2004-10-30/2019-11-06 - From the OHS PC Database, derived ,from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Father of William Reisner Jr.; watchmaker, engraver, 1880; established jewelry firm in Hagerstown, Maryland, 1887; established W. H. Reisner Manufacturing Co. of Hagerstown, Maryland, 1902, optical and mechanical devices, then organ parts; died 1951; succeeded by his son. Patents held: Patent #1,387,664; July 16, 1921; electropneumatic action. Patent #1,567,190; December 29, 1925; electropneumatic action. Patent #1,763,182; June 10, 1930: electropneumatic action. Patent #1,769,966; July 8, 1930; electropneumatic action. Patent #2,335,311; November 30, 1943; electric action. Patent #2,392,411; January 8, 1946; electric action. Sources: The Diapason July 1929, 8. David L. Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 2 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1989), 788. Correspondence of David H. Fox. [Information taken from the text of the United States patents listed above.]
2015-09-27/2020-04-09 - See main entry: W. H. Reisner Manufacturing Co.
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