2004-10-30/2019-12-06 - 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 Antwerp, Belgium, [c. 1881]; immigrated to the United States 1920; with Wangerin-Weickhardt firm of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, superintendent; with successor Wangerin Organ Co.* of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, president; partner in Verlinden, Weickhardt & Dornoff of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1929; in successor Verlinden Organ Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1930; died October 6, 1961 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, age 80. *The order of the first two companies is reversed in Fox's Guide, it has been corrected in this entry. —Ed. Patents held: Patent #1,462,429; July 17, 1923; combination stop action. Patent #1,664,053; March 27 1928; combination stop action. Patent #1,724,326; August 13, 1929; electropneumatic action. Patent #1,775,260; September 9, 1930; electropneumatic stop action. Patent #1,775,261; September 9, 1930; roll player action. Patent #1,775,262; September 9, 1930; pneumatic switch. Patent #1,784,951; December 16, 1930; stop action. Sources: The Diapason December 1961, 30. [Information taken from the text of the United States patents listed above.]
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