California Organ Co.
1915

Updated through online information from Grahame Davis.
Much of the information spread around about this organ is simply not true.For an accurate description of the organ as it was originally installed and as it was improved by Aeolian-Skinner and Stanley Williams, refer to the January edition of the Diapason magazine for 1937. It carries the truthful story about this organ.

Updated through online information from Thomas L. DeLay. -- >>>This organ was created from the Echo division of the 1904 California Organ Co. instrument built for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. This is the instrument that became the famed Wanamaker organ in Philadelphia>>> is not likely to be correct. The Echo organ is intact on the LA Art/Wanamaker organ. Attempts to track down the correct history of this Tucson organ are ongoing.

Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This organ was created from the Echo division of the 1904 California Organ Co. instrument built for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. This is the instrument that became the famed Wanamaker organ in Philadelphia. It was installed here in Tucson in 1916 at a cost of $20,000.00. A 1932 earthquake damaged the harp.