Welte-Tripp Organ Corporation

Active: Unknown - Present Type: BuilderBuilder ID: 6618

Distinction:

South Beach, Connecticut, by 1930-1931.

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). Edited February 5, 2017, (Hall). -

The Welte-Tripp Organ Corporation succeeded the Welte-Mignon Corp.; It was established by Donald F. Tripp in South Beach, Connecticut, by 1930. The company was acquired by W.W. Kimball Co. of Chicago, July 1, 1931.

Staff: Charles M. Courboin; Nils Hillstrom; Charles Jack; Richard O. Whitelegg.

Sources:

  • The Diapason: January 1930, 17.
  • The Diapason: [month ommitted in Fox's Guide] 1931, 1.
  • David Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. 2 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1989), 683.
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Database Manager on August 26th, 2015:

Database Manager on October 16th, 2015:
For further information, see: W.W. Kimball Co.

 

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Database Specs:

  • 11 Instruments
  • 1 Consoles
  • 0 Blowers

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