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Ralph D. Richards

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2004-10-30/2019-10-30 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991; rev. ed., 1997, with updated information). — Born 1956 in Wisconsin; organ/harpsichord major at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio, 1974-76; with John Brombaugh of Germantown, Ohio, c. 1975; partner with Paul B. Fritts in Fritts-Richards Organ Builders of Tacoma, Washington, c. 1977-86; with John Brombaugh of Eugene, Oregon, 1986; with Schlicker firm of Buffalo, New York, 1987-1988; formed Richards, Fowkes & Co. of Ooltewah, Tennessee, with Bruce T. Fowkes, 1988; active 1991. Sources: Bruce T. Fowkes. Correspondence of David H. Fox. John Panning. The American Organist May 1996 (New York: American Guild of Organists), 42.

2015-10-13/2020-04-09 - See main entry: Richards, Fowkes & Co.

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