2004-10-30/2019-11-15 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Partner with McCaith in San Francisco, California, c. 1860; partner with Alleran in San Francisco, California, 1880s. Sources: Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 189, 316. Barbara J. Owen and Thomas Cunningham, "New Revised Builders List" [continued], The Tracker: 9:3 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1965), 14.
2019-11-16/2019-11-16 - B. Shellard was one of the agents sent by eastern firms to install and service instruments in the Bay area, in this case, the prestigious firm of E & G.G. Hook of Boston. After his arrival in San Francisco circa 1860, Shellard along with his partner ____? McCaith began installing Hook organs in the new churches appearing in the boom town. The firm was recorded as being engaged to move an organ from the Central Presbyterian Church of San Francisco to the First Presbyterian Church of San Jose in 1872.1 Shellard was still in business and became a partner with a Mr. Alleran in San Francisco, California, circa 1880,2 there is no mention of McCraith after that time. Sources Alley, Bowen, & Company, History of Santa Clara County, California, (Pacific Press, Oakland, Ca.: 1881) 475. David H. Fox, A Guide to North American Organbuilders, rev. ed. (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1997), 265.
2016-01-12/2019-11-15 - See also Shellard & McCraith.
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