2004-10-30/2019-02-11 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). - Walter J. Baker was associated with the Harmo-Electric Co. and the Coburn Organ Co., both of Chicago, Illinois, 1915-1916. Patent #1,232,176; July 3, 1917; electric organ action Sources: Michael Friesen. Information taken from the text of a United States patent. This is not the same Walter Baker (1910-1988) who was a concert organist and choral director in Philadelphia (1925-1948) and New York (1948-1980s). -Ed.
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