2004-10-30/2019-11-20 - Note from the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Born in Gothenburg, Sweden; with Malinjos piano factory in Sweden; immigrated to the United States in the 1880s; with several piano firms in Chicago, Illinois; established Kurtz-Seeburg Action Co. of Rockford, Illinois, 1895; with Marquette Piano Co. of Chicago, Illinois, c. 1900; established J. P. Seeburg Piano Co. of Chicago, Illinois, c. 1907, player pianos and organs; partner with Frederick W. Smith in Seeburg-Smith firm of Chicago, Illinois, 1916-1921. Source: David Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 2 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1989), 597.
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