Distinction:
Succeeded Smallman & Frazee; Boston, Massachustts, 1910-1915; Everett, Massachusetts, 1921; succeeded by Kimball-Frazee Organ Co.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004: From the OHS PC Database, derived from
A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). —
Succeeded Smallman & Frazee; partnership of Henry D. Kimball,
Edwin E. Smallman, and
Leslie H. Frazee in Boston, Massachusetts, 1910-1915; in Everett, Massachusetts, 1921; succeeded by Kimball-Frazee Organ Co.
Staff: Herman Otto Stengel.
Sources:
- Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 327.
Paul R. Marchesano on February 13th, 2024: Kimball, Smallman & Frazee was located at 520 Harrison Ave in South Boston, MA and was active for only 5 years between 1910-1915. They built the large 4 manual organ, their Opus 16, for the Boston Harvard Club in 1913. From 1915-1921, the company was renamed Kimball-Frazee after Edward Smallman left. By 1921, Leslie Frazee was on his own and moved the company to Everett, MA where they stayed opened until 1934.
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