2004-10-30/2019-10-15 - Note from the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va., Organ Historical Society, 1991). Edited for the revised OHS Online Database website, 2017. — Succeeded Wangerin-Weickhardt firm; established by Adolph Wangerin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 7, 1924; space in factory leased to Bartola Musical Instrument Co. {Barton Organs}; closed 1942. Staff: Otto Eberle; Halbert W. Hoard; (John A. Mehrl?); Carl Reidler; Ralph Wangerin; Philipp Wirsching. Sources: The Diapason: February, 1924, 2. David Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 2 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1989), 662. Letter of Charles T. Meyer. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt. The Tracker: 34:2 (Richmond, Va. Organ Historical Society, 1990), 23.
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