2004-10-30/2019-09-27 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). - Established [as H. Pilcher & Sons] by Henry Pilcher [II] and sons Henry W. and William E. Pilcher in Louisville, Kentucky, 1874; renamed Henry Pilcher's Sons, 1884; incorporated 1925; acquired by M. P. Möller firm of Hagerstown, Maryland, 1944. Staff: Louis F. Adams; Thomas P. Archer; Joseph Brown; Jack Carr; Augustus F. Clark; Robert F. Crone; James Day; Charles Dietz; (Alfred G. Ellniger?); S. H. Fargher; Adolph Fressmegger; Donald C. Gilley; Will Guenther; John A. Gunter; Edward C. Haury; Henry Haury; William I. Hitchcock; Herbert E. Kinsley; Sylvester E. Kohler; Louis Luberoff; O. G. Malmquist; George Marshall; Ira L. Moser; John V. Pilcher; Paul B. Pilcher; Robert E. Pilcher; Raymond Price; Adolph C. Reuter; Benjamin F. Sperbeck; Anthony Spevere; Harjung Tchakarian; Robert Wilson; David Woodall; John Wright. Sources: The Diapason April 1925, 16. The Diapason May 1925, 8. The Diapason August 1944, 1. David Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 2 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications 1990), 464. Piano and Organ Purchaser's Guide, Purchaser's Guide to the Music Industries, (published by Music Trades, New York) Organ Handbook 1986 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society), 20. Sylvester E. Kohler, "Memoirs of an Organ Builder", The Tracker 19:2 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1975), 12.
2016-05-22/2020-04-09 - For help in locating a particular Pilcher family member or firm name/location, refer to Pilcher Family - Overview. The Overview contains: A summary of the family's organbuilding history in the United States. The Pilcher Family Tree of Organ Builders courtesy of Bynum Petty, OHS Archivist. A list of the various company names used by family members.
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