2004-10-30/2019-04-29 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, rev. ed. by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1997). - Bennett Organ Co. succeeded the Lancashire & Turner, Moline, Lancashire-Marshall and Marshall-Bennett firms; it was established in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1908. The Bennett firm was acquired by a group of businessmen of Rock Island, Illinois, in 1927, and eventually renamed the Rock Island Organ Co. which closed in bankruptcy in August 1930. Staff: William E. Beazley; Robert J. Bennett; George J. Bohen; Fred Cesander; J. Riley Chase; Richard W. Dirksen; Edward Harris; Frank Harris; G. M. Howell; William R. McArthur; Carl J. Markhus; Theodore Sandburg; Albert Stannke; Adolph Sundstrand; Carl A. Sundstrand; Lamotte Wells; Charles J. Whittaker; Robert Wilson; Charles Wright; Edward Wright; John Wright. Sources: The Diapason December 1920, 1. The Diapason August 1927, 8. The Diapason November 1927, 1. The Diapason September 1930, 39. Organ Handbook (published yearly by the Organ Historical Society in connection with the OHS annual convention.), 1986, 17. Piano and Organ Purchaser-s Guide, Purchaser-s Guide to the Music Industries, (New York, Music Trades) The American Organist January 1968, 20.
2015-08-30/2020-04-09 - For further information, see: Marshall-Bennett Co.; See main entry at: John F. Lancashire
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