Note from the Organ Database Builders editor Stephen Hall, June 7, 2017. -

Providence Organ Inc. was establish in 1946 by Maurice Guilbault, a former Casavant employee. The firm was involved in service work, but also built various specialty components, acting as a supplier to builders. In 1971, Guilbault made a partnership with one of his employees, Guy Therien, another former Casavant staff member. Therien was a voicer, and the two made the transition from service firm to service/builder. The company name was changed to Guilbault-Therien to reflect the new management.

Sources:

Sources:



• Richard Kassel, "Guilbault-Therien", The Organ: An Encyclopedia, edited by Douglas Earl Bush, Richard Kassel (New York, Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2006), 234.
• Antoine Bouchard,"Guilbault-Therien Inc," The Canadian Encylopedia 0n-line, (Toronto, Historica Canada, published 2008, last edited 2013), http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/m/article/guilbault-therien-inc-emc/. Accessed August 19, 2015.



 

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). -

Established 1946; operated by Guy Therien and Andre, Guilbault; active in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada, 1971.

Sources:

• Kallmann et al., Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981), 712.


• Organ Handbook (Richmond, Va., Organ Historical Society, 1971), page number not given.


• Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.