2004-10-30/2019-10-14 - 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 England; son of Charles W. Winder, brother of William Winder; with father Walker Winder of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. With Roosevelt firm of New York City, New York, early 1880s; with George S. Hutchings firm of Massachusetts, voicer; with Hook & Hastings of Kendal Green, Massachusetts; with Carrotti Organ Works of Mason City, Iowa, superintendent; established C. F. Winder Co. of Richmond, Virginia, with W. J. Tuker by 1913; firm closed 1915; with Artcraft Organ Co. of Santa Monica, California, c. 1922-c. 1926, incorporator, president, general manager; died May 18, 1931 in Hollywood, California. Patent #1,673,323; July 26, 1927; organ. Patent #1,654;626; January 3, 1928; organ swell shades. Sources: The Diapason, December 1915,1. The Diapason, August 1923, 23. The Diapason, July 1931, [no page number listed in Fox's Guide]. David L. Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 1 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985), 31. [Tim?] Trager.
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