2004-10-30/2019-09-10 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Brother of Clarence Lethurby; representative of Wurlitzer firm of North Tonawanda, New York, in San Francisco, California, 1920s; established musical instrument business, 1918; built organs under the Lethurby-Smith name in association with the Frederick W. Smith & Son firm of Alameda, California; sold mechanical instruments; with Seeburg-Smith firm in San Francisco, agent; died 1941; succeeded by his brother; spelling alternate 'Leathurby'. Staff: Erwin Schoenstein. Sources: David L. Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 2 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1989), 613. Louis J. Schoenstein, Memoirs of a San Francisco Organ Builder (San Francisco: Cue Publications, 1977), 457. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.
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