Theodore Gilbert & Associates

Active: Unknown - Unknown Type: BuilderBuilder ID: 6205

Distinction:

Wilbraham, Massachusetts, from 1971

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -

Apprenticed with James Campbell of Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, 1945-1950; graduate of the Guilmant School, 1944; assistant organist, Grace Church, Episcopal, New York City, during World War II; with Neill-Johnson, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, 1951-52; in business for himself in Boonton, New Jersey, 1952-54; with Austin Organ Inc., Hartford, Connecticut, 1954-62; with Casavant Freres, St. Hyacinthe, PQ, 1962-65; with Berkshire Organ Co., 1965-67; with Richard Geddes, 1967-69; with Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, 1969-70; established his own business in 1971 in Wilbraham, Massachusetts; active 1990.

Staff: Mark Bond, Lawrence Buddington, Peter Beardsley, Earl Gripen, Timothy E. Smith, Allan F. Taylor III, Matthew Taylor.

Sources:

  • American Institute of Organbuilders (AIO): 1976 membership directory, 68.
  • Theodore Gilbert.
  • Organ Handbook 1983 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society), 34.
  • Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.
  • Timothy E. Smith.

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  • 4 Instruments
  • 0 Consoles
  • 0 Blowers

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