2004-10-30/2019-02-11 - Note from the Organ Database Builders editor Stephen Hall, June 7, 2017. - Providence Organ Inc. was establish in 1946 by Maurice Guilbault, a former Casavant employee. The firm was involved in service work, but also built various specialty components, acting as a supplier to builders. In 1971, Guilbault made a partnership with one of his employees, Guy Therien, another former Casavant staff member. Therien was a voicer, and the two made the transition from service firm to service/builder. The company name was changed to Guilbault-Therien to reflect the new management. Sources: Sources: Richard Kassel, "Guilbault-Therien", The Organ: An Encyclopedia, edited by Douglas Earl Bush, Richard Kassel (New York, Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2006), 234. Antoine Bouchard,"Guilbault-Therien Inc," The Canadian Encylopedia 0n-line, (Toronto, Historica Canada, published 2008, last edited 2013), http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/m/article/guilbault-therien-inc-emc/. Accessed August 19, 2015.
2018-05-07/2019-02-11 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). - Established 1946; operated by Guy Therien and Andre, Guilbault; active in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada, 1971. Sources: Kallmann et al., Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981), 712. Organ Handbook (Richmond, Va., Organ Historical Society, 1971), page number not given. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.
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