2004-10-30/2019-10-28 - 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 November 14, 1891 in Columbus, Ohio; nephew of Adolph C. Reuter; began organ work, 1910; with Wicks Pipe Organ Co. of Highland, Illinois; with Casavant Freres Ltee of Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada, at South Haven, Michigan, factory; with Reuter Organ Co. of Lawrence, Kansas, 1917, director, president, 1932-1934; retired 1961, died November, 1966 in Lawrence, Kansas. Patent held jointly: Patent #1,986,956; January 8, 1935; electromagnetic action. (Albert G. Sabol Sr. and V.R. Brown) Sources: The Diapason December 1920, 8. The Diapason March 1926, 14. Correspondence of David H. Fox. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt. The American Organist March 1992 (New York: American Guild of Organists), 58. [Information taken from the text of the United States patent listed above.]
2015-10-14/2020-04-09 - See main entry: Reuter Organ Co.
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