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The company split up in 1897 where Farrand and Votey each specialized in their own type of organs with new firms. [4] Farrand became president of Farrand Organ Company which specialized in manufacturing just reed organs. By 1905 his company employed over four hundred skilled workers manufacturing reed organs, pianos, and mechanical players.
The Cable Company (earlier, Wolfinger Organ Company, Chicago Cottage Organ Company; sometimes called by the name of its subsidiary, The Cable Piano Company) was an American manufacturer and distributor of pianos and reed organs that operated independently from 1880 to 1936.
Organ Supply Industries, Incorporated is a pipe organ parts manufacturer founded in 1924 as the Organ Supply Corporation in Erie, Pennsylvania. With over 46,000 square feet (4,300 m 2 ) of manufacturing floor, it is the largest organ parts supplier in North America .
Leek Pipe Organ Company, Oberlin, Ohio (1976-2014), then Berea, Ohio (2014- ) [136] Levsen Organ Company, Buffalo, Iowa (1954- ) Link Piano and Organ Company; Los Angeles Art Organ Company, Los Angeles, California; Charles McManis, Kansas City, Kansas (1913–2004) Marr and Colton, Warsaw, New York (1915–1932) Midmer-Losh Organ Company ...
In the early 1960s the factory making the German organ reeds used in the Indian sub-continent for harmoniums, having changed hands several times and now situated in post World War II East Germany (GDR), was taken over by the communist government and the reed making machinery was scrapped. This marked the end of German reed production.
In 1958, Magnus joined with television salesman Eugene Tracey, and their company went on to sell millions of inexpensive electric chord organs and song books [7] [8] until the late 1970s under the name Magnus Organ Corporation.
The pipe organ at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Cruz, CA is based on an A. B. Felgemaker Co. organ (Opus 506, 1889) with additional pipes and Zimbelstern added by Stuart Goodwin & Co. (Opus 10, 1988) after moving it from its previous home in Ohio. [3] The organ is in active use at the 5:00 Saturday and 7:00 and 8:30 Sunday Masses.
DeBence Antique Music World Band Organ by Artizan Factories Inc., at the Drake Day Circus at Drake Well Park, August 24, 2013. DeBence Antique Music World is a museum in Franklin, Pennsylvania whose collection contains more than 100 antique mechanical musical instruments, including music boxes, band organs, player pianos, a nickelodeon piano, as well as a number of other antiques.