1 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985), 206. This success further fueled the growth of The Jasper Corporation into other markets. David Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, vol. Kimball Piano and Organ produced 250 pianos and 150 electronic organs per day.Gellerman, The American Reed Organ (Vestal, NY: The Vestal Press, 1973), 16. American Musician November 2, 1889, 24.was acquired by the Jasper Corporation of Jasper, Indiana, in 1959.
Kimball ceased pipe organ production on Septemdue to war time restrictions the company made laboratory furniture during World War II. The firm acquired Welte-Tripp Organ Corporation of South Beach, Connecticut, in 1931. It ceased reed organ production on September 30, 1922. The firm acquired Lansing Music Co., 1889.
The company originally sold products of other firms it began manufacturing: reed organs, 1859 pianos, 1887 portable pipe organs, 1891 and 'stationary' pipe organs, 1894. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991).
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