The story
C. B. Fisk was originally named Andover Organ Company and was founded in 1948 by Thomas W. Byers. Fisk partnered with Byers some years later. Like Fisk, Byers was an organ builder that preferred manual organs over electric ones. In 1958, Fisk became the full owner after buying out Byers's ownership interest. In 1960, Fisk changed the firm's name to C.B. Fisk, Inc. It was started in a more spacious recycled factory in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1961. This had the employees move from Methuen to Gloucester to keep their jobs. So, some employees stayed and built a new firm with former namesake, Andover Organ Company.
In 1987 and 1986, the workshop was expanded again and now had around 20 employees.
After Fisk's death. C.B. Fisk, Inc. has continued to manufacture organs, with it becoming an employee-owned company after Fisk's departure. As of 2003, the firm had 30 employees and sold 2 million dollars of organs annually.
In its 50 years C. B. Fisk, Inc. has completed over 90 instruments in 23 U.S. states, Switzerland, Japan, and South Korea.
Notable organists Barbara Owen, Fritz Noack, and John Brombaugh were all once employed by C.B. Fisk, Inc. In addition, A. David Moore, Jeremy Adams, and the supervisor of the workshop, David Waddell, who was a childhood friend of Charles were all part of the staff. Some have moved on from the company and created their own organ-building companies, with Noack establishing the Noack Organ Company and Brombaugh establishing the John Brombaugh & Associates.
The president of the company since Fisk's death used to be Steven A. Dieck, but Michael Kraft assumed the role of president sometime after.
From Wikipedia’s article on C. B. Fisk, Inc., shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
