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). - Walter R. Birkmaier was the father of Arthur Birkmaier. He apprenticed with George S. Hutchings of Boston, Massachusetts, pipemaker and flue voicer; he was then with Ernest M. Skinner of Boston, Massachusetts, voicer; partner with Frederick S. Brockbank in voicing firm; with William W. Laws firm of Beverly, Massachusetts, 1921. He operated his own service firm for 15 years; he died November 29, 1948, in Quincy, Massachusetts. Sources: Nelson Barden. The Diapason, June 1914, 1. The Diapason, March 1921, 16. The Diapason, January 1948, 5. Letter of Henry J. Carruthers D: , Mar. 1921:16,
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