Newcomer Organ Co.

Active: Unknown - Present Type: Service PersonBuilder ID: 4545

Distinction:

Washington, DC, 1939; Smithsburg, Maryland, 1940-1988

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). —

Established by brothers Edgar B. and Harold Newcomer in Washington, DC, 1939; operated shop in Smithsburg, Maryland, 1940s; associated with the Moller firm of Hagerstown, Maryland, after World War II, sales, installation; service department in Washington, DC; firm sold to George Payne, 1983, as a division of the Lewis & Hitchcock firm of Vienna, Virginia; active in 1988.

Staff: Irma J. Newcomer.

Sources:

  • The Diapason December 1974, 2.
  • Correspondence of David H. Fox.
  • 1988 Organ Builders Directory published by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, Washington, DC.

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Database Specs:

  • 12 Instruments
  • 1 Consoles
  • 0 Blowers

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