2004-10-30/2019-04-29 - Note from the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, rev. ed., by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1997). Edited for the OHS Online Database, 2017. - Established by Eugene Burmaster and Robert Colby in Tonawanda, New York, 1956; owned by the Colby family, 1967; active in 1989. Staff: Raymond Colby; Robert J. Kaiser; William Milligan. Sources: Letter to David H. Fox. The American Organist: April 1989 (American Guild of Organists), 94.
2015-11-11/2019-02-11 - From the OHS Database Builders Listing editor, December 18, 2016. - Timeline of Company History 1956 - Delaware Organ Co. founded by Robert Colby with two partners in Tonowanda, New York. 1970 - Roger Colby, son of Robert, joined the firm full time. 1976 - Roger Colby formed Kimber-Allen Inc, as a distributor for a British supply firm making electrical components for organs. 1978 - Raymond Colby, son of Roger, began working full time in the family firm. 1979 - Roger Colby relocated to Johnson City, Tennessee to expand Kimber-Allen, Raymond remains in Tonowanda with Delaware Organ Co. 1984 - Roger forms R.A. Colby, Inc. in Johnson City Tennessee, Kimber-Allen turned over to British management. 1989 - Robert Colby retires, Raymond Colby assumes control of the firm. 1996 - Raymond Colby closed Delaware Organ Co. and relocated to Johnson City Tennessee to continue the growth of R.A. Colby, Inc. Source: R.A. Colby, http://www.racolby.com/, Accessed Nov 11, 2015.
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