SMITH, F. R.

F. R. SMITH Fred R. Smith (1878-1944) was a native of England who moved to Canada at an early age. Later he moved to Marietta, Ohio where he was employed by the Stevens Organ Comany.editorialNote 1 The Diapason, February 1944, p. 4. After the demise of the Stevens factory following a 1913 flood, Mr. Smith reportedly went to work for Gottfried until 1919 or so when he moved back to Marietta and went into business for himself. He was more of an assembler than a builder and his instruments…