co.

Active: Unknown - Present Type: BuilderBuilder ID: 7413

Distinction:

Chicago, Illinois 1921-1924

Database Manager on April 15th, 2010:

No distinguishing information available from ID 7324: should be merged.

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

Established by Frederick W. Smith and Henry Hogans in Chicago, Illinois, 1921; relocated to Geneva, Illinois, 1924; renamed
Geneva Organ Co.

Staff: Walter T. Hogans.

NOTE: Organs were built in Geneva facility with the following nameplates: Smith Unit Organ Co. , Geneva Organ Co., and Smith-Geneva Organs.

Sources:

  • Diapason: Dec. 1921, 17.

  • Diapason: Feb. 1924, 1.

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

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Database Specs:

  • 11 Instruments
  • 1 Consoles
  • 0 Blowers

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