2004-10-30/2019-04-29 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, revised ed. 1997). - Arthur W. Birkmaier was the son of Walter R. Birkmaier; he apprenticed with his father beginning in 1911. Returning from service in World War I, he began with the Skinner firm of Boston, Massachusetts as a voicer; then in short succession he was with the James Cole firm of Boston, the Dennison Organ Pipe Co. of Reading, Massachusetts; and finally with the William Laws firm of Beverly, Massachusetts in 1921. Four years later (1925), he was with the Welte-Mignon firm of New York City, New York, as head flue voicer. Sources: Nelson Barden. The Diapason, March 1921, 16. The Diapason, December 1925, 4. The Diapason, March 1926, 8.
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