2004-10-30/2019-02-11 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). - Relocated from Anderson, Indiana, to Marion, Indiana, 1915; in Berkeley, California, 1916; active in Washington, Missouri, 1979. Staff: Raymond E. Churchtown, _____Spencer. This may be two different firms with the same name. -Ed. Sources: The Diapason February 1915, 6. The Diapason March 1916, 17. Organ Handbook [1979*] (Organ Historical Society), 28. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt. *The date in A Guide to North American Organbuilders is 1978, apparently a typographical error. Page 28 of the 1979 Handbook contains the description of the 1862 J. G. Pfeffer organ in St. Mary-s Church (R. C.), Moselle (P.O. Villa Ridge), Missouri, with the statement that "the organ was renovated in recent years by the American Pipe Organ Co., Washington, Missouri; Raymond Churchtown was in charge of the project.� - Information courtesy of Charles Eberline.
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