The Britannic Organ Vol. 9
The recording studio of the Welte firm on 5th Avenue
with the organists Clarence Eddy, Samuel Atkinson Baldwin,
Lynnwood Farnam, Richard Epstein & Edwin H. Lemare
The firm of M. Welte & Söhne maintained a branch in
New York from 1865 until 1917 under the name of M.
Welte & Sons. It had been established by Emil Welte
(1841–1923, son of the company‘s founder); he lived in
the USA permanently, only rarely visiting Freiburg. A
recording studio with a grand piano for making piano
recordings and a recording organ could be found at
the best address on 5th Avenue. Piano recordings of
the Welte firm were thus not only made in Freiburg
im Breisgau from 1905 until 1932, but also in New
York.