2004-10-30/2019-04-29 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). - Son of John William Gratian, brother of Elwood Gratian; with family firm of Gratian Organ Builders of Alton, Illinois; with Austin Organ Co. of Hartford, Connecticut; with Estey Organ Co. of Brattleboro, Vermont; with Midmer-Losh of Merrick, New York; established his own service firm in Bunker Hill, Illinois, c. 1938; relocated to Decatur, Illinois; retired 1979; succeeded by Richard Schneider; died c. 1988. Staff: Dan Nealon Patent #1,957,585; May 8, 1934; valve. Source: David L. Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 1 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985), 153.
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