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Richard Craig Hamar

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2004-10-30/2019-09-03 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). - Apprentice with Rudolph von Beckerath, 1960-1963; with Akerman & Lund, Knivsta, Sweden, 1963-1964; with Austin Organ Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut, 1965; representative of Beckerath firm in New Hartford, Connecticut, 1966-1969; with Richard M. Geddes firm of Winsted, Connecticut; established firm in Collinsville, Connecticut, 1967; associated with Jeremy Cooper of Concord, New Hampshire, in Hamar-Cooper, ca. 1975; in Norwich, Connecticut, 1988; active in 1989. Sources: Letter to David Fox. Music, October 1969, (American Guild of Organists), 59. Organ Handbook: 1988, 14 , and 1989, 16 (Richmond, Va.; Organ Historical Society). Stephen L. Pinel. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt. New Tracker Organs: "Hamar-Cooper at Sharon, Connecticut", The Tracker 19:3 (Richmond, Va.; Organ Historical Society, 1975), 21.

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