2004-10-30/2019-10-02 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Aubrey Thompson-Allen was born 1907 in Scarborough, England; he was the father of Nicholas Thompson-Allen. He was an apprentice with Henry Willis & Sons, 1922; becoming superintendent 1927; director, 1932; and managing director, 1939-1945. He left Willis and England in 1949, immigrating to the United States. He began with the Aeolian-Skinner firm of Boston, Massachusetts, 1949, as an assistant to G. Donald Harrison; he established his own firm in New Haven, Connecticut; he was with Yale University of New Haven, Connecticut, 1951, as curator of organs; the firm he established was continued by his son, Nicholas Thompson-Allen and Joseph F. Dzeda. Sources: Organ Handbook 1989 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society), 22. John Speller. The Tracker 16:1 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1972), 5.
2015-08-21/2019-10-03 - From Organ Database Builders editor Stephen Hall, October 3, 2019. — Aubrey Thompson-Allen established the firm in New Haven, Connecticut in 1951. The firm was continued by Nicholas Thompson-Allen and Joseph F. Dzeda after Aubrey Thompson-Allen retired in 1973. The firm expanded its scope to preserving and restoring the remaining instruments of the Skinner and Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company. It has also restored electro-pneumatic instruments by other builders from that era. Source: A. Thompson-Allen Company website, accessed August 21, 2015, http://www.thompson-allen.com/.
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